Sweetwater or Sweet Water may refer to:
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Freshwater
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...
Places
In the United States
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Sweet Water, Alabama
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Sweetwater, Arizona
Sweetwater, is a populated place located along the south side of the Gila River, between Sacaton and Casa Blanca, in what is now the Gila River Indian Community in Pinal County, Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ...
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Sweetwater River (California)
The Sweetwater River is a long stream in San Diego County, California.
From its headwaters high in the Cuyamaca Mountains, the river flows generally southwest, first through rugged hinterlands but then into the urban areas surrounding its mou ...
, San Diego County
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Sweetwater Dam
The Sweetwater Dam is a dam across the Sweetwater River in San Diego County, California. It is located approximately east of San Diego, and borders Bonita to the southwest and La Presa to the northeast. The -high masonry arch dam impounds Sw ...
, a dam across the Sweetwater River
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Sweetwater Reservoir
Sweetwater Reservoir is a artificial lake in San Diego County, California, formed by the Sweetwater Dam on the Sweetwater River. Construction of the dam was completed in 1888.
Environment
The area surrounding the reservoir is home to several ...
, an artificial lake, formed by the Sweetwater Dam
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Sweetwater Mountains
The Sweetwater Mountains (highest peak: Mount Patterson ) are a small mountain range in northern Mono County, California and western Lyon County, Nevada, separating the West Walker River from the East Walker River. Most of the range is only acce ...
a small mountain range in California and western Nevada
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Sweetwater Formation
The Sweetwater Formation is a geologic formation in California. It preserves fossils from the Late Eocene period. It underlies the Otay Formation, which reserves fossils of the Oligocene to Miocene periods of the Cenozoic Era.
It is located in t ...
, a geologic stratigraphic formation in California
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Sweetwater, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Sweetwater is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,363, up from 13,499 in 2010.
Geography
Sweetwater is located west of downtown Miami at (25.765977, –80.373624). It is bordered ...
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Sweetwater, Duval County, Florida, a
place in Florida
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Sweetwater Ranch, Florida
Sweetwater Ranch is an Unincorporated community in the southeast section of Hardee County, Florida, United States. Long/Lat: 27°24.6’ N and 81°42.2’ W Peak altitude is , but the topography varies. Sweetwater is 15 minutes by car southeast of ...
, an unincorporated community in Hardee County
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Sweetwater, Liberty County, Florida, a
place in Florida
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Sweet Water, Illinois
Sweet Water is an unincorporated community in Menard County, Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, an ...
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Sweetwater, Idaho
Sweetwater is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States. Its population was 143 as of the 2010 census.
Description
The CDP is located along Lapwai Creek and U.S. Route 95 in the Lapwai Valley, about ...
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Sweetwater, Missouri
Sweetwater is an unincorporated community in Newton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is located at the intersection of Missouri routes H and HH approximately five miles southeast of Neosho. Aroma is 2.5 miles north and Boul ...
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Sweetwater, Nebraska
Sweetwater is an unincorporated community in Beaver Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. It lies along Nebraska Highway 2, half way between Ravenna and Hazard. It is a part of the Kearney, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area ...
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Sweetwater, Nevada
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Sweetwater, New Jersey
Sweetwater is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Mullica Township in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
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Sweetwater, Oklahoma
Sweetwater is a town in Beckham and Roger Mills Counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It was incorporated in 1998. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 87.
History
Named for nearby Sweetwater Creek, the town is at the junction of ...
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Sweetwater, Tennessee
Sweetwater is a city in Monroe and McMinn counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the most populous city in Monroe County. The population was 5764 at the 2010 census and 6,312 at the 2020 census. Sweetwater is the home of the Craighead Ca ...
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Sweetwater, Texas
Sweetwater is a municipality in and the seat of Nolan County, Texas, United States. It is 123 miles southeast of Lubbock and 40 miles west of Abilene, Texas. Its population was 10,906 at the 2010 census.
History
The town's name "Sweetwater" is t ...
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Sweetwater Swatters The Sweetwater Swatters were a West Texas League (1920-1922) and Longhorn League (1949-1951) baseball team based in Sweetwater, Texas, United States. They began as the Gorman Buddies in 1920, however they moved to Sweetwater partway through the seas ...
, a baseball team based in Sweetwater, Texas
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Sweetwater County, Wyoming
Sweetwater County is a county in southwestern Wyoming, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 42,272, making it the fourth-most populous county in Wyoming. Its county seat is Green River. By area, it is the larges ...
