Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 2010
534 km²
Division · LKA
Sri Lanka
Species observed
640
Observations
4 480
Area
391,1km²
Sample of 22 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 Laggala-Pallegama : 20 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 15 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
640 distinct species · 4 480 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
24,8°C
Annual rain
1 509mm
Warmest m°
31,0°C
Coldest m°
18,6°C
Elevation: 478 m on average (min 101 m, max 1 616 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
5,4
Org. C
48,8g/kg
Clay
35,0%
Sand
35,2%
Silt
29,8%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiM
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
27,4km
Lake surface here
0,33km²
Basins crossed
4
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
5 832km²
Discharge in basins
13,3m³/s
Mean precip.
1 978mm/an
Mean T°
25,5°C
Moisture idx
0,20
Mean runoff
736mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
358m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
19,5%
Pesticides
11,7kg/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 · 1984
392 km²
Conservation Forest · 2000
313 km²
Environmental Protection Area (EPA) · 2007
313 km²
Reserved Forest · 2013
94 km²
Reserved Forest · 2009
9 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN