Due to the high altitude of 6,064 ft (1,848 m), the mean annual temperature in the area is below 17.5 °C (63.5 °F), while frost is common during winter.

Ambewela is situated en route to the Horton Plains National Park and is famous for scenic landscapes, Rhododendron arboreum flowers, and the World's End, which is a 1,219 m (3,999 ft) deep cliff.

[2] The climatic and economic conditions in Ambewela make it an ideal location for dairy farming, hence the country's only milk powder factory is situated in this area.

Transportation of equipment such as wind turbines is also a very significant challenge due to the extreme logistical conditions to access the site.

The study also revealed that ignoring this issue and constructing wind farms with turbines smaller than 600KW would be extremely uneconomical to the developer.