To sum up, Sri Lanka’s location, marine topography and double-monsoon weather system make it an unusually hospitable location for marine mammals of many species. Seven natural factors combine to produce an island ecology offering a wide variety of marine habitats, making Sri Lanka one of the best places in the world to see whales and […]
The territorial waters of Sri Lanka extend 22km (12nm) beyond the coastline and cover an area of about 21,500km2. In addition, the country enjoys rights to an UNmandated ‘exclusive economic zone’ that extends outward 370km (200nm) from its shores and covers an area of about 510,000km². Besides having sovereign rights to resources in the water
River outflows provide the raw organic material at the base of the marine food chain. A total of 103 perennial and seasonal rivers flow from Sri Lanka into the surrounding seas, which are also fed by the numerous rivers and streams draining the southern Deccan Peninsula in India. There is a high degree of variation,
The coasts of Sri Lanka are usually well supplied with lagoons and estuaries. On the castern and southern coasts, they form a more or less interconnected chain running from Point Pedro to Dondra Head, their topography constantly changing under the influence of weather and tide. These transition zones between sea and land, where the salinity
