Editing Roane County, Tennessee (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Roane-walden-ridge-tn1.jpg|right|240px|thumb|Walden Ridge, with lower Roane County on the right]]

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|395|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|361|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|34|sqmi}} (8.7%) 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 14, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> Three rivers&mdash; the [[Tennessee River]], the [[Clinch River]], and the [[Emory River]]&mdash; pass through Roane County. The Emory empties into the Clinch near Kingston, and the Clinch empties into the Tennessee just downstream from Kingston. The rivers in Roane are mostly part of [[Watts Bar Dam|Watts Bar Lake]]. One notable valley is [[Suck-egg Hollow]].

Roane County straddles the geographical boundary between the [[Tennessee Valley]] and the [[Cumberland Plateau]], with the latter's [[Walden Ridge]] escarpment visible from much of the county.

===Adjacent counties===
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*[[Morgan County, Tennessee|Morgan County]] (north)
*[[Anderson County, Tennessee|Anderson County]] (northeast)
*[[Knox County, Tennessee|Knox County]] (east)
*[[Loudon County, Tennessee|Loudon County]] (southeast)
*[[McMinn County, Tennessee|McMinn County]] (south)
*[[Meigs County, Tennessee|Meigs County]] (southwest)
*[[Rhea County, Tennessee|Rhea County]] (southwest)
*[[Cumberland County, Tennessee|Cumberland County]] (west/CST Border)
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===State protected areas===
*Campbell Bend Barrens State Natural Area
*Crowder Cemetery State Natural Area
*Kingston Refuge
*McGlothin-Largen Wildlife Management Area
*Mount Roosevelt Wildlife Management Area (part)
*Paint Rock Refuge
*Watts Bar Wildlife Management Area