Blackwater
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- See also: Black water
Blackwater may refer to:
- Blackwater Worldwide, a private military contractor and security consulting firm.
- Blackwater USA, former name of Blackwater Worldwide (name change still in transition)
- Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, a book by Jeremy Scahill about the firm
- Blackwater (waste), a term used for sewage containing fecal matter, cf. greywater
- 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
- Black Water, an episode of NCIS, a TV series about the Naval Criminal Investigative Service
[edit] Place names
[edit] Australia
- Blackwater, Queensland, a mining town
[edit] Canada
- Black Water, Ontario
[edit] Republic of Ireland
- Blackwater, County Wexford, a village
[edit] United Kingdom
- Blackwater, Cornwall, a village in England
- Blackwater, Dorset, a hamlet in England
- Blackwater, Hampshire, a small town in England
- Blackwater, Isle of Wight, a village on the Isle of Wight, England
- Blackwater Arboretum in Hampshire, England
[edit] United States
- Blackwater, Arizona
- Blackwater, New Mexico
- Blackwater Canyon in West Virginia
- Blackwater Falls State Park at the head of the Canyon
- Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland
[edit] Music
- Blackwater (Altan album), an album by Altan
- Blackwater (MOFRO album), the debut album by the band MOFRO
- Blackwater an album by Joe Zawinul
- Blackwater Park, an album by the Swedish band Opeth
- Blackwaterside, a traditional English folk song. See Black Mountain Side
- Black Water, a song by The Doobie Brothers
- Black Water Child, song by folk singer/songwriter Fionn Regan
[edit] See also
- Blackwater river, a classification of river, with waters colored like black tea to coffee
- Blackwater River (disambiguation)
- Black Water (2007 film), a horror film set in Northern Australia