Editing Lough Key (section)

==Geography==
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The lake is in the northern part of the [[River Shannon]] [[drainage basin]], and is fed by the [[Boyle River (Ireland)|Boyle River]] which flows from [[Lough Gara]], through the town of [[Boyle, County Roscommon|Boyle]], into Lough Key. From there it flows eastwards until it reaches the [[River Shannon]] just above [[Carrick-on-Shannon]]. Its area is {{convert|843.7|ha}} and its average depth is {{convert|5.1|m}}.<ref>NS Share [http://www.nsshare.com/publications/documents/Ecological%20Classification%20Tools/Hydromorphology%20Rivers_Lakes%20T1%20-%20A7/Lakes/Lake%20Hydromorphology%20Part%201%20Review%20of%20Existing%20Bathymetric%20Information%20for%20Lakes%20T1%20(A7b.1)%20–%201.0.pdf]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Bathymetric Information for Lakes</ref> One can see a view of the lake from the [[N4 road (Ireland)|N4 road]] as it ascends the [[Curlew Mountains]] after bypassing Boyle. The view is enhanced by a modern steel sculpture of an Irish chieftain mounted on horseback (see photograph).