Editing Mesa, Washington (section)

==Geography==
Mesa is situated in Esquatzel Coulee at the junction of [[U.S. Route 395 in Washington|U.S. Route 395]] and [[Washington State Route 17|State Route 17]], the latter of which has its southern terminus in Mesa. Route 395 connects Mesa with [[Interstate 82 in Washington|Interstate 82]] in the [[Tri-Cities, Washington|Tri-Cities]] to the southwest and [[Interstate 90 in Washington|Interstate 90]] in [[Ritzville, Washington|Ritzville]] to the northeast. Its location in a [[coulee]] means Mesa sits in a depression relative to the surrounding terrain, which rises a few hundred feet around the city.<ref name="USGS2020">{{cite web |title=Mesa West Quadrangle |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=5c86be6f53d2afd8e6d0bb0e8913849f |website=usgs.gov |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.64|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of it land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-12-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=2012-01-25}}</ref>