Editing Loving County, Texas (section)

==Geography==
The county is three-fifths the size of [[Rhode Island]].<ref name="information">{{Cite news |date=January 11, 1987 |title=Plenty of nothin' |page=61 |work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102452292/fort-worth-star-telegram/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524145024/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102452292/fort-worth-star-telegram/ |archive-date=May 24, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=May 24, 2022 }}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|677|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|7.8|sqmi}} (1.1%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 3, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|archive-date=April 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419031755/http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_48.txt|url-status=live}}</ref>

Water in the area has to be imported from [[Kermit, Texas|Kermit]] or [[Pecos, Texas]], due to the groundwater in the area containing [[gypsum]]; the [[Pecos River]] was previously used for water before its [[salinity]] became too high.<ref name="information" /><ref name="information3" /> The Pecos River is the county's western boundary, forming the [[Red Bluff Reservoir]] along its northwestern border with Reeves County and [[Eddy County, New Mexico]]. The terrain of Loving County is described as flat desert, with a few low hills. Desert shrubs, range grasses, and cacti abound, with [[salt cedar]]s along the river. Elevations vary from  {{convert|2,686|to|3311|ft|m}} above sea level.

Loving is the smallest county by area in the [[Permian Basin (North America)|Permian Basin]] region.

===Major highways===
* [[Image:Texas 302.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 302|State Highway 302]]
* [[Image:Texas RM 652.svg|20px]] [[Ranch to Market Road 652]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Lea County, New Mexico]] (north/[[Mountain Time Zone]])
* [[Winkler County, Texas|Winkler County]] (east)
* [[Ward County, Texas|Ward County]] (southeast)
* [[Reeves County, Texas|Reeves County]] (southwest)
* [[Eddy County, New Mexico]] (northwest/[[Mountain Time Zone]])