| District |
Climatic zone |
Agro-ecological Region |
Annual rainfall |
Altitude |
Major soil groups |
Terrain |
| Matale |
Dry zone |
DL1 |
>775mm |
<300m |
Reddish Brown Earths and Low Humic Gley soils |
Undulating |
| Intermediate zone |
IL3 |
>900mm |
<300m |
"Reddish Brown Earths, Non Calcic Brown soils and Low Humic Gley soils" |
Undulating |
| IM3 |
>900mm |
300-900m |
"Immature Brown Loams Reddish brown latosolic soils, Reddish Brown Earths" |
"Steeply dissected, hilly and rolling" |
| Wet zone |
WM3 |
>1250mm |
300-900m |
"Reddish Brown Latosolic Soils, Immature Brown Loams; and Red-Yellow Podzolic soils" |
"Steeply dissected, hilly and rolling and undulating" |
