Katupotha, J.(Sri Lanka Journal of the Marine Enviromental Science, 2020)
The Indian Ocean is bounded by Iran, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh to the north; the Malay
Peninsula, the Sunda Islands of Indonesia, and Australia to the east; Antarctica to the south; and Africa
and the Arabian ...
Along the coastal belt of Sri Lanka, there are different water outlets from land to
sea. The present study found 431 such water outlets (mouths) in perennial, seasonal, and ephemeral
conditions. Depending on the location, ...
Long extending canals, distributing water for vast areas are one of the ancient
irrigation structures of Sri Lanka. Normally, in terms of functionality, these
canals are of four types. One; supply of water for paddy ...
Geotourism is ‘tourism that focuses on geology and landscape as the basis for providing
visitor engagement, learning, and enjoyment’. Geotourism and geo-heritage are relatively new form of
tourism with considerable Sri ...
Since ancient times, the population of Sri Lanka has depended on the island’s vast
network of river basins. It was crucial to their survival and the human civilization was built around
them. With time human lifestyle ...
Global sea-level changes have been a major topic among scientists. Sea-level changes are not globally uniform.
Reconstruction of paleo sea-level changes and monitoring of variations in regional sea-level are important to ...
It is obvious that Sri Lanka experiences remarkable climatic variations under global climate change. The greater impact of climatic variation is on agriculture, water recourses and the people who involve in the agricultural ...
It is apparent that world climate is changing in mainly resulting in global warming and associated consequences such as sea level
rising, growing hot spot, ice malting and varying rain fall. Therefore now a days the word ...
The Gulf of Mannar was one of the most abundant sources of natural pearls
in the world for more than two millennia. Pearls were the most valuable
aquatic resource in Sri Lanka and were exploited since ancient times, ...
Katupotha, Jinadasa(Department of Wildlife Conservation, 2019)
Geographically, the Gulf of Mannar was one of the most abundant sources of natural
pearls in the world for more than two millennia. Pearls were the most valuable aquatic resource in Sri
Lanka and were exploited since ...
Katupotha, Jinadasa(Department of Wildlife Conservation, 2018)
The tourism activities of Sri Lanka mainly have concentrated in the areas of around
Colombo as a commercial hub, along the selected beaches of the west, southwest and eastern coasts, in
Central Highlands, and the historic ...