Other tributaries of the Wester Dvina which flow through the district include the Belesa and the Turosna.

The northern part of the district belongs to the drainage basins of the Zhukopa and the Tudovka, right tributaries of the Volga.

The northern part of the district belongs to the Central Forest Nature Reserve, a protected area created to preserve conifer forest with the corresponding plants and animals, including the Eurasian brown bear, in the upper course of the Western Dvina.

On 12 July 1929, governorates and uyezds were abolished, and Nelidovsky District with the administrative center in the settlement of Nelidovo was established.

On 22 August 1944, the district was transferred to newly established Velikiye Luki Oblast.

[10][11] The main agricultural specialization of the district is cattle breeding with meat and milk production.

[10] The railway which connects Moscow and Riga via Rzhev, crosses the district from east to west.

The M9 highway connecting Moscow with Riga also crosses the district, passing just north of Nelidovo.

The vast majority of these monuments are graves of soldiers fallen in the World War II, there are also several 18th century churches.