Peak Wilderness Sanctuary

Peak Wilderness Sanctuary is a natural reserve in Sri Lanka. It is the third largest (by area) of the 50 sanctuaries in the country. "Sri Pada" Peak Wilderness Sanctuary is a tropical rainforest spread over 224 km2 (86 sq mi) around the Sri Pada (Adam's Peak) mountain. A huge forest area that belonged to the Peak Wilderness was cut down and cleared during the British colonial rule in Sri Lanka (1815–1948) to gain land for the massive tea estates which are still functioning in Nuwara Eliya district. The remaining portion of the Peak Wilderness was declared a wildlife sanctuary on October 25, 1940. The contours of "Sri Pada" Peak Wilderness vary from 300 to 2,240 m (1, 000 to 7, 360 ft) above sea Therefore, it possesses unusual geographical formations compared to the other natural reserves of the island.level.Therefore all three tropical rainforest types, tropical lowland rainforests (below 900m above sea level), tropical submontane rarainforests (900m - 1200m above sea level) and tropical montane rainforests (above 1200m from sea level) are occur in this sanctuary. Bena Samanala (2,005 m (6, 579 ft)), Dotalugala, Detanagala, are some of the taller mountains in the Peak Wilderness. It is also the birthplace of Kelani, Kalu, Walave rivers and many tributaries of the river Mahaweli which make waterfalls such as Dotalu falls, Geradi falls, Galagama falls (200 m (655 ft)), and Mapanana fal

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