Editing Ascension Parish, Louisiana (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the parish has a total area of {{convert|303|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|290|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|13|sqmi}} (4.2%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928155956/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 20, 2014 |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files }}</ref> It is the fourth-smallest parish in Louisiana by total area.

===Waterways===
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* [[Alligator Bayou]]
* [[Amite River]]
* Amite River Diversion Canal
* Anderson Canal
* Babin Canal
* Bayou Antoine
* [[Bayou Manchac]]
* Bayou Narcisse
* Bayou Pierre
* Bayou {{Not a typo|Reponds}} Pas
* Bayou Conway
* Bayou Francois
* [[Bayou Lafourche]]
* Bayou Napoleon
* Bayou Verret
* Bayou Vicknair
* Black Bayou
* [[Blind River (Louisiana)|Blind River]]
* Boudreau Bayou
* Boyle Bayou
* Braud Bayou
* Cocodrie Bayou
* Cotton Bayou
* Crowley Ditch
* Duckroost Bayou
* Flat Lake
* Grand Goudine Bayou
* Hackett Canal
* Heath Bayou
* Henderson Bayou
* Jim Bayou
* Johnson Bayou
* Lake Millet
* Lake Villars
* Laurel Ridge Canal
* McCall Bayou
* [[Mississippi River]]
* Muddy Creek
* [[New River (Louisiana)|New River]]
* New River Canal
* Old New River
* Panama Canal
* Pipeline Canal
* Rocky Canal
* Roddy Bayou
* Saveiro Canal
* Sides Bayou
* Smith Bayou
* [[Spanish Lake (Louisiana)|Spanish Lake]]
* Welsh Gully
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===Major highways===
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* [[Image:I-10.svg|25px]] [[Interstate 10]]
* [[Image:US 61.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Highway 61]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 1 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 1]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 16 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 16]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 18 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 18]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 22 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 22]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 30 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 30]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 42 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 42]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 44 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 44]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 70 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 70]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 73 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 73]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 308 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 308]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 3127 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 3127]]
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===Adjacent parishes===
* [[East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana|East Baton Rouge Parish]]  (north)
* [[Livingston Parish, Louisiana|Livingston Parish]]  (northeast)
* [[St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana|St. John the Baptist Parish]]  (east)
* [[St. James Parish, Louisiana|St. James Parish]]  (southeast)
* [[Assumption Parish, Louisiana|Assumption Parish]]  (southwest)
* [[Iberville Parish, Louisiana|Iberville Parish]]  (west)