Editing Cumberland County, Tennessee (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|685|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|681|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|3.8|sqmi}} (0.6%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_47.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 2, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> It is the fourth-largest county in Tennessee by area. The county is located atop the [[Cumberland Plateau]]. The southernmost of the [[Cumberland Mountains]], known locally as the [[Crab Orchard Mountains]], rise in the northeastern part of the county.

The county is home to a number of [[karst]] formations, most notably at [[Grassy Cove]], a large, closed depression located southeast of Crossville. It is 3 miles wide, 5 miles long, and over 1,000 feet deep. All of the water draining into Grassy Cove flows underground through a large cave system and emerges 4 miles southwest at the head of the [[Sequatchie Valley]] to form the [[Sequatchie River]].

The Tennessee Divide, where the watersheds of the [[Cumberland River]] and the [[Tennessee River]] meet, passes through the county. The source of the [[Caney Fork]] is located west of the divide, while the source of the [[Obed River]] is located east of the divide.

===Adjacent counties===
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*[[Fentress County, Tennessee|Fentress County]] (north)
*[[Morgan County, Tennessee|Morgan County]] (northeast/EST Border)
*[[Roane County, Tennessee|Roane County]] (east/EST Border)
*[[Rhea County, Tennessee|Rhea County]] (southeast/EST Border)
*[[Bledsoe County, Tennessee|Bledsoe County]] (south)
*[[Van Buren County, Tennessee|Van Buren County]] (southwest)
*[[White County, Tennessee|White County]] (west)
*[[Putnam County, Tennessee|Putnam County]] (northwest)
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===National protected area===
* [[Obed Wild and Scenic River]] (part)

===State protected areas===
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* [[Bledsoe State Forest]] (part)
* [[Catoosa Wildlife Management Area]] (part)
* [[Cumberland Mountain State Park]]
* [[Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail State Park|Cumberland Trail]] (part)
* Keyes-Harrison Wildlife Management Area
* Luper Mountain Wildlife Management Area
* Mount Roosevelt Wildlife Management Area (part)
* [[Ozone Falls State Natural Area]]
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