[3] The area of the district is divided between the drainage basins of the Western Dvina and the Dnieper Rivers.

The rivers in the northern and the central part of the district drain into the Mezha, a left tributary of the Western Dvina.

Small areas in the south of the district belong to the drainage basin of the Vop, a right tributary of the Dnieper.

On 12 July 1929, governorates and uyezds were abolished, and Belsky District with the administrative center in the town of Bely was established.

[13] A paved road connecting Nelidovo and Smolensk via Dukhovshchina crosses the district from north to south, passing Bely.

The federally protected monuments are the Saint Mitrophan Church in the village of Dunayevo, the Saint Nicholas Church in the village of Chichaty, as well as archeological sites related to the old town of Bely and several monuments to the soldiers fallen in the World War II.