Editing County Fermanagh (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Cuilcagh Stairway.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Cuilcagh]] range, on the Cavan/Fermanagh border.]]
[[File:Lower Lough Erne - panoramio.jpg|thumb|right|Lower [[Lough Erne]]]]

Fermanagh spans an area of 1,851&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (715&nbsp;sq;&nbsp;mi), accounting for 13.2% of the landmass of Northern Ireland. Nearly a third of the county is covered by lakes and waterways, including Upper and Lower [[Lough Erne]] and the [[River Erne]]. Forests cover 14% of the landmass (42,000 hectares).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/County+Fermanagh |title=County Fermanagh – definition of County Fermanagh by The Free Dictionary |website=Thefreedictionary.com |access-date=2016-08-17 |archive-date=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621012003/http://www.thefreedictionary.com/County+Fermanagh |url-status=live }}</ref> It is the only county in Northern Ireland that does not border [[Lough Neagh]].

The county has three prominent upland areas: 
* the expansive [[Knockmore|West Fermanagh Scarplands]] to the southwest of Lough Erne, which rise to about 350m,
* the [[Sliabh Beagh]] hills, situated to the east on the Monaghan border, and 
* the Cuilcagh mountain range, located along Fermanagh's southern border, which contains [[Cuilcagh]], the county's highest point, at 665m.

The county borders:
* [[County Tyrone]] to the north-east, 
* [[County Monaghan]] to the south-east, 
* [[County Cavan]] to the south-west, 
* [[County Leitrim]] to the west, and 
* [[County Donegal]] to the north-west.

Fermanagh is by far the least populous of Northern Ireland's six counties, with just over one-third the population of [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]], the next least populous county.

It is approximately {{convert|120|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Belfast]] and {{convert|160|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Dublin]]. The county town, Enniskillen, is the largest settlement in Fermanagh, situated in the middle of the county.

The county enjoys a [[temperate]] [[oceanic climate]] (''Cfb''') with cool winters, mild humid summers, and a lack of temperature extremes, according to the [[Köppen climate classification]].

The [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty]] manages three sites of historic and natural beauty in the county: [[Crom Estate]], [[Florence Court]], and [[Castle Coole]].

===Geology===
The oldest sediments in the county are found north of Lough Erne. These so-called [[red beds]] were formed approximately 550 million years ago. Extensive [[sandstone]] can be found in the eastern part of the county, laid down during the [[Devonian]], 400 million years ago. Much of the rest of the county's sediments are [[shale]] and [[limestone]] dating from the [[Carboniferous]], 354 to 298 million years ago. These softer sediments have produced extensive cave systems such as the [[Shannon Cave]], the [[Marble Arch Caves]] and the [[Caves of the Tullybrack and Belmore hills]]. The carboniferous shale exists in several counties of northwest Ireland, an area known colloquially as the [[Lough Allen]] basin. The basin is estimated to contain 9.4 trillion cubic metres of [[natural gas]], equivalent to 1.5 billion [[Barrel (unit)|barrels of oil]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/what-s-your-fracking-problem-1.594199|title=What's your fracking problem?|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=6 May 2018|archive-date=28 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628182751/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/what-s-your-fracking-problem-1.594199|url-status=live}}</ref>

The county is situated over a sequence of prominent faults, primarily the [[Killadeas – Seskinore Fault]], the [[Tempo – Sixmilecross Fault]], the [[Belcoo Fault]] and the [[Clogher Valley Fault]] which cross-cuts Lough Erne.