The northeast of the district is rather flat with agricultural land, the southwest is dominated by hilly forested terrain. The territory extends into four geomorphological mesoregions:
Upper Sázava Hills (most of the territory),
Central Elbe Table (north),
Vlašim Uplands (small part in the southwest) and
Iron Mountains (small part in the north). The highest point of the district is the hill Březina in
Chlístovice with an elevation of , the lowest point is the river bed of the Klejnárka in
Hlízov at . From the total district area of ,
agricultural land occupies , forests occupy , and water area occupies . Forests cover 23.9% of the district's area. The most important rivers in the northern part of the district are the
Elbe which, however, crosses the territory only briefly, and its tributaries: the
Doubrava and
Klejnárka. The southern part is drained by the
Sázava River. The largest bodies of water are
Švihov Reservoir, although it only partially extends into the Kutná Hora District, and Vavřinecký Pond with an area of . There are no
large-scale protected areas. ==Demographics==