Geography:
6o-10o North Latitude         
80o-82o East longitude
                 
Maximum Length         432Km
Maximum Breadth       224Km
Land Area                        65,525 Sq. Km
Excluding Inland Waters      62,336 Sq. Km

Highest Water fal l( Bambarakanda)         241 meters
Highest Peak ( Pidurutalagala )          2524 meters
Longest River ( Mahaweli)              335 k. meters

Climate      Low Lands- tropical, average 27C
Central Hills – cooler

Climate:
Temperature(Mean Annual) 270C in the lowland, with temperatures dropping to 14C at Nuwara Eliya (altitude 1800 m). Relative Humidity varies from 70% during the day to 90% at night.
The south-west monsoon brings rain to the western, southern and central regions from May to July, while the north-eastern monsoon occurs in the north and east in December and January. Rainfall (annual) 2500 mm to over 5000 mm in South West of the Island. Less than 1250 mm in the North West and South East of the Island.