Nashville, Tennessee Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===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 }}</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}}</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 }}</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. 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. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page