Editing Nashville, Tennessee (section)

===Topography===
[[File:Nashville by Sentinel-2, 2020-07-11.jpg|alt=|thumb|Satellite image of Nashville 2020]]
Nashville lies on the [[Cumberland River]] in the northwestern portion of the [[Nashville Basin]]. Nashville's elevation ranges from its lowest point, {{convert|385|ft|m|0}} [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]] at the Cumberland River,<ref name=usgs>{{cite web |url=http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html#50 |title=Elevations of the 50 Largest Cities (by population, 1980 Census) |series=Elevations and Distances in the United States |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |year=2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723213111/http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html |archive-date=July 23, 2011 |access-date=April 20, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> to its highest point, {{convert|1163|ft|m|0}} above sea level in the [[Radnor Lake State Natural Area]].<ref name="Highest point on PeakBagger">{{cite web |url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=7433 |title=Davidson County High Point, Tennessee |website=PeakBagger.com |access-date=April 18, 2017 |archive-date=April 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419192627/http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=7433 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Highest point on TNBirds">{{cite web |url=http://www.tnbirds.org/IBA/SitePages/RadnorLake.htm |title=Radnor Lake State Natural Area |work=Important Bird Areas |publisher=Tennessee Ornithological Society |date=February 19, 2006 |access-date=April 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419200242/http://www.tnbirds.org/IBA/SitePages/RadnorLake.htm |archive-date=April 19, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Nashville also sits at the start of the [[Highland Rim]], a geophysical region of very hilly land. Because of this, Nashville is very hilly. Nashville also has some stand alone hills around the city such as the hill on which the [[Tennessee State Capitol]] building sits. 

The higher elevations of the Highland Rim encircle the Nashville Basin with the Eastern and Western Highland Rim<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency |date=2015 |title=Western Highland Rim Forest Conservation Opportunity Area |url=https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/twra/documents/swap/coa/WestHighlandRimForestsCOA2015TNSWAP.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> portions being the largest expanses. Part of the Western Highland Rim slopes down and wraps the hills along the western flanks of the city in a contiguous forest thought to be one of the largest of such forest habitats in Middle Tennessee. Nashville's Highland Rim Forest connects Beaman Park, Bells Bend Park, Warner Parks, and Radnor Lake State Park.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eggers |first=Caroline |date=June 14, 2024 |title=Middle Tennessee's largest forest is part of Nashville. Citizens want protection. |url=https://wpln.org/post/middle-tennessees-largest-forest-is-part-of-nashville-citizens-want-protection/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|527.9|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|504.0|sqmi}} of it is land and {{convert|23.9|sqmi}} of it (4.53%) is water.