Input (grade 13): Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Nordwestmecklenburg, Güstrow, Müritz, the district Prignitz in Brandenburg, the district Ludwigslust and the district-free city Schwerin.
Output (grade 11): Most of the district is now used for farming, but in the easternmost part there are several lakes, the largest of them being the Plauer See (39 km).