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Blackwater or Black Water may refer to:
Health and ecology
[edit]- Blackwater (coal), liquid waste from coal preparation
- Black water (drink), a health drink
- Blackwater (waste), wastewater containing feces, urine, and flushwater from flush toilets
- Blackwater fever, an acute kidney disease
- Blackwater river, a classification of river with dark-colored waters
Places
[edit]- Blackwater, Queensland, a coal mining area in Australia
- Blackwater, Ontario, a community in the Township of Brock, Ontario, Canada
- Blackwater, County Wexford, a rural village in Ireland
United Kingdom
[edit]- Blackwater, Cornwall, a village
- Blackwater, Dorset, a small hamlet
- Blackwater, Hampshire, a small town
- Blackwater, Isle of Wight, a village
- Blackwater railway station (Isle of Wight), a former station
- Blackwater Reservoir, a reservoir in the Scottish Highlands
United States
[edit]- Blackwater, Arizona, a census-designated place in Pinal County
- Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, a waterfowl sanctuary in Maryland
- Blackwater, Missouri, a city
- Blackwater, New Mexico, a power exchange between Texas and New Mexico
- Blackwater Dam, a flood control dam in New Hampshire
- Blackwater Draw, an archaeological site in New Mexico and a dry watercourse that extends across the Llano Estacado, Texas
- Blackwater Canyon, a gorge in West Virginia
Rivers
[edit]- Black Water (Conon), a river in the highlands of Scotland
- Blackwater River (Kerry), a river in County Kerry
- River Blackwater, County Cavan, a river in the north-west of County Cavan, Ireland
- Munster Blackwater, a river in the counties of Kerry, Cork, and Waterford, Ireland, also known as Blackwater
- Kells Blackwater, a river in the counties of Cavan and Meath, Ireland, also known as the Leinster Blackwater
- River Blackwater (Northern Ireland), a river which runs through County Armagh and County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, as well as County Monaghan, Ireland
- River Blackwater, Essex, England.
- River Blackwater (River Loddon), in Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire
- River Blackwater (River Test), in Wiltshire and Hampshire
Film and television
[edit]- Black Water (2007 film), an Australian horror/thriller film
- Black Water (2018 film), an action thriller starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren
- "Blackwater" (Game of Thrones), an episode of Game of Thrones
- "Black Water", an episode of NCIS
- Blackwater (TV series), Scandinavian television drama (2023)
Books
[edit]- Blackwater, a 1983 serial horror novel by Michael McDowell
- Black Water (novella), a 1992 novella by Joyce Carol Oates
- Blackwater (novel) or Händelser vid vatten, a 1993 novel by Kerstin Ekman
- Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, a 2007 book by Jeremy Scahill
- Black Water, a 2004 novel by D.J. MacHale in the Pendragon: Journal of an Adventure through Time and Space series
- Black Water (memoir), a 2020 memoir by David A. Robertson
Arts
[edit]- Stratovarius or Black Water, a Finnish power metal band
- Black Water, a monodrama for soprano and piano by Jeremy Beck, based on the novella by Joyce Carol Oates
Albums
[edit]- Blackwater (Altan album), a 1996 Celtic music album
- Blackwater (Altan sampler), a sampler taken from the album
- Black Water (Kris Drever album) (2006)
- Blackwater (MOFRO album) (2001)
- Black Water (Tinashe album) (2013)
- Black Water (Blu Mar Ten album), a 2007 album by Blu Mar Ten
- Black Water (Rudresh Mahanthappa album), a 2002 album by Rudresh Mahanthappa
- Black Water, a 1989 album by Joe Zawinul
Songs
[edit]- "Black Water" (song), a song by the Doobie Brothers
- "Black Water", a song by Of Monsters and Men from Beneath the Skin
- "Blackwater", a song by Rain Tree Crow from Rain Tree Crow
- "Black Water", a song by Timber Timbre from Creep on Creepin' On
Video gaming
[edit]- Blackwater (video game), a first-person shooter video game based on the company Blackwater Worldwide
- Blackwater, West Elizabeth, a fictional city in the Red Dead series
- Blackwater Industries, a fictional intergalactic company in Space Colony
Fiction
[edit]- Blackwater Bay, a fictional body of water alongside King's Landing in A Song of Ice and Fire
Companies
[edit]- Blackwater (company), a private American military company officially named Constellis since the merger with Triple Canopy in 2014
Sports
[edit]- Blackwater 100, a former Grand National Cross Country off-road racing event
- Blackwater Bossing, a Filipino basketball team
See also
[edit]- Backwater (disambiguation)
- Blackwater Park, a 2001 album by Opeth
- Blackwater River (disambiguation)
- Czarna Woda, a town in Starogard County, Poland
- Cernavodă, a town in Constanţa County, Dobrogea, Romania
- Farnborough/Aldershot Built-up Area or Blackwater Valley Conurbation
- Kalapani (disambiguation)
- Karasu (disambiguation), ("Blackwater" or "Black River" in Turkish)
- Heishui (disambiguation) ("Blackwater" or "Black River" in Chinese)
- Zwarte Water ("Black Water"), a river in The Netherlands