Saturday, January 14, 2012

SINHARAJA FOREST

SINHARAJA FOREST
Sinharaja rain forest is a world heritaje sate and maijor eco trurism destination , which can also be deregscribed as a tropical lowland rain forest or tropical wet evergreen forest. whatever its 'technical' name its is a rich treasure trove of nature with a great diversity of habitats and a vast repository of  Sri Lanka's endemic spesies  found no where else in the world . BIRD WATCHING  in this ecosystem is particularly interesting because it is in home to 95% of the endemic birds of sri lanka. named as world heritage site in 1989, this lowland evergreen rain forest is steeped in deep legend and mystery . The word sinharaja means, lion (sinha) king (raja) and it is popular belief that than legendary origin of the sinhala people is from the union between a princess and the lion king who once lived in the forest.    
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