Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 2010
534 km²
Division · LKA
Sri Lanka
Species observed
263
Observations
1 468
Area
277,8km²
Sample of 33 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Tissu écologique de Balangoda : 30 espèces dont 6 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 30 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
263 distinct species · 1 468 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
24,1°C
Annual rain
2 206mm
Warmest m°
29,3°C
Coldest m°
18,7°C
Elevation: 480 m on average (min 91 m, max 1 166 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
5,2
Org. C
48,5g/kg
Clay
40,0%
Sand
31,8%
Silt
28,2%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiM
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
40,3km
Lake surface here
0,94km²
Basins crossed
3
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
2 513km²
Discharge in basins
9,9m³/s
Mean precip.
2 086mm/an
Mean T°
25,2°C
Moisture idx
0,21
Mean runoff
1 102mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
347m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
3hab/km²
Night light
0,2nW
Built-up
90,2%
Pesticides
11,8kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 2010
534 km²
National Park · 1932
308 km²
Reserved Forest · 2013
178 km²
Nature Reserve · 2009
135 km²
Reserved Forest · 2009
39 km²
Reserved Forest · 1980
33 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN