Chortkiv district (Chortkivskyi) is located in the southern part of Ternopil region, at the junction of historical and ethnographic regions of Halicia and Podillya. The Seret and Strypa rivers flow within the district, the southern border runs along the Dniester River, and the eastern border runs along the Zbruch.
Here lies the ridge of the Halician Tovtry (Medobory), the nature of which in this part is protected by the reserve "Medobory" with the administration in Hrimailiv. The Dniester Canyon National Nature Park with its administration in Zalishchyky includes the Chervone tract with the ruins of the Chervonohorod Castle and the largest plain waterfall in Ukraine on the Dzhuryn River. Panorama of Zalishchyky in the meander of the Dniester is one of the tourist attract ...