The area of the district is 56,800 square kilometers (21,900 sq mi).

[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Chara.

There are also vast intermontane basins, and the unique Chara Sands area.

On the territory of the region flow many rivers: In the west the Vitim, in the center and the north the Chara river with its tributaries, and in the southern and western parts of the region some Vitim tributaries, such as the Kalar, Konda and Syulban.

Among the lakes, the deep Nichatka, the Bolshoye Leprindo and the Leprindokan deserve mention.