Editing Newport, Washington (section)

==Geography==
[[Image:PendOreilleCtyHistMus NewportWA.jpg|thumb|left|Pend Oreille County Historical Museum]]

Newport is located at an elevation of 2,160 feet (658.5 m)<ref name=gnis/> and according to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.07|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>

The town of [[Oldtown, Idaho]], is just to the east of Newport, and on the [[Pend Oreille River]]. There are no natural or physical barriers between the two towns, and it is strictly a political division, separated by the straight-line state boundary.

About one-half mile north of Newport, the Pend Oreille River enters Washington state and flows north to Canada. The [[Drainage basin|watershed]] of the Pend Oreille in the Newport-Oldtown area west of the river is extremely limited. This is due to a small [[Depression (geology)|depression]] of no more than {{convert|50|ft|m}}, which begins about one-half mile from the river. Unable to flow uphill, the waters (from [[Spring (hydrosphere)|natural springs]], [[Rain|rainfall runoff]], etc.) eventually form the [[Little Spokane River]], and flow southwest towards [[Spokane]].

[[Diamond Lake, Washington|Diamond Lake]] (elevation 2,345&nbsp;ft.) is about {{convert|7|mi|km}} to the southwest, and is also part of the Little Spokane River watershed (outflow only) via a [[Stream|creek]] runoff from the uninhabited far west end of the lake.