| Noire River | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Centre-du-Québec |
| Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
| Subdivision Name4: | L'Érable Regional County Municipality |
| Length: | 42.4km (26.3miles) |
| Source1: | Forested streams |
| Source1 Location: | Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 46.2993°N -71.5598°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 183m (600feet) |
| Mouth: | Bécancour River |
| Mouth Location: | Bécancour |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 46.3053°N -71.8708°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 104m (341feet) |
| Progression: | Bécancour River, St. Lawrence River |
| Tributaries Left: | (upstream) ruisseau Montreuil, ruisseau Laurendeau, ruisseau Manningham, ruisseau Fernand-Bédard, ruisseau Paradis, ruisseau Benoit-Lemelin. |
| Tributaries Right: | (upstream) ruisseau Magella, Barbue River, Perdrix River, ruisseau Beaudet, ruisseau Isabelle, ruisseau Bilodeau, ruisseau Côté, ruisseau André-Lemelin, ruisseau Alfred-Therrien, ruisseau Samson, ruisseau Beaudoin. |
| Country: |  Canada |
The Noire River (in English: Black River) is a tributary of the Bécancour River which is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Noire River flows through the municipalities of Inverness, Laurierville, Plessisville and Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, in the L'Érable Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Black River are:
The Black River has its source in the municipality of Inverness, at southwest of the Bécancour River, at north of the village center of Inverness and east of the village center of Laurierville.
From its source, the Black River flows on in the following segments:
Upper course of the river
Lower course of the river
The Black River empties on the south shore of the Bécancour River at downstream from the bridge (route 265) of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, upstream of the hamlet "Plage-Patry" and in upstream of the confluence of the Bourbon River.
The toponym "rivière Noire" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]