 The lowland part split by Kura and Alazani is not forested, less fertile and was rarely used for farming.The mountainous part of the uyezd stretched up to Lake Sevan.The highest peaks of uyezd, Murovdag, (; 11,219 ft), Ginal-dag (; 11,057 ft), Gyamysh (; 12,263 ft), bordered Javanshir Uyezd of Elisabethpol Governorate and Novobayazet Uyezd of Erivan Governorate.