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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 27 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BLACKWATER , the name of a number of See also:

rivers and streams in See also:England, See also:Scotland and See also:Ireland. The Blackwater in See also:Essex, which rises near See also:Saffron See also:Walden, has a course of about 40 M. to the See also:North See also:Sea. The most important See also:river of the name is in See also:southern Ireland, rising in the hills on the See also:borders of the counties See also:Cork and See also:Kerry, and flowing nearly due See also:east for the greater See also:part of its course, as far as Cappoquin, where it turns abruptly See also:south-See also:ward, and discharges through an See also:estuary into See also:Youghal See also:Bay. The length of its valley '(excluding the lesser windings of the river) is about 90 m., and the drainage See also:area about 1300 sq. m. It is navigable only for a few See also:miles above the mouth, but its See also:salmon See also:fisheries are both attractive to sportsmen and of consider-able commercial value. The scenery of its See also:banks is at many points very beautiful.

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