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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 river passes through Blackwater River State Forest and ...
Blackwater River State Park. / 30.70694°N 86.87806°W / 30.70694; -86.87806. Blackwater River State Park is a Florida State Park located fifteen miles northeast of Milton, near Harold, off U.S. 90. The address is 7720 Deaton Bridge Road.
Blackwater River State Forest is a State Forest in the western panhandle of Florida. It is administered by the Florida Forest Service, part of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Blackwater River State Forest is completely contained within Santa Rosa and Okaloosa Counties. The forest is managed from a common ...
A swamp-fed stream in northern Florida, showing tannin-stained undisturbed blackwater. 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 ...
The Pithlachascotee River, often called the Cotee or "Cootie" River, [1] [2] [3] is a blackwater river in Pasco County, Florida . Originating near Crews Lake, the river flows for over 23 miles (37 km) [4] to the south and west, flowing through the Starkey Wilderness Park before turning northwest through downtown New Port Richey, entering the ...
The Bethune Blackwater Schooner is a 19th-century schooner shipwrecked near Milton, in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States. It is one of Milton's most historically significant sites. It was named after Mr. and Mrs. John Bethune, the site's discoverers and the owners of the property adjacent to the shipwreck, and after the Blackwater River.
This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Florida.With one exception, the streams and rivers of Florida all originate on the Coastal plain.That exception is the Apalachicola River, which is formed by the merger of the Chattahoochee River, which originates in the Appalachian Mountains, and the Flint River, which originates in the Piedmont.
Suwannee River. / 29.28833°N 83.16583°W / 29.28833; -83.16583. The Suwannee River (also spelled Suwanee River) is a river that runs through south Georgia southward into Florida in the Southern United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about 246 miles (396 km) long. [1] The Suwannee River is the site of the prehistoric Suwanee ...