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Sri Lanka Lies between 6 - 10 of North
Latitude and Between 80 - 82 of East Longitude. It has a Maximum
Length of 432 km (Devundara to Point Peduru) and Maximum Breadth
224 km (Colombo - Sangamankanda) . The Land Area is 65,525
Sq. km. The Area Excluding the Inland Water 62,336 Sq. km.
The hills appear in the center and the south of Center. Sri
Lanka is generally a warm country.
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Average mean temperature along the coast
is 26.7 C (80 F) and 19.7 C (66.50 F) in the hill country.
In Colombo, the commercial capital, situated on the west coast,
the temperature varies from 26.4 C (79.5 F) to 27.8 C (82.12
F). Relative Humidity varies from 70% during the day to 90%
at night. In the lowlands the climate is typically tropical
with an average temperature of 27C in Colombo. In the higher
elevations it can be quite cool with temperatures going down
to 16C at an altitude of nearly 2,000 meters. Bright, sunny
warm days are the rule and are common even during the height
of the monsoon - climatically Sri Lanka has no off season.
The south west monsoon brings rain mainly from May to July
to the western, southern and central regions of the island,
while the north-east monsoon rains Ccur in the northern and
eastern regions in December and January.
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