Borders: The eastern part is occupied by the low southern spurs of the Yerementau Mountains.

The Ishim River flows through the territory of the district with tributaries of the Kyzylmol and Olenty.

The largest: Ulken and Kishi Saryoba, Balyktykol, Tanakol, Baidaly, Shalkar, Kyzylkol and others.

[6] The district was formed initially as Vishnevsky, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Karaganda Regional Executive Committee of February 10, 1935 as a result of the unbundling of the Akmola and Telman districts of the Karaganda region.

[7] By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR of October 14, 1939, Vishnevsky district was transferred to the newly formed Akmola region.