The Highlands have an area of 1,135 square kilometres (438 sq mi) and an average height of 580 metres (1,900 ft).

To the southeast is the Boskovice Furrow in the mid-Moravian part of the Brno Highlands as well and in the east the Svitavy Uplands.

The Svratka river stream naturally established Bohemian-Moravian border, the other part of Elbe–Danube main European watershed The mountain range is 63% forested, though mainly by plantations - spruces, maples, beeches, elmeses.

The primary composition of the range is cretaceous granite, migmatite, orthogneiss, amphibole, granodiorite, gabbro and quartz slate.

The largest towns in the Upper Svratka Highlands are Nové Město na Moravě (partly), Bystřice nad Pernštejnem, Kunštát, Olešnice and Bystré.