Editing Saco, Maine (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|52.76|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|38.46|sqmi|sqkm|2}}  is land and {{convert|14.30|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<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=November 23, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=July 2, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Situated beside [[Saco Bay (Maine)|Saco Bay]] on the [[Gulf of Maine]], Saco is drained by the [[Saco River]].

Saco borders the city of [[Biddeford]], as well as the towns of [[Scarborough, Maine|Scarborough]], [[Buxton, Maine|Buxton]], [[Dayton, Maine|Dayton]] and [[Old Orchard Beach, Maine|Old Orchard Beach]].

{{wide image|Water-St-Saco.jpg|1200px|The Saco River as seen from Water Street in Saco. To the right is Rt 1 (Elm St) crossing the river to Spring's Island in Biddeford. In the middle is the railroad bridge that serves the Amtrak ''Downeaster'' and freight trains. It crosses from Biddeford to Saco's Factory Island.}}

===Terrain===
Saco contains a wide variety of landforms, including beaches, fields, forests, bogs, and urban areas. The beachfront Camp Ellis section of the city has been eroding since the Army Corps of Engineers built a jetty in the 1860s at the mouth of the Saco River that stopped sediment from feeding the Camp Ellis beaches. This has been exacerbated by rising sea levels and [[climate change in Maine]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cough |first=Kate |date=2022-10-09 |title=Saco: More money buys more time |work=The Maine Monitor |url=https://themainemonitor.org/unstoppable-ocean-saco/}}</ref>

This is an [https://www.sacomaine.org/residents/document_ordinances_and_archives/camp_ellis_and_saco_river.php archive of documents] related to erosion issues in the Camp Ellis section of Saco.