(bla'k RI'-ve'r) - A river flowing near Alpine approximately 8,000 feet in elevation, and a popular visitor destination.
Black River is a common name for streams and communities around the world, as well as the Spanish and Portuguese translation for Rio Negro.
The Black River is a tributary of the Cape Fear River, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in southeastern North Carolina in the United States.
The Black River of Thurston County, Washington drains Black Lake (3 miles west of Tumwater) southwest to the Chehalis River. The Black River Unit of the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge extends about 5 miles along the river immediately south of Black Lake.
There are several rivers named Black River in the province of Ontario, Canada.
The Black River is a river that empties into the eastern end of Lake Ontario on the shore of Jefferson County, New York in the United States of America. The origin of the name is not clear, but it may stem from the tannic acid that darkens the water in places.
The Black River is a blackwater river in South Carolina in the United States. It originates at the conjunction of several minor swamps just to the south of the city of Bishopville, flowing southeasterly on the coastal plain of South Carolina to empty into the Pee Dee River north of Georgetown. The valley distance is about 65 miles (105 km); however, the channel is slightly more than double this length, due to meanders.
Black River is a district of Mauritius on the western side of the island. Famous areas include Tamarin Falls and the Chamarel coloured Earth. The district capital is Tamarin.
The Black River is a tributary of the White River, about 300 mi (480 km) long http://reference.allrefer.com/gazetteer/B/B07098-black-river.html, in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States. Via the White River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. Black River Technical College is named for the river.
The Black River, known as the Lamington River downstream of Pottersville, is a tributary of the North Branch Raritan River in central New Jersey in the United States.
Black River is a river in west-central Wisconsin and tributary of the Mississippi River. The river is approximately 160 miles (257 km) long. The river begins in central Wisconsin, rises in Taylor County northeast of Medford, Wisconsin.
The Black River is a tributary of Lake Erie, about 12 mi (19 km) long, in northern Ohio in the United States.http://reference.allrefer.com/gazetteer/B/B07093-black-river.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry Via Lake Erie, the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, it is part of the watershed of the St. Lawrence River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Black River is a river in the U.S. state of Vermont and a tributary of the Connecticut River. The watershed, or drainage basin, consists of some 202 square miles in southeastern Vermont, almost all of which lies in Windsor County.
