🌲 Flood Plains National Park

Sri Lanka · Asia · National Park · 7.92°N, 81.09°E

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Flood Plains National Park is one of the four national parks set aside under the Mahaweli River development project in Sri Lanka. The park was created on 7 August 1984. The national park is situated along the Mahaweli flood plain and is considered a rich feeding ground for elephants. Flood Plains National Park is considered an elephant corridor for the elephants migrate between Wasgamuwa and Somawathiya national parks. The park is situated 222 kilometres (138 mi) north-east of Colombo.

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Quick facts

CountrySri Lanka
Continent / regionAsia
Protection type🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)7.92°N, 81.09°E · view on map

Flood Plains National Park is a national park in Sri Lanka, in Asia. The details of why Flood Plains National Park is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Sri Lanka

Udawalawe National Park · Wilpattu National Park · Sinharaja Forest Reserve · Bundala National Park · Angammedilla National Park · Gal Oya National Park · Galway's Land National Park · Hikkaduwa National Park · Horagolla National Park · Kaudulla National Park.

Coordinates are an approximate area centre. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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