Geography
The district is located on both banks of the Northern Dvina River and its main right tributary, the Vychegda. The Northern Dvina and the Vychegda divide the district into three comparably sized areas.
A major part of the district belongs to the drainage basins of the Northern Dvina and the Vychegda, including such major tributaries of the Northern Dvina as the Ustya (left) and the Uftyuga (right). The rivers in the southeastern corner of the district (i. e., areas south of the town of Koryazhma) drain into the Lala River, a tributary of the Luza, in the basin of the Yug.
Almost the whole territory of the district is covered by coniferous forests (taiga).
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