Sri lankan mountain rainforests are found above 1000 m in the central Sri Lanka mountain range. These forests once covered more than 8000 km2 but now only 8% remains Fact|date=May 2007. Hortan plains, Hakgala and Piduruthalagala are popular places to view these types of rainforests Fact|date=May 2007.
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