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Geography - note Sri Lanka, in 30 editions.
The entry for Sri Lanka published Geography - note in 30 editions of 36, from 1996 to 2025. The text changed in 6 editions. Each is shown as published. Geography - note in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 6
- the first edition with it
- 1996
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Geographic note” (1996), “Geography - note” (1997 to 2025), “Geography-note” (1998) and “Geography--note” (1999).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024Published as “Geographic note”
strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes
strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea
lanes
strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes
strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea
Published as “Geography-note”
strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes
strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes
Published as “Geography--note”
strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes
strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea
lanes
The same text in 17 editions, 2000 to 2016.
strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes
strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea
- strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes;
- Adam's Bridge is a chain of limestone shoals between the southeastern coast of India and the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka;
- geological evidence suggests that this 50-km long bridge once connected India and Sri Lanka;
- ancient records seem to indicate that a foot passage was possible between the two land masses until the 15th century when the land bridge broke up in a cyclone
Rewritten: too little of the 2016 text remains to mark the changes.
strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes; Adam's Bridge is a chain of limestone shoals between the southeastern coast of India and the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka; geological evidence suggests that this 50-km long bridge once connected India and Sri Lanka; ancient records seem to indicate that a foot passage was possible between the two land masses until the 15th century when the land bridge broke up in a cyclone
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
- strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes;
- Adam's Bridge is a chain of limestone shoals between the southeastern coast of India and the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka;
- geological evidence suggests that this 50-km long Bridge once connected India and Sri Lanka;
- ancient records seem to indicate that a foot passage was possible between the two land masses until the 15th century when the land bridge broke up in a cyclone
strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes; Adam's Bridge is a chain of limestone shoals between the southeastern coast of India and the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka; geological evidence suggests that this 50-km long bridge Bridge once connected India and Sri Lanka; ancient records seem to indicate that a foot passage was possible between the two land masses until the 15th century when the land bridge broke up in a cyclone
- strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes;
- Adam's Bridge is a chain of limestone shoals between the southeastern coast of India and the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka;
- geological evidence suggests that this 50-km (31-mi) bridge once connected India and Sri Lanka;
- ancient records seem to indicate that a foot passage was possible between the two land masses until the 15th century, when the land bridge broke up in a cyclone
strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes; Adam's Bridge is a chain of limestone shoals between the southeastern coast of India and the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka; geological evidence suggests that this 50-km long Bridge (31-mi) bridge once connected India and Sri Lanka; ancient records seem to indicate that a foot passage was possible between the two land masses until the 15th century century, when the land bridge broke up in a cyclone
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Sri Lanka: Geography - note.” The World Factbook, 1996–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/sri-lanka/geography-note.