Kherson district is located in the western part of the Kherson region, in the historical and ethnographic region of the Black Sea coast. The Dnipro River flows within the district. On the coast of the Dnipro estuary near the village of Stanislav, the Stanislav Landscape Reserve of national importance was created, which is called "Kherson Mountains" or "Kherson Grand Canyon" for its characteristic relief. A popular tourist location is also the National Natural Park "Oleshkiv Sands" on the basis of the largest natural sand massif in Europe, near the town of Oleshkiv.
The administrative center of Kherson district is the regional center, the historic city of Kherson. Fragments of the Kherson fortress of Catherine's time, St. Catherine's (Savior ...