The country's lowest point is the Indian Ocean at 0 m. (2,518 m), along with Adam's Peak (the country's famous religious site) both rise in the mountains directly east of Colombo. Pidurutalagala, the country's highest point at 8,261 ft. About 40% of the landmass is heavily forested.
Intermixed throughout those mountains are numerous deep valleys and gorges. The coastal areas merge into a flat coastal plain, one that gently rises into the foothills of a mountainous region, central and south. km.Īs observed on the physical map above, most of Sri Lanka is low-lying and is ringed by (almost endless) sandy beaches, and small, irregular lagoons. Sri Lanka is an island country located to the south of the Indian Peninsula in the Indian Ocean and has an area of 65,610 sq.
