| Noire River | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
| Subdivision Name4: | Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality |
| Source1: | Forest and mountain streams |
| Mouth: | Prévost-Gilbert River |
| Mouth Location: | Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce |
| Progression: | Prévost-Gilbert River, Bras Saint-Victor, Chaudière River, St. Lawrence River |
| River System: | St. Lawrence River |
| Tributaries Left: | (upstream) |
| Tributaries Right: | (upstream) |
The Noire River (in French: rivière Noire) is a tributary of the south bank of the Prévost-Gilbert River which flows on the west bank of the Bras Saint-Victor; the latter in turn empties onto the west bank of the Chaudière River; the latter flows northward to empty on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the municipalities of Adstock (Saint-Method-de-Frontenac sector and Sacré-Cœur-de-Marie-Partie-Sud sector) and Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce, in Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main neighboring watersheds of the Black River are:
The Rivière Noire takes its source in the Petit 13e rang in the northern part of the municipality of Adstock (Saint-Method-de-Frontenac sector), at south of the top of the mountain Le Grand Morne (altitude:), at west of a summit (altitude:), at west of the village center of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce, at south-east of the village center of "Saint-Coeur-de-Marie-Partie-Sud" of Adstock.
From its source, the Black River flows on divided into the following segments:
The Black River flows in a caves valley. It empties on the south shore of the Prévost-Gilbert river in the municipality of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce. The confluence of the Rivière Noire is located at southwest of route 271, at to the north-west of the summit of Mont de la Sucrerie and northwest of the center of the village of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce.[1]
The toponym Rivière