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}}Lough Fern ({{Irish place name|Loch Fearna}})[4] is a freshwater lake in the northwest of Ireland. It is located in north County Donegal near the town of Milford.
Geography
Lough Fern is about {{convert|2|km|1}} south of Milford, on the R246 road, and {{convert|10|km|0}} north of Letterkenny.[3] It measures about {{convert|2|km|1|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|0.8|km|1|abbr=on}} wide.[2] The lake has two islands at its northern end, including one crannog.[3]
Hydrology
Lough Fern is fed mainly by the River Leannan entering at its southern end and also by a stream entering at the northern end. The lake drains eastwards into the continuation of the Leannan, which in turn enters Lough Swilly at Rathmelton.[2][3][10]
Natural history
Fish species in Lough Fern include brown trout, salmon, three-spined stickleback, perch and the critically endangered European eel.[11] Lough Fern is part of the Leannan River Special Area of Conservation.[3][10]
See also
- List of loughs in Ireland
References
1. ^1 2 3 {{Google maps | url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lough+Fern,+Co.+Donegal,+Ireland/@55.0559513,-7.7165419,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x485fed7aa8a2e695:0xee70edb8f197d9db?hl=en | title = Lough Fern | accessdate = 20 Aug 2015 }}
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web | url = http://www.wfdfish.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Fern_report1.pdf | title = Water Framework Directive Fish Stock Survey of Lough Fern | publisher = Inland Fisheries Ireland | date = August 2011 | accessdate = 20 Aug 2015 }}
3. ^1 {{cite web | url = http://www.logainm.ie/en/1166363 | title = Loch Fearna/Lough Fern | work = Placenames Database of Ireland | publisher = Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University | accessdate = 20 Aug 2015 }}
4. ^1 {{cite web | url = http://wfdfish.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Fern_prelim_report_2014.pdf | title = Preliminary Synopsis of the WFD Surveillance Monitoring Fish Stock Survey on Lough Fern | publisher = Inland Fisheries Ireland | date = August 2014 | accessdate = 20 Aug 2015 }}
5. ^1 2 {{cite web | url = http://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002176 | title = Leannan River SAC | publisher = National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland) | accessdate = 20 Aug 2015 }}