 The southern part belongs to the drainage basin of the Tma River, also a left tributary of the Volga.The Tma itself crosses the southern part of the district.In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great, the area was included into Ingermanlandia Governorate (since 1710 known as Saint Petersburg Governorate), and in 1727 Novgorod Governorate split off.