World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · lka
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
- Area
- 534 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 2010
Overview
- Designation
- World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
- Established
- 2010
- Managing authority
- Forest Department/Department of Wildlife Conservation
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
816 distinct species · 4 487 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Central Highlands of Sri Lanka : 29 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology8 basins · 0 lakes · 10 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
43,5km
Basins crossed
8
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
4 722km²
Discharge in basins
25,0m³/s
Mean precip.
2 440mm/an
Mean T°
24,7°C
Moisture idx
0,32
Mean runoff
980mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
460m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Amban Gangasub-area1 624,5 km²overlap135.91 km²25%
- Bassin de Badulu Oyasub-area1 608,8 km²overlap126.53 km²24%
- Bassin de Walawe Riversub-area2 513 km²overlap80.01 km²15%
- Bassin de Kelani Gangasub-area2 325,3 km²overlap73.11 km²14%
- Bassin de Kalugangasub-area358,2 km²overlap57.16 km²11%
- Bassin de Mahaweli Gangasub-area2 368,4 km²overlap48.43 km²9%
- Bassin de Kuru Gangasub-area250,8 km²overlap11.58 km²2%
- Bassin de Uma Oyasub-area745 km²overlap1.17 km²0%
Rivers / streams (10, ord ≥ 4)
- Walawe Riverord 4len here11.09 km16%total69 km
- Heen Gangaord 5len here7.89 km25%total31 km
- Belihul Oyaord 2len here7.52 km47%total16 km
- Thelgamu oyaord 2len here4.12 km14%total29 km
- Kalani Riverord 3len here3.70 km15%total24 km
- Meemure Oyaord 2len here3.48 km25%total14 km
- Kuru Gangaord 4len here2.56 km6%total41 km
- Hassalaka Oyaord 5len here2.30 km8%total30 km
- Agara Oyaord 3len here0.84 km4%total23 km
- Bolthubeord 1len here0.03 km0%total8 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 7.44350, 80.80389
- Open in maps
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.