Metohija is wide at its broadest point and about long, at an average altitude of above sea level. Its principal river is the White Drin. It is bordered by the mountain ranges Mokra Gora in the north and northwest, the Prokletije in the west, Paštrik () in the southwest, the Šar Mountains () in the south and southeast, and Drenica, which distinguishes it from the rest of Kosovo in the east and northeast.