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A blackwater river is a type of river with a slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands. Most major blackwater rivers are in the Amazon Basin and the Southern United States . The term is used in fluvial studies, geology , geography , ecology , and biology .
The Blackwater River of Florida is a 56.6-mile-long (91.1 km) [3] river rising in southern Alabama and flowing through the Florida Panhandle to the Gulf of Mexico.The river enters Florida in Okaloosa County and flows through Santa Rosa County to Blackwater Bay, an arm of Pensacola Bay.
The Blackwater River is a true blackwater river.Its water is clear, dark, slightly acidic, and tannin stained. Its drainage basin contains many swamps.The river's flood plain is mostly forested and swampy, including bald cypress and tupelo swamp forests.
The Blackwater River is a 3.1-mile-long (5.0 km) tidal inlet in northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire in the United States. [1]The river forms in a salt marsh in the northeastern corner of Salisbury, Massachusetts, by the convergence of the Little River and Dead Creek.
The Rio Negro (Spanish: Río Negro [ˈri.o ˈneɣɾo] "Black River"), or Guainía as it is known in its upper part, is the largest left tributary of the Amazon River (accounting for about 14% of the water in the Amazon basin), the largest blackwater river in the world, [8] and one of the world's ten largest rivers by average discharge.
The heart of Blackwater Refuge can be accessed via the Wildlife Drive, which is a paved road—approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) in length (or a 6.5-mile (10.5 km) loop) [2] —that takes visitors along the Blackwater River and offers excellent views of the local wildlife. Visitors can drive, bike, or walk the length of the Drive.
The Blackwater River is a 37.5-mile-long (60.4 km) [1] 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, [2] a village in the western part of the town of Andover, by the junction of
Blackwater River State Forest is a state forest in the western panhandle of Florida, United States. It is administered by the Florida Forest Service , part of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services .