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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...