Sri Lanka is an island country located off the southern coast of India. It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Mannar, the Palk Strait. Being in between 2 tropical lines and located North to the Equator makes it characterized as tropical with 2 monsoons such as North-East monsoon (December to March) and South West monsoon (June to Octorber). The geography of Sri Lanka includes coastal plains in the north and hills and mountains in the interior.
The land over 50% of the country is green cover and 25% forest cover and the land has a total area of 65,610 km² (25,332 mi²) and a total coastline of 1,340 km (832.6 mi) and divided into 9 provinces and 25 districts with polulation of 21.92 million (2020) and average elevation of 228m above sea level. The highest mountain peak (Pidurutalagala) is at 2,524m and the country is sustained many natural resources such as 26 of National parks, 36 lagoons, 512 species of birds, 242 butterflies, 5 of 8 turtles and over hundreds of waterfalls and rivers with many lakes and 240,000 of plants, also it is one of 25 biodiversity hot pots with 8 UNESCO world heritage sites.