Baltimore is in north-central Maryland.
It is on the Patapsco River, close to where it empties into the Chesapeake Bay.
It is on the fall line between the Piedmont Plateau and the Atlantic Coastal Plain. (
The fall line is a phrase in geology that means that this is a place where two different kinds of earth meet.)
The fall line splits Baltimore into a "lower city" and "upper city."

At the harbor, the city is at sea level.
The highest point is near Pimlico in the northwest.
There the elevation is 480 feet (150 m).

According to the 2010 census, the city has a total area of 92.052 square miles (238.41 km²).
This is 80.944 square miles (209.64 km²) of land and 11.108 square miles (28.77 km²) of water.
The total area of Baltimore City is 12.07% water.
Baltimore is in north-central Maryland. It is on the Patapsco River, close to where it empties into the Chesapeake Bay. It is on the fall line between the Piedmont Plateau and the Atlantic Coastal Plain. (The fall line is a phrase in geology that means that this is a place where two different kinds of earth meet.) The fall line splits Baltimore into a "lower city" and "upper city."
At the harbor, the city is at sea level. The highest point is near Pimlico in the northwest. There the elevation is 480 feet (150 m).
According to the 2010 census, the city has a total area of 92.052 square miles (238.41 km²). This is 80.944 square miles (209.64 km²) of land and 11.108 square miles (28.77 km²) of water. The total area of Baltimore City is 12.07% water.
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