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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 river runs along the centre of the Blackwater Valley, which is maintained as a largely tree-planted open space, with some bog, marsh and water-meadows. It runs for approximately 22.5 miles (36 km) from the source at Rowhill Nature Reserve near Aldershot in the south, northwards to Swallowfield where the river is joined by the " Whitewater ...
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 34.3-mile-long (55.2 km) river [4] in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA. Via the Black Fork , it is a principal tributary of the Cheat River . Via the Cheat, the Monongahela and the Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River and drains an area of 142 square miles (370 km 2 ).
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 Black River is a 151-mile-long (243 km) [1] blackwater river in South Carolina in the United States. It courses through Lee, Sumter, Clarendon, and Williamsburg counties before merging with the Great Pee Dee River in Georgetown County. The river was called the Wee Nee by the Native Americans who once inhabited the area. [2]
The Blackwater River is a river in the United States state of Virginia. It is a tributary of the Roanoke River. See also. List of rivers of Virginia; References
The Blackwater River is a 79.3-mile-long (127.6 km) [3] tributary of the Lamine River in west-central Missouri in the United States. [1] Via the Lamine and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The Blackwater River was named from the character of its banks and water. [4]