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    Wilpattu National Park (Sinhala: විල්පත්තු ජාතික වනෝද්‍යානය) is a national park in Sri Lanka. The unique feature of this park is the existence of "Willus"...
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    present in Udawalawe National Park, Yala National Park, Lunugamvehera National Park, Wilpattu National Park and Minneriya National Park but also live outside...
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  • troubled politics. Ruins of the palace of Kuveni can be found inside Wilpattu National Park Sri Lanka. List of monarchs of Sri Lanka Mahavamsa History of Sri...
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    against the unauthorised construction and the deforestation to Wilpattu National Park. Kodituwakku informed the court that Minister Rishad Bathiudeen...
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    province also contains a portion of the Wilpattu National Park, one of the largest and oldest national parks in Sri Lanka, known for its diverse wildlife...
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  • species endemic to Sri Lanka, known from only one location inside Wilpattu National Park. Murdannia dimorphoides is an annual, trailing herb sometimes rooting...
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  • are protected ad National parks such as Yala National Park, Wilpattu National Park, Wasgamuwa National Park, Maduru-Oya national park, Ritigal Strict Nature...
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    flooded at Kaduwela. With roads underwater and impassable, the Wilpattu National Park was closed until 25 May 2016. As water levels on the Kelani River...
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  • organisation in the world and was instrumental in setting up Wilpattu National Park and Yala National Park. The Ceylon Game Protection Society was formed on 23...
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    Chitwan National Park are most famous. Sri Lanka's Wilpattu National Park and Yala National Park have large herds of Indian sambar and chital. The Indian...
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  • Oya Minneriya Pigeon Island Somawathiya Udawalawe Ussangoda Wasgamuwa Wilpattu Yala Green, Michael J. B. (1990). IUCN Directory of South Asian Protected...
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    sanctuary in 1900, along with Wilpattu, designated in 1938, as the first two designated national parks in Sri Lanka. The park is best known for its variety...
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    life, however. Ruhunu National Park in the southeast protects herds of elephant, deer, and peacocks, and Wilpattu National Park in the northwest preserves...
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    National Park in the southeast protects herds of elephant, deer, and peacocks. The Wilpattu National Park in the northwest, the largest national park...
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    elephants that were found in the wild. The orphanage was located at the Wilpattu National Park, then shifted to the tourist complex at Bentota and then to the...
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    parts of the intermediate climatic zones, including Polonnaruwa, Wilpattu National Park, Sigiriya, Kurunegala, Jaffna, Trincomalee, and Monaragala. This...
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  • effectively expanded the Wilpattu National Park's boundary to include northern provinces' regions. The original boundary of the park had enclosed the Puttalam...
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    Udawalawe National Park (308.2 km2 (119.0 sq mi)) Ussangoda National Park (3.5 km2 (1.3 sq mi)) Wasgamuwa National Park (370.6 km2 (143.1 sq mi)) Wilpattu National...
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    the construction of a housing project, which is adjacent to the Wilpattu National Park. The Court of Appeal upheld the view that it was illegal to cut...
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  • LTTE.” Before they withdrew, the attackers entered the Wilpattu National Park, taking the park warden Abraham hostage, they rounded up and massacred 24...
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  • National Park bungalow, office complex and entrance feature, at Wilpattu National Park: The structure was built with tree trunks fallen in the park,...
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    Muslims walking 50 kilometers to the safety of Puttalam through Wilpattu National Park. Mannar District has 5 local authorities of which one is an Urban...
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    Attributes and Status (2nd ed.). Washington D.C. and Barcelona: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and Lynx Edicions. p. 333. ISBN 978-84-96553-87-3...
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    2019 a stockpile of suspicious explosives was discovered near the Wilpattu National Park which contained 100 kilos of high explosives and 100 detonators...
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  • 2006, Nihal De Silva was killed by a land mine explosion at the Wilpattu National Park. "The Gratiaen Prize 1993–2007". gratiaen.com. Archived from the...
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  • monastery at Karuwalagaswewa, bordering the forest sanctuary of Wilpattu National Park. Affiliated to Sri Kalyani Yogasrama Samstha. Mahānāma (1993). The...
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  • involved in an accident on 22 April 2012 while driving back from Wilpattu National Park; he was arrested and later acquitted as the result of a head-on...
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  • illegal clearing of the Kallaru Forest Reserve, adjacent to the Wilpattu National Park and the construction of a housing project. In the winning judgement...
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    IUCN. 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2020-05-04. "Resource Inventory of Wilpattu National Park". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2020-05-04. "Recognizing Deadly Venomous...
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  • Pomparippu, Snout 8 km from the coast. Species is also known from Wilpattu National Park. Inhabits lowlands, under 50m. 2 eggs are laid in loose soil. Deraniyagala...
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