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Sweetwater River (Wyoming)
The Sweetwater River is a long tributary of the North Platte River,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 21, 2011 in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As a part of the Missi ...
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Sweetwater Township, Michigan
Sweetwater Township is a civil township of Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 238 at the 2000 census.
Communities
*Branch is an unincorporated community on US 10 on the boundary between Mason County and Lake ...
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Sweetwater Township, Clay County, North Carolina
Sweetwater Township is one of the six townships of Clay County, North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is ...
Elsewhere
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Sweetwater, London
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is a sporting complex and public park in Stratford, Hackney Wick, Leyton and Bow, in east London. It was purpose-built for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, situated adjacent to the Stratford City develop ...
, a town to be built on the site of Olympic Park, London
Film and television
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''Sweetwater'' (2013 film), an American western
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''Sweetwater'' (1983 film), an American film starring
Diane Ladd
Diane Ladd is an American actress. She has appeared in over 120 film and television roles. For the 1974 film '' Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore'', she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Academy A ...
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''Sweetwater'' (1988 film), a Norwegian film starring
Petronella Barker
* Sweetwater, a fictional ranch in ''
Once Upon a Time in the West
''Once Upon a Time in the West'' ( , "Once upon a time (there was) the West") is a 1968 epic Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone, who co-wrote it with Sergio Donati based on a story by Dario Argento, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Leone ...
''
* Sweetwater, a fictional town in ''
Westworld
''Westworld'' is an American science fiction- thriller media franchise that began with the 1973 film ''Westworld'', written and directed by Michael Crichton. The film depicts a technologically advanced Wild-West-themed amusement park populat ...
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Literature
* ''Sweetwater'', 1973 novel by
Laurence Yep
Laurence Michael Yep (; born June 14, 1948) is an American writer. He is known for his children's books, having won the Newbery Medal, Newbery Honor twice for his ''Golden Mountain'' series. In 2005, he received the biennial Laura Ingalls Wilder ...
* ''Sweetwater'', 1976 novel by
Knut Faldbakken
Knut Faldbakken (born 31 August 1941, in Hamar) is a Norwegian novelist.
He studied psychology at Oslo University, and then worked as a journalist. Faldbakken visited a number of countries, working variously as a bookkeeper, sailor, and factory ...
* ''The Sweetwater'', 1976 novel by
Jean Rikhoff
Jean Marie Rikhoff (May 28, 1926 – June 19, 2018) was an American author and editor. She is best known for writing two trilogies: the Timble Trilogy, made up of ''Dear Ones All'', ''Voyage In, Voyage Out'', and ''Rites of Passage'', and the tri ...
* Sweetwater, a character in ''
At Heaven's Gate
''At Heaven's Gate'' is the second novel by Robert Penn Warren. First published in 1943, it was reprinted in New York by New Directions Publishing Corporation in 1985 with
Plot summary
Sue Murdock searches for redemption throughout the novel. ...
'' by Robert Penn Warren
* Ned Sweetwater, a character in the ''
Mandie
The Mandie books are a children's historical mystery series written by Lois Gladys Leppard. There are forty novels in the main series and eight in the junior series, along with several special books. The story starts around the year 1900 when Ma ...
'' series by Lois Gladys Leppard
Music
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Sweetwater (band)
Sweetwater was an American rock band originally from Los Angeles, California. They were the act scheduled to open the Woodstock festival in 1969; however, due to being stuck in traffic folksinger Richie Havens' trio (Daniel Ben Zebulon, percussio ...
, a 1960s band
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''Sweetwater'' (album)
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Sweet Water (band)
Sweet Water is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington.
History
Originally known as S.G.M., the majority of Sweet Water's members met while students at The Bush School. SGM had garnered acclaim as second generation punk pioneers in t ...
, a 1990s American band
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''Sweet Water'' (album)
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Sweetwater Sound
Sweetwater is the largest online retailer of musical instruments and pro audio equipment in the United States, based out of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
In August 2021, it was announced that its founder had stepped down as CEO after Providence Equity had ...
, a music equipment retailer
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Sweetwaters Music Festival Sweetwaters Music Festival was a series of events held between 1980 and 1999, at venues such as a farm in Ngāruawāhia, then further north on a farm near Pukekawa, and finally at South Auckland, New Zealand.
Events
*1980 - Ngāruawāhia
*1981 ...
