Editing Falls Church, Virginia (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.0|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land and none of it water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> Falls Church is the smallest independent city by area in Virginia. Since independent cities in Virginia are considered county-equivalents, it is also the [[County statistics of the United States|smallest county-equivalent in the United States]] by area.

The center of the city is the crossroads of [[Virginia State Route 7]] (Broad St./Leesburg Pike) and [[U.S. Route 29]] (Washington St./Lee Highway).

Tripps Run, a tributary of the [[Cameron Run Watershed]], drains two-thirds of Falls Church, while the [[Four Mile Run]] watershed drains the other third of the city. Four Mile Run flows at the base of [[Minor's Hill]], which overlooks Falls Church on its north, and [[Upton's Hill]], which bounds the area to its east.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fallschurchenvironment.org/hills_valleys.html |title=The Hills and Valleys of Falls Church |publisher=Fallschurchenvironment.org |access-date=May 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226155054/http://www.fallschurchenvironment.org/hills_valleys.html |archive-date=February 26, 2012}}</ref>