- Climate
- Equatorial climate (Af); average temperature 27.3°C, hottest month May (28°C), coolest month December (26.5°C); average rainfall 2,619.6mm/year, highest in December (429.1mm), lowest in July (149.1mm)
- Terrain
- One of three landlocked districts of Johor (with Kluang and Segamat), covering 753.75 km2, slightly smaller than Singapore, which lies about 12km south of the district
- Base process
- Natural