Blackwater

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Blackwater can refer to:

Contents 1 Place Names 2 Rivers 3 Music 4 Other

[edit] Place Names

• Blackwater (town), a small British town in Hampshire
• Blackwater, Dorset, a village in Dorset, England
• Blackwater, Isle of Wight, a village on the Isle of Wight, England
• Blackwater Arboretum in Hampshire, England
• Blackwater, New Mexico
• Black Water, Ontario
• Blackwater, Queensland, a mining town in Australia
• Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland
• Blackwater Falls State Park in West Virginia

[edit] Rivers

• Blackwater River, the name of numerous rivers
• Blackwater river, a type of river, in the southeastern United States characterized by a slow moving channel through wetlands and in Brazil characterized by soft peaty waters, such as in the Rio Negro

[edit] Music

• Black Water, a song by the American group The Doobie Brothers
• Blackwater (MOFRO album), the debut album by the band MOFRO
• Blackwater Park, an album by the Swedish progressive death-metal band Opeth
• Blackwater (Australian Band), a rock band from Sydney Australia
• the black water, a band from Columbia, MO & Lawrence KS who put out 2 independant CDs in the late 90es.

[edit] Other

• Black Water (novella) a book by Joyce Carol Oates
• Blackwater (waste), a term used for sewage containing fecal matter, in contrast with greywater that is the waste water from kitchen sink drains, washing machines, and other washings
• Blackwater fever, an acute kidney disease characterised by the leakage of blood from the kidneys into the urine, where it has a dark appearance when voided
• Blackwater rafting, rafting at night or on rivers running through caves
• Blackwater USA, a private military contractor and security consulting firm
• Black water, an algal bloom resulting in a dark discoloration of sea water, reported off the Florida coast by fishermen in 2002
• Blackwater, a book by Eve Bunting