Editing Benton County, Washington (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1760|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1700|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|60|sqmi}} (3.4%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_53.txt |access-date=July 4, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The highest point of land elevation within the county is the summit of Rattlesnake Mountain at 3,527 feet; and the lowest point of land elevation is along the southwestern shore of Crow Butte at 265 feet (fluctuates due to level of Columbia River).

===Waterways===
*[[Columbia River]] - Surrounds and forms the county's boundary on three sides. Barge trafficking is possible upriver to anchorage sites in northern Richland, the upstream extent of Lake Wallula which forms behind McNary Dam.
*[[Yakima River]] - Bisects the county from west to east, emptying into the Columbia River at Richland. As a water source, the Yakima is the lifesource for agriculture in the Yakima Valley. A shallow river, the Yakima is suitably navigable only for small, personal watercraft. Historically, the Yakima River supported some of the most bountiful migratory fish populations in the entire Columbia Basin, and many of those legendary salmon runs are now rebounding after decades of demise.  [[Amon Creek]] is the most notable tributary of the Yakima River in Benton County, emptying into the mainstem river near the [[Yakima River Delta]] in Richland.

===Mountains and ridges===
*[[Horse Heaven Hills]]
*[[Rattlesnake Hills]]
**[[Lookout Summit]]
**[[Rattlesnake Mountain (Benton County, Washington)|Rattlesnake Mountain]]
*[[Jump Off Joe (Washington)|Jump Off Joe]]
*[[Badger Mountain (Tri-Cities)|Badger Mountain]]
*[[Candy Mountain (Washington)|Candy Mountain]]
*[[Red Mountain (Benton County, Washington)|Red Mountain]]

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Grant County, Washington|Grant County]] - north
*[[Franklin County, Washington|Franklin County]] - northeast
*[[Walla Walla County, Washington|Walla Walla County]] - east
*[[Umatilla County, Oregon]] - southeast
*[[Morrow County, Oregon]] - southwest
*[[Klickitat County, Washington|Klickitat County]] - southwest
*[[Yakima County, Washington|Yakima County]] - west

===National Protected Areas===
* [[Hanford Reach National Monument]] (part)
* [[Manhattan Project National Historical Park]] (part)
* [[Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
* [[Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)

===Major highways===
*[[File:I-82.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 82]]
*[[File:I-182.svg|23px]] [[Interstate 182]]
*[[File:US 12.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 12 in Washington|U.S. Route 12]]
*[[File:US 395.svg|23px]] [[U.S. Route 395 in Washington|U.S. Route 395]]
*[[File:WA-14.svg|20px]] [[Washington State Route 14]]
*[[File:WA-240.svg|20px]] [[Washington State Route 240]]
*[[File:WA-397.svg|20px]] [[Washington State Route 397]]