Sinharaja Rain Forest Sri Lanka- Tropical Rain Forest with endemic flora

Sinharaja Rain Forest Sri Lanka- Tropical Rain Forest with endemic flora

Sinharaja forest cover receives between 3000-6000 mm of rain throughout the year and have a minimum rainfall of over 200 mm even during non monsoon periods. The mean temperature is between 18-27 degrees Celsius with a humidity of 75% - 90%. Only a faint sunshine reaches the ground layer of the forest which ranges from 5% - 15% of the total sun light. The land coverage of the Sinharaja Forest is 21 kM lengthwise, with a minimum width of 3 kM and a maximum width of 7 kM throughout that land extent. The location of Sinharaja rain Forest is between 6 D 21 M and 6 D 27 M , North and 80 D 25 M and 80 D 34 M, East. Gin Ganga and Kalu Ganga [ Rivers Gin and Kalu] gets its water flow from this forest land. The highest elevated mountain peak found at Sinharaja is 1170 Mts and has eight peaks over 600 Mts