Editing Nelson County, North Dakota (section)

==Geography==
The county terrain consists of rolling hills dotted with lakes and ponds. The area is largely devoted to agriculture.<ref name="NCND">{{Cite web |title=Nelson County · North Dakota |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nelson+County,+ND/@47.9338297,-98.4848402,99956m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x52c4e14c3c9084a3:0x1e507b0f48ece45b!8m2!3d47.9519514!4d-98.1259898 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Google Maps |language=en}}</ref> The terrain slopes to the south and east, with its highest point near the midpoint of its north boundary line, at {{convert|1,545|ft|m|abbr=on}} ASL.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-find-altitude.htm |title="Find an Altitude/Nelson County ND"  Google Maps (accessed February 25, 2019) |access-date=February 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521043409/https://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-find-altitude.htm |archive-date=May 21, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The county has a total area of {{convert|1009|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|982|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|27|sqmi}} (2.7%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_38.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 1, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129045530/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_38.txt|archive-date=January 29, 2015}}</ref>

===Major highways===
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* [[File:US 2.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 2 in North Dakota|U.S. Highway 2]]
* [[File:ND-1 (2015).svg|25px]] [[North Dakota Highway 1]]
* [[File:ND-15 (2015).svg|25px]] [[North Dakota Highway 15]]
* [[File:ND-32 (2015).svg|25px]] [[North Dakota Highway 32]]
* [[File:ND-35 (2015).svg|25px]] [[North Dakota Highway 35]]
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===Adjacent counties===
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* [[Walsh County, North Dakota|Walsh County]] - northeast
* [[Grand Forks County, North Dakota|Grand Forks County]] - east
* [[Steele County, North Dakota|Steele County]] - southeast
* [[Griggs County, North Dakota|Griggs County]] - south
* [[Eddy County, North Dakota|Eddy County]] - southwest
* [[Benson County, North Dakota|Benson County]] - west
* [[Ramsey County, North Dakota|Ramsey County]] - northwest
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===National protected areas===
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* [[Johnson Lake National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
* [[Lambs Lake National Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[Rose Lake National Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[Stump Lake National Wildlife Refuge]]
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===Lakes===
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* Bitter Lake
* Church Lake
* Hillesland Lake
* Johnson Lake
* Lake Laretta
* Mannie Lake
* Omild Slough
* Ottofy Lake
* Rose Lake
* Rugh Lake
* Stump Lake
* Swan Lake
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