Editing Lausanne Township, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
The township is located along the northern border of Carbon County, with [[Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Luzerne County]] to the north. It lies in a valley bordered by the parallel ridges of Buck Mountain to the north and Round Head Mountain to the south. Its only village is Buck Mountain, at the base of the mountain with the same name.  Historically, it began as part of the original [[Northampton County, Pennsylvania|Northampton County]], which was larger than New Jersey, with a township centered at Lausanne Landing and consisted of the lands in most of what is now Carbon County.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township has a total area of {{convert|15.4|km2|disp=flip}}, all of it land.<ref name="Census 2010"/> It is part of the [[Lehigh River]] watershed.

Lausanne has a warm-summer [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfb'') and the [[hardiness zone]]s are 5b and 6a. Average monthly temperatures in Buck Mountain range from 24.4&nbsp;°F in January to 69.7&nbsp;°F in July. [http://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/]

===Neighboring municipalities===
*[[Lehigh Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania|Lehigh Township]] (east and south)
*[[Weatherly, Pennsylvania|Weatherly]] (southwest)
*[[Banks Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania|Banks Township]] (west)
*[[Foster Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania|Foster Township, Luzerne County]] (north)