Cities and towns are marked in bold: Albrechtice – Bohumín – Český Těšín – Chotěbuz – Dětmarovice – Dolní Lutyně – Doubrava – Havířov – Horní Bludovice – Horní Suchá – Karviná – Orlová – Petrovice u Karviné – Petřvald – Rychvald – Stonava – Těrlicko Karviná District borders Poland in the east and north.

The territory extends into two geomorphological mesoregions: Ostrava Basin (north and centre) and Moravian-Silesian Foothills (south).

The highest point of the district is the hill Šachta in Český Těšín with an elevation of 427 m (1,401 ft).

The lowest point of the district is the riverbed of the Oder in Bohumín at 191 m (627 ft).

[6] The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument zones, are:[7] The most visited tourist destinations are the DinoPark Ostrava amusement park in Doubrava and Chotěbuz-Podobora Archeopark.