Sir Lanka is a very historical island which is situated in the Indian Ocean., south east of India and it lies between longitude 79C and 81C east and latitudes 50 and 100 north. From north to south the island is 425 kilometers long and from west to east it is 225 kilometers wide. Pidurutalagala, the highest mountain, which is 2,524 meters high, and the longest river is the Mahaweli which is over 300 kilometers long.
The island has a tropical climate. The monsoons called north east and the south west bring rain to all parts of the country. The temperature differs between 200 to 300 centigrade. In the central hills the climate is cooler. There are many different wild flowers, shrubs and trees here, and the Peradeniya and Haggala Botanical Gardens have a large variety of tropical plants.
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