Climatic zone	Districts	Soils	Crops	Growing season	Irrigation	Drainage	Time estimate for >80% reclamation	Area (hectares)
Wet	Kaluthara Galle	Sand to sandy loam	Vegetable, OFC, Fruit	Maha and Yala	Rainfall, irrigated	Good internal	Ready for planting	110.4
		Sandy clay to clay	Paddy	Maha and Yala	Mainly rainfed	Good surface	< 1 growing season	158
Interm.	Matara	Sandy clay to clay	Paddy	Maha and Yala	Mainly rainfed	Good surface	1 year depending on rain	112.4
Dry	Ampara Batticaloa Trincomalee	Sand to sandy loam	Vegetable, OFC, Fruit	Maha and Yala	Rainfall, irrigated	Good internal	< 1 year	719.2
		Sandy clay to clay	Paddy	Maha	Rainfed	Good, medium to poor	1 to several years depending on drainage and rainfall	620
				Maha	Irrigated	Good surface	< 1 irrigation season	1241.2
	Hambantota Mulaitivu Jaffna	Sand to sandy loam	Vegetable, OFC, Fruit	Maha	Rainfall, irrigated	Good internal	1 - 2 years	147.6
		Sandy clay to clay	Paddy	Maha	Rainfed	Medium to poor	Several years depending on drainage and rainfall	1046.8