The situation of Matale District portrays the northern part of Central Province in Sri Lanka and the geographically matters portray the maps of Dambulla, Nalanda, Kurunegala Polonnaruwa, Elahera and Rangala (scale 1: 63360) of Survey Department.

Matale district enriches with Kotcite, Nice, Granite, Calcimine Lime stones, Dolomite, Kindlier kind Gannet, Silimanite, Zest and Graphite stones. The mountain ranges basically contain with Chan kite. This basic stone makes Anticlines and Synclines complex structures with the effect of time and inner earth. For this the best example is Knuckles mountain range. which contains eroding stones. This situation leads to severe lands slides in that particular area.

According to the Geological category the valley of Mahaweli situates in the Matale district eastern boundary falls to Vijayan grade. This area is a Mahaweli river’s one of flooded area So the area especially contains  very rich soil varieties making many fertile lands for paddy cultivation.There are three major geographical divisions of the district.