Blackwater
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Blackwater may refer to:
[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 independent 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, which 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
- Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, a book by Jeremy Scahill about Blackwater USA
- Black water (algal bloom), 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
- Blackwater. a novelette by British author Conn Iggulden.