| Show ulster Is 13 one sixth of the emerald isles area ulster northern province of ireland comprises one sixth of the total area of the emerald isle and one eighteenth of the total area of the british isles there is a long seaboard to the north and east extending miles while the land boundary to the south and west measures miles the waters of the southern portion of the coast are shallow but the eastern and northeastern shores are flanked by the deep north channel and good natural harbors are found in many places three estuaries those of the lagan foyle and newry rivers run for considerable distances inland and so greatly facilitate cili tate trading with the hinterland the lagan estuary is the principal goods port for belfast and for an extensive district topographically northern ireland is chiefly hilly or rolling country the highest levels being reached in the mourne mountains in the south where the greatest height is 2798 2796 feet above sea level the country as a whole is tamed famed for the wide diversity of its natural scenery ranging from the loveliness of lough erne and the glens of antrim to the rugged grandeur of the faints causeway and the coast road from larne to Por tush 1 |
