River Blackwater (Northern Ireland)
River in Counties Armagh and Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and County Monaghan, Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Northern Irish "Blackwater". For other rivers of a similar name, see River Blackwater, Ireland.
The River Blackwater (Irish: An Abhainn Mhór)[1] or Ulster Blackwater is a river mainly in County Armagh and County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Its source is to the north of Fivemiletown, County Tyrone. The river divides County Armagh from County Tyrone and also divides County Tyrone from County Monaghan, making it part of the border between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
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River Blackwater | |
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Native name | |
Location | |
Country | Northern Ireland, (UK) |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | north of Augher, County Tyrone |
• elevation | 59 metres (194 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Lough Neagh |
Length | 91.3 kilometres (56.7 mi) |
Basin size | 1,507 square kilometres (582 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 19.7 m3/s (700 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | Cor River, Callan River, River Tall |
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