Editing Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the parish has a total area of {{convert|2082|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1232|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|850|sqmi}} (41%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 2, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928155956/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt|archive-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref> It is the fifth-largest parish in Louisiana by land area and third-largest by total area. The [[Gulf of Mexico]] is located to the south of the parish.

The average height above sea level of the parish is about six feet. The parish is protected by extensive flood protection works.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Werblow |first1=Steve |title=Closing the Gates |url=https://www.ysi.com/ysi-blog/water-blogged-blog/2019/06/closing-the-gates-helping-communities-battle-storms |access-date=September 27, 2019 |ref=June 18, 2019}}</ref>

===Major highways===
* [[Image:I-49 (Future).svg|25px]] [[Interstate 49|Future Interstate 49]]
* [[Image:US 90.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Highway 90]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 24 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 24]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 55 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 55]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 56 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 56]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 57 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 57]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 58 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 58]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 182 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 182]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 311 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 311]]
* [[Image:Louisiana 315 (2008).svg|25px]] [[Louisiana Highway 315]]

=== Adjacent parishes ===
* [[Assumption Parish, Louisiana|Assumption Parish]] (north)
* [[Lafourche Parish, Louisiana|Lafourche Parish]] (east)
* [[St. Mary Parish, Louisiana|St. Mary Parish]] (northwest)

===National protected area===
* [[Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge]]