Meaning of Black River | Babel Free
Definitions
- One of the longest rivers in Jamaica; it is 33.2 miles long.
- A town located at the mouth of the Black River, the parish capital of Saint Elizabeth parish, Jamaica.
- A river in Vietnam and Yunnan, China.
- Rivers and settlements in the United States, including:
- Eight rivers in Michigan.
- Two rivers in Minnesota.
- A river with two branches in Ohio, a tributary of Lake Erie.
- A river in west-central Wisconsin, a tributary of the Mississippi.
- A large number of other rivers in the United States, listed under Black River#United States.
- An unincorporated community in Alcona Township, Alcona County, Michigan.
- A township in Pennington County, Minnesota, named after the Red Lake River tributary.
- A village in Jefferson County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin.
- A locality in Circular Head Council, north western Tasmania, Australia.
Examples
“Specific data on the flow⟳ of the Red River near Hanoi was impossible to obtain⟳ but last⟳ month Le Monde, the Paris newspaper, published a dispatch predicting that the flow⟳ of the Black River, a main tributary, would reach⟳ 32,500 cubic meters a second at Sontay, about 25 miles northwest of Hanoi (a cubic meter is about 35 cubic feet).”
“The Black River Watershed is a tributary system of the Red River. Like⟳ the Red River, the Black River has its source in China and flows out through Vietnam.”
“The Upper Red River veers northwards to China, but we take⟳ a sneaky left-hand turn⟳ down the Da River (Black River).”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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