Sweetwater
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Sweetwater is a synonym for freshwater
Freshwater
Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and...

. It may also refer to:

Places

  • Sweet Water, Alabama
    Sweet Water, Alabama
    Sweet Water is a town in Marengo County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 234. It is home to Sweet Water High School, part of the Marengo County Public School System.-Geography:...

  • Sweetwater, Duval County, Florida
  • Sweetwater, Hardee County, Florida
    Sweetwater, Hardee County, Florida
    Sweetwater is an unincorporated area in the southeast section of Hardee County, Florida, United States. Long/Lat: 27°24.6’ N and 81°42.2’ W Peak altitude is 82 feet , but the topography varies. Sweetwater is 15 minutes by car southeast of Zolfo Springs, Florida, and is bordered by U.S...

  • Sweetwater, Miami-Dade County, Florida
  • Sweet Water, Illinois
    Sweet Water, Illinois
    Sweet Water is an unincorporated community in Menard County, Illinois, United States. Sweet Water is southeast of Greenview....

  • Sweetwater, Idaho
    Sweetwater, Idaho
    Sweetwater is a census-designated place in Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States. Its population was 143 as of the 2010 census....

  • Sweetwater, London, a new town to be built on the site of Olympic Park, London
    Olympic Park, London
    The Olympic Park in London is a new sporting complex currently under construction, adjacent to the Stratford City development in Stratford, Bow, Leyton & Homerton in East London for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics....

  • Sweetwater Township, Michigan
    Sweetwater Township, Michigan
    Sweetwater Township is a civil township of Lake County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 238 at the 2000 census.- Communities :...

  • Sweetwater, Nebraska
    Sweetwater, Nebraska
    Sweetwater is an unincorporated community in Beaver Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. It lies along Nebraska Highway 2, half way between Ravenna and Hazard. It is a part of the Kearney, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. Sweetwater is located on Mud Creek, a tributary of...

  • Sweetwater, New Jersey
    Sweetwater, New Jersey
    Sweetwater is an unincorporated area located in Mullica Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey. The community is situated on the Mullica River about 20 miles from Atlantic City....

  • Sweetwater, North Carolina
  • Sweetwater, Oklahoma
    Sweetwater, Oklahoma
    Sweetwater is a town in Beckham and Roger Mills counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It was incorporated in 2003. Named for nearby Sweetwater Creek, the town is at the junction of State Highway 30 and State Highway 152...

  • Sweetwater, Tennessee
    Sweetwater, Tennessee
    Sweetwater is a city in Monroe and McMinn counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the most populous city in Monroe County. The population was 5,586 at the 2000 census. Sweetwater is the home of the Craighead Caverns which contains the Lost Sea, the United States' largest underground...

  • Sweetwater, Texas
    Sweetwater, Texas
    Sweetwater is the county seat of Nolan County, Texas, United States. The population was 11,415 at the 2000 census.-History:Sweetwater received a U.S. post office in 1879. The Texas and Pacific Railway started service in 1881, with the first train arriving on March 12 of that year, beginning...

  • Sweetwater County, Wyoming
  • Sweetwater Mountains
    Sweetwater Mountains
    The Sweetwater Mountains is a small mountain range in Northern Mono County, California and Western Lyon County, Nevada, separating the West Walker River from the East Walker River. Most of the range is only accessible by four wheel drive vehicle, on foot, or pack animal. Most of the range is...

     in California

Fiction

  • Sweetwater, 1973 novel by Laurence Yep
    Laurence Yep
    -Background:Chinese-American, Yep was born in San Francisco, California to Yep Gim Lew and Franche. His older brother, Thomas named him after studying a particular saint in a multicultural neighborhood that consisted of mostly African Americans. Growing up, he often felt torn between both...

  • Sweetwater, 1976 novel by Knut Faldbakken
    Knut Faldbakken
    -Biography:Faldbakken studied psychology at Oslo University, and then worked as a journalist. He visited a number of countries, working variously as a bookkeeper, sailor, and factory worker, and began writing books in 1967 while living in Paris....

  • Sweetwater (1983 film), a 1983 American film, starring Diane Ladd
    Diane Ladd
    Diane Ladd is an American actress, film director, producer and published author. She has appeared in over 120 roles, on television, and in miniseries and feature films, including Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore , Wild at Heart , Rambling Rose , Ghosts of Mississippi, Primary Colors, 28 Days , and...

  • Sweetwater (1988 film), a 1988 Norwegian film based on the Faldbakken novel, starring Petronella Barker
    Petronella Barker
    Petronella Barker is a British-born Norwegian actress. She was born in Colchester, England, but grew up in Fredrikstad, Norway. While still studying at the Theatre Academy in Oslo , she had her debut in the Russian-Norwegian co-production Dragens fange...

