Editing Basel-Stadt (section)

==Geography==
[[File:MZA Chrischona4 retouched.jpg|thumb|left|View from [[St. Chrischona]], the highest location in the canton]]
The canton of Basel-Stadt is located in the north of Switzerland. Basel is located at the so-called '[[Rhine knee|knee]]' of the [[Rhine]], at the point where from the west the little [[Birsig]] joins the Rhine from the left, and where the Rhine itself switches from flowing in a westerly direction to a northerly flow. It is the [[List of Swiss cantons by elevation|second flattest canton]], with a height difference of only 277 metres between the Rhine and [[St. Chrischona]].

[[Bettingen]], [[Riehen]] and a part of Basel city lie on the east bank of the Rhine, bordered on three sides by the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The rest of the canton lies on the west bank of the Rhine.

The area of the canton is {{cvt|37|km2}}, making Basel-Stadt the smallest canton in Switzerland. It is sometimes likened to a [[city-state]].<ref>[http://www.bs.ch/dam/jcr:485ef4e3-3642-4d84-aa7d-290908e4aea1/Brochure_Welcome_BaselStadt.pdf Canton of Basel-Stadt] Welcome</ref>

Basel-Stadt borders Basel-Landschaft to the south, the only adjacent canton. To the north, it borders [[Germany]] ([[Baden-Württemberg]]) and [[France]] ([[Grand Est]]). The three countries meet in the middle of the Rhine, about 150 metres north of the [[Dreiländereck (Basel)|Dreiländereck]] monument.<ref>[[Swisstopo]] topographic maps</ref>