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Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya are about 5.5 km to the west
of the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. In
2016, the garden was visited by 1.2 million locals and 400,000
foreign visitors. It is near the Mahaweli River (The longest
river in Sri Lanka). It is renowned for its collection of
orchids. The garden includes more than 4000 species of plants,
including orchids, spices, medicinal plants and palm trees.
Attached to it is the "National Herbarium of Sri Lanka". The
total area of the botanical garden is 0.59 km2, at 460 meters
above sea level, and with a 200-day annual rainfall. It is
managed by the Division of National Botanic Gardens of the
Department of Agriculture. |
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