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  2. Adam's Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Adam's Bridge, [a] also known as Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu, [c] is a chain of natural limestone shoals between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka. Geological evidence suggests that the bridge was formerly a land connection ...

  3. Raavana 1 - Wikipedia

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    The satellite was designed in Japan. It had a volume of about 1000 cubic centimetre and a mass of about 1.1 kg. The lifespan of the satellite was about one and half years. The satellite took images of Sri Lanka and other countries near Sri Lanka. It used magnetic torquers to reduce its angular velocity. Origin of the name

  4. Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka, [a] historically known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. It shares a maritime border with the Maldives in the southwest ...

  5. Geography of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Geography of Sri Lanka. /  7°N 81°E  / 7; 81. Sri Lanka, formerly called Ceylon, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, southeast of the Indian subcontinent, in a strategic location near major sea lanes. [1] The nation has a total area of 65,610 square kilometres (25,330 sq mi), with 64,630 square kilometres (24,950 sq mi) of land and ...

  6. Lake Gregory (Nuwara Eliya) - Wikipedia

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    Nuwara Eliya. References. [1] Lake Gregory sometimes also called Gregory Lake or Gregory Reservoir, is a reservoir in the heart of the tea country hill city of Nuwara Eliya in Sri Lanka. Lake Gregory was created during the period of British Governor Sir William Gregory in 1873. [2] The lake and the surrounding area make up the Gregory Lake Area .

  7. Google Maps Navigation - Wikipedia

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    Google Maps Navigation is a mobile application developed by Google for the Android and iOS operating systems that later integrated into the Google Maps mobile app. The application uses an Internet connection to a GPS navigation system to provide turn-by-turn voice-guided instructions on how to arrive at a given destination. [1]

  8. Udawattakele Forest Reserve - Wikipedia

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    1938 (Sanctuary) Governing body. Department of Wildlife Conservation. Udawattakele Forest Reserve often spelled as Udawatta Kele, is a historic forest reserve on a hill-ridge in the city of Kandy. It is 104 hectares (257 acres) large. During the days of the Kandyan kingdom, Udawattakele was known as "Uda Wasala Watta" in Sinhalese meaning "the ...

  9. Indian Ocean Geoid Low - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Ocean Geoid Low ( IOGL) is a gravity anomaly in the Indian Ocean. A circular geoid low situated just south of the Indian peninsula, it is the region with Earth 's largest gravity anomaly. [1] [2] It forms a depression in the sea level covering an area of about 3 million km 2 (1.2 million sq mi), almost the size of India itself.