Coastal dunes in the southern part of Sri Lanka act as an important natural barrier against coastal erosion and protect life and property within the coastal zone. They absorb the energy of waves, and more importantly, ...

Old raised beach and dune ridge formations in the Northwestern coastal zone from Kiryankalli to Mundal are the most distinctive members of the Quaternary System, not only in appearance but also in their topographic ...

In the Earth’s history, there were five major glaciations, namely, Huronian (2,300 Ma), Cryogenianor Sturtian-Varangian(850-635 Ma), Andean-Saharan (460-430 Ma, Karoo (360-260 Ma) and the Quaternary (2.58 Ma to Present) ...

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 ...

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It is apparent that world climate is changing in mainly resulting in global warming and associated consequences such as sea level rising, growing hot spot, ice malting and varying rain fall. Therefore now a days the word ...

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 ...