Central Highlands

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The Central Highlands is a mountainous region in central Sri Lanka known for its high peaks, cool climate, tea plantations, and UNESCO-listed natural landscapes.

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Central Highlands canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountainous region ⓘ
natural region ⓘ
climateType tropical highland climate ⓘ
contains Adam's Peak ⓘ
Badulla District ⓘ
Horton Plains National Park ⓘ
Kandy ⓘ
Kelani River headwaters ⓘ
linked to: Kelani River

Knuckles Conservation Forest ⓘ
Mahaweli River headwaters ⓘ
Nuwara Eliya ⓘ
Nuwara Eliya District ⓘ
Peak Wilderness Protected Area ⓘ
Pidurutalagala ⓘ
Walawe River headwaters ⓘ
linked to: Walawe River

parts of Kandy District ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
economicActivity eco-tourism ⓘ
tea industry ⓘ
hasBiodiversity endemic fauna ⓘ
endemic flora ⓘ
high endemism ⓘ
hasClimate cool climate ⓘ
hasEcosystem grassland ⓘ
montane rainforest ⓘ
submontane forest ⓘ
hasFeature cloud forests ⓘ
high peaks ⓘ
montane forests ⓘ
mountain ranges ⓘ
plateaus ⓘ
tea plantations ⓘ
valleys ⓘ
waterfalls ⓘ
hasLandUse hydropower generation ⓘ
tea cultivation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasSpecies Sri Lanka whistling thrush ⓘ
Sri Lankan leopard ⓘ
purple-faced langur ⓘ
heritageCategory natural site ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
highestPoint Pidurutalagala ⓘ
highestPointElevation 2524 metres ⓘ
isImportantFor water catchment for Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedIn central Sri Lanka ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
UNESCOListingYear 2010 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteName Central Highlands of Sri Lanka ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pidurutalagala → mountainRange → Central Highlands ⓘ