, a festival in New Zealand
Schools
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Sweet Water High School
Sweet Water High School is a public high school that educates grades K–12 in the town of Sweet Water, Alabama, United States. It is one of three K–12 schools operated by the Marengo County School District. Sweet Water High School is accred ...
, Sweet Water, Alabama
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Sweetwater High School (National City, California)
Sweetwater Union High School (commonly referred to as SUHi and SUH within the district) is a secondary school located in National City, California, United States. Established in 1920, it is one of the oldest high schools in San Diego County. Flag ...
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Sweetwater Union High School District
The Sweetwater Union High School District is a school district headquartered in Chula Vista, California. , the school district is the largest secondary school district in California.
The union high school district serves over 42,000 high schoo ...
, California
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Sweetwater City Schools
Sweetwater City Schools is the school district of Sweetwater, Tennessee. It operates elementary through junior high school levels and includes the Monroe County section of Sweetwater and several unincorporated areas. Monroe County Schools serves t ...
, a school district of Sweetwater, Tennessee
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Sweetwater Independent School District
Sweetwater Independent School District is a public school district based in Sweetwater, Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662&nbs ...
, Sweetwater, Texas
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Sweetwater County School District Number 1
Sweetwater County School District #1 is a public school district based in Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States.
Geography
Sweetwater County School District #1 serves the northeastern portion of Sweetwater County, including the following communi ...
, Wyoming
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Sweetwater County School District Number 2
Sweetwater County School District #2 is a public school district based in Green River, Wyoming, United States.
Geography
Sweetwater County School District #2 serves the southwestern portion of Sweetwater County, including the following communitie ...
, Wyoming
Other uses
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Sweetwater (grape) or Chasselas, a grape varietal
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SweetWater Brewing Company
SweetWater Brewing Company is a craft brewery founded in 1997 by Freddy Bensch and Kevin McNerney in Atlanta, Georgia. SweetWater's beers are unpasteurized and distribution is limited to select states.
History
Founders Freddy Bensch and Kevin ...
a brewery in Atlanta, Georgia
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Sweetwater Brewery, a brewery in Green River, Wyoming
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Sweetwater Casino The Sweetwater Marina & Riverdeck, formerly known as the Sweetwater Casino, located in Mullica Township, New Jersey on the Mullica River and established in 1927, is known for its riverside deck, catering, event hosting, local nightlife, as well as b ...
, a casino in Mullica Township, New Jersey
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Sweetwater Inn
Sweetwater Inn is a property in McDuffie County, Georgia, near Thomson, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of dis ...
, an inn in McDuffie County, Georgia
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Sweetwater Mansion, a plantation house in Florence, Alabama
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Nathaniel Clifton
Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton (born Clifton Nathaniel; October 13, 1922 – August 31, 1990) was an American professional basketball and baseball player. He is best known as one of the first African Americans to play in the National Basketball ...
or Sweetwater (1922–1990), American basketball player
* Sweet Water, a fictional ruined city in ''
Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven''
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Sweetwater Dam Naval Outlying Landing Field
Sweetwater Dam Naval Outlying Landing Field was a airfield near Naval Auxiliary Air Station Brown Field and Naval Air Station North Island used to support the training of US Navy pilots during World War 2. The runway built in 1944 was located in ...
See also
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Cordry Sweetwater Lakes, Indiana
Cordry Sweetwater Lakes is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hamblen Township, Brown County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 1,128 at the 2010 census. Sweetwater Lake is 260 acres in size.
History
Cordry Sweetwater Lakes had ...
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Sewickley, Pennsylvania
Sewickley is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, west northwest of Pittsburgh along the Ohio River. It is a residential suburb of Pittsburgh. The population was 3,827 according to the United States Census 2010, 20 ...
, translated as Sweetwater
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Sweetwater Canal (disambiguation) Sweetwater Canal can mean:
*The Sweet Water Canal in Egypt running eastwards from the Nile near Cairo to the south end of the Suez Canal
*A canal near Basra in Iraq
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Sweetwater Creek (disambiguation) Sweetwater Creek may refer to:
* Sweetwater Creek (novel), ''Sweetwater Creek'' (novel), a novel by Anne Rivers Siddons
* Sweetwater Creek, Florida, an unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida
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Sweetwater River (disambiguation) Sweetwater River may refer to:
*Sweetwater River (California), a river in San Diego County, California, USA
::(includes the North Fork Sweetwater River)
*Sweetwater River (Wyoming), a river in Natrona County, Wyoming, USA
::(includes the East Swe ...
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