blackwater river A blackwater river is a type of river with a slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands. As vegetation decays, tannins leach into the water, making a transparent, acidic water that is darkly stained, resembling black tea ...

is a river with a deep, slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands. Blackwater River may also refer to:

Canada

West Road River The West Road River or Blackwater River or Tiyakoh is an important tributary of the Fraser River, flowing generally north-eastward from the northern slopes of the Ilgachuz Range and across the Fraser Plateau in the Chilcotin region of central B ...

(also Blackwater River), a major tributary of the Fraser River

Great Britain

England

* Blackwater River (River Axe), a tributary of the River Axe in Devon and Dorset *

River Blackwater, Essex The River Blackwater is a river in Essex, England. It rises as the River Pant in the northwest of the county, just east of Saffron Walden, and flows in a generally southeast direction to Bocking, near Braintree, via Great Sampford and Great Bar ...

Blackwater Estuary The Blackwater Estuary is the estuary of the River Blackwater between Maldon and West Mersea in Essex. It is a 5,538 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). An area of 4,395 hectares is also designated a Ramsar Wetland o ...

River Blackwater (River Loddon) The River Blackwater is a tributary of the Loddon in England and sub-tributary of the Thames. It rises at two springs in Rowhill Nature Reserve between Aldershot, Hampshire and Farnham, Surrey. It curves a course north then west to join the L ...

, a tributary of the Loddon forming boundaries of Hampshire with Surrey and Berkshire * River Blackwater (River Test), a tributary of the Test in Wiltshire and Hampshire

Scotland

Black Water (Conon) The Black Water (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Alltan Dubh) is a river in the Highlands of Scotland. It begins at the confluence of the Glascarnoch River with the Abhainn Srath a' Bhàthaich, near where it is crossed by the Black Bridge, carrying the A83 ...

, in Wester Ross, Scotland

Ireland

* Blackwater River, a distributary of the River Shannon * Enfield Blackwater, flowing from Staplestown, County Kildare, to the River Boyne in County Meath * Kells Blackwater also known as Leinster Blackwater, flowing from Lough Ramor, County Cavan, to Navan, County Meath * Kerry Blackwater, a river in County Kerry * Kilkenny Blackwater, a tributary of the River Suir in County Kilkenny *

Munster Blackwater The Blackwater or Munster Blackwater ( ga, An Abhainn Mhór, The Great River) is a river which flows through counties Kerry, Cork, and Waterford in Ireland. It rises in the Mullaghareirk Mountains in County Kerry and then flows in an easterly ...

, a river which flows through Counties Kerry, Cork, and Waterford *

River Blackwater, County Cavan The River Blackwater ( ga, Abhainn Dubh) rises in the Cuilcagh Mountains, in the townland of Gowlan, Parish of Killinagh, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan. It then flows in a south-east direction and ends in Ballymagauran Ballymcgovern (, h ...

* Ulster Blackwater in Counties Armagh, Tyrone and Monaghan

New Zealand

* Blackwater River (Tasman), a tributary to the Mangles River *

Blackwater River (Buller River tributary) The Blackwater River is located in the Buller District of New Zealand. It flows north-northwest for from the northern slopes of Mount Copernicus in the Paparoa Range, reaching the Buller River west of Inangahua in the lower Buller Gorge Th ...

Blackwater River (Little Grey River tributary) The Blackwater River is located in the Buller District of New Zealand. It is the name given to the lower reaches of the Big River, from its junction with the Blackwater Creek to its outflow into the Māwheraiti (Little Grey) River. It flows gene ...

United States

Blackwater River (Alabama) Blackwater River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 15, 2011 river in Baldwin County, Alabama. The Blackwater River originates at near Loxley, and discharges i ...

, a river in Baldwin County *

Blackwater River (Florida) The Blackwater River of Florida is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 15, 2011 river rising in southern Alabama and flowing through the Florida Panhandle to the Gulf ...

, a river arising in southern Alabama and flowing through the Florida Panhandle to the Gulf of Mexico *

Blackwater River (Maine) The Blackwater River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 22, 2011 river in Aroostook County, Maine. From the confluence of its North Branch and South Branch () i ...

, a river in Aroostook County * Blackwater River (Maryland), a largely saltwater river in Dorchester County **

Little Blackwater River (Maryland) The Little Blackwater River is a tributary of the Blackwater River located in Dorchester County, Maryland. The relatively shallow river is about longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National M ...

, a tributary *

Blackwater River (Massachusetts–New Hampshire) The Blackwater River is a tidal inlet in northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire in the United States. The river forms in a salt marsh in the northeastern corner of Salisbury, Massachusetts, by the convergence of the Little Riv ...

, a tidal inlet in northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire *

Blackwater River (Missouri) The Blackwater River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 tributary of the Lamine River in west-central Missouri in the United States. Via the Lamine and Mi ...

, a tributary of the Lamine River *

Blackwater River (Contoocook River tributary) The Blackwater River is a river located in central New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Contoocook River, part of the Merrimack River watershed. The Blackwater River is formed at Cilleyville, a village in the western par ...

, a river in central New Hampshire *

Blackwater River (Virginia) The Blackwater River of southeastern Virginia flows from its source near the city of Petersburg, Virginia for about 105 miles (170 km) through the Inner Coastal Plain region of Virginia (part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain). The Blackwater joi ...

, a river in southeastern Virginia *

Blackwater River (West Virginia) The Blackwater River is a riverU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 15, 2011 in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA. Via the Black Fork, it is a pr ...

, a river in the Allegheny Mountains (with a tributary named Little Blackwater River)