The territory of the district forms an atypical shape, surrounding Prague from the east. From north to south, the territory measures about , but at its narrowest point it is only wide. The landscape is rather flat and agricultural, only the southeast is more hilly and forested. It extends into four geomorphological mesoregions:
Central Elbe Table (north),
Prague Plateau (northwest and central parts),
Benešov Uplands (south) and
Jizera Table (small northernmost part). The highest point of the district is the hill Pecný in
Ondřejov with an elevation of , the lowest point is the river bed of the Elbe in
Záryby at . From the total district area of ,
agricultural land occupies , forests occupy , and water area occupies . Forests cover 22.5% of the district's area. There are no
large-scale protected areas. ==Demographics==