Creek, a 63 Mile long stream in the Big Thicket region of southeast Texas: flows into the Neches River. Waccamaw River, North and South Carolina: flows into the Atlantic Ocean. White Oak River, North Carolina: flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Wolf River: arises in Northern Mississippi and runs through southwest Tennessee/Memphis into Mississippi River Northern United States Black River, New York: a river starting in the western Adirondacks that flows into Lake Ontario. Black River (Gogebic County), Michigan: a river in the far western Upper Peninsula that flows into Lake Superior. The northern section of the river is listed as a National Wild and Scenic River. Mullica River and its tributaries from the Pine Barrens, New Jersey, where the dark water is called cedar water Gooseberry River: a river in northern Minnesota that leaches from peat bogs and pine forests Ocqueoc River, Michigan: a river in the northern Lower Peninsula that flows in Lake Huron Tahquamenon River, Michigan: a river in the Upper Peninsula that flows into Lake Superior Tuckahoe River, New Jersey: a short river in southern New Jersey that flows into Great Egg Harbor Africa Most Congo and Lower Guinean rivers that flow through rainforests are blackwater. The Congo basin lakes Mai-Ndombe and Tumba are blackwater. The New Calabar and Sombreiro Rivers (both exiting in the Niger River Delta) are blackwater. Australia Gordon River, Tasmania: a river rising in the center of the island and flowing westward, emptying into Macquarie Harbour on the West Coast Pieman River, Tasmania: a river on the West Coast which leaches from rainforests and heathlands Davey River, Tasmania: a relatively small river in the southwest corner of the island which runs through extensive heathlands, peat bogs and button grass plains Noosa River, Queensland: a small section of the Noosa River running between Lake Cootharaba and Lake Cooroibah Searys Creek, Queensland: a small river running from the Great Sandy National Park to Tin Can Bay stained with tea-tree tannin. Other rivers in Australia may experience infrequent 'blackwater events' associated with flood waters connecting to forested floodplains and these events may be associated with hypoxic waters [low oxygen]. Examples include the Murray River, Edward River, Wakool River and Murrumbidgee River. Indonesia Sabangau River Images of blackwater rivers See also Bog Colored dissolved organic matter References Aquatic ecology Rivers