  • The Sweetwater, 1976 novel by Jean Rikhoff
    Jean Rikhoff
    Jean Rikhoff is an American author and editor. She is best known for two trilogies that she wrote: the Timble Trilogy, made up of Dear Ones All, Voyage In, Voyage Out, and Rites of Passage, and the trilogy of the North Country, consisting of Buttes Landing, One of the Raymonds, and The Sweetwater...

  • Sweetwater, fictional character in the novel At Heaven's Gate
    At Heaven's Gate
    At Heaven's Gate is the second novel by Robert Penn Warren. First published in 1943, it was reprinted in New York by New Directions Publishing Corporation in 1985 with ISBN 0-8112-0933-4-Plot summary:...

    by Robert Penn Warren
  • Ned Sweetwater, fictional character in the Mandie
    Mandie
    The Mandie series of books are a popular series written by the late Lois Gladys Leppard from 1983 to 2006, intended for children ages 8 – 12 years old. More than 7 million copies have been printed of the Mandie series. There are forty books in the main series along with several special books. ...

    series of novels by Lois Gladys Leppard
  • Sweet Water, fictional ruined city in the game Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven
    Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven
    Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven, commonly abbreviated to Might and Magic VI or simply MM6, is a role-playing video game developed by New World Computing and published by 3DO in 1998...

  • Sweetwater, fictional ranch owned by the character Brett McBain in the film Once Upon a Time in the West
    Once Upon a Time in the West
    Once Upon a Time in the West is a 1968 Italian epic spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone for Paramount Pictures. It stars Henry Fonda cast against type as the villain, Charles Bronson as his nemesis, Jason Robards as a bandit, and Claudia Cardinale as a newly widowed homesteader with a...


Schools

  • Sweetwater High School (National City, California)
    Sweetwater High School (National City, California)
    Sweetwater Union High School is a secondary school located in National City, California, United States. Established in 1921, it is one of the oldest high schools in San Diego County...

  • Sweet Water High School
    Sweet Water High School
    Sweet Water High School is a public high school that educates grades K–12 in the town of Sweet Water, Alabama, United States. It is operated by the Marengo County School System...

    , Sweet Water, Alabama
  • Sweetwater Independent School District
    Sweetwater Independent School District
    Sweetwater Independent School District is a public school district based in Sweetwater, Texas .Located in Nolan County, the district extends into a portion of Fisher County....

    , Sweetwater, Texas

Other uses

  • Sweetwater (band)
    Sweetwater (band)
    Sweetwater was a rock band originally from Los Angeles. They were the act scheduled to play first at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, although due to problems within the band, solo folksinger Richie Havens became the first performer...

    , 1960s band and subject of a 1999 TV film
  • Sweet Water (band)
    Sweet Water (band)
    Sweet Water is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington.-History:Originally known as S.G.M., the band's members met while students at The Bush School. The band lineup changed in 1990, and included Rich Credo, Adam Czeisler, Cole Peterson, Dudley Taft and Paul Uhlir...

    , 1990s American band
  • Sweet Water (album), eponymous 2nd album by the Sweet Water band
  • Sweetwater (grape), another name for the wine grape Chasselas
  • Sweetwater Brewing Company
    Sweetwater Brewing Company
    SweetWater Brewing Company is a brewery located in Atlanta, Georgia.SweetWater was founded in 1997 by two friends, Freddy Bensch and Kevin McNerney, who met while in school at the University Colorado in Boulder. Freddy and Kevin realized they had more of a hankering for beer than books and spent...

    , Atlanta, Georgia
  • Sweetwater Independent School District
    Sweetwater Independent School District
    Sweetwater Independent School District is a public school district based in Sweetwater, Texas .Located in Nolan County, the district extends into a portion of Fisher County....

    , Texas
  • Sweetwater Sound
    Sweetwater Sound
    Sweetwater Sound, Inc. is one of the United States' largest dealers in musical equipment for musicians, recording studios, schools, houses of worship, concert sound companies and broadcasters...

    , company based in Fort Wayne, Indiana
  • Sweetwater Union High School District
    Sweetwater Union High School District
    The Sweetwater Union High School District is a school district headquartered in Chula Vista, California. , the school district is the largest secondary school district in California....

    , California
  • Sweetwaters Music Festival
    Sweetwaters Music Festival
    Sweetwaters Music Festival was a series of events held between 1980 and 1999, at venues such as a farm in Ngaruawahia, then further north on a farm near Pukekawa, and finally at South Auckland, New Zealand.- Events:*1980 - Ngaruawahia*1981 - Ngaruawahia...

    , New Zealand
  • Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton (1922-1990), American basketball player

See also

  • Sweetwater Creek (disambiguation)
  • Sweetwater River (disambiguation)
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