SRI LANKA - IAS Gyan

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Context

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is aggravating rapidly, putting citizens through enormous hardship.

About

Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, island country lying in the Indian Ocean. It is located between latitudes 5°55′ and 9°51′ N and longitudes 79°41′ and 81°53′ E
An island country in South Asia it lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and southeast of the Arabian Sea; it is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.
Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with India and the Maldives.
The island consists mostly of flat to rolling coastal plains, with mountains rising only in the south-central part.
Sri Lanka has 103 rivers. The longest of these is the Mahaweli River.
Sri Lanka's mangrove ecosystem spans over 7,000 hectares and played a vital role in buffering the force of the waves in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
The island is rich in minerals such as ilmenite, feldspar, graphite, silica, kaolin, mica and thorium.
The climate is tropical and warm, because of moderating effects of ocean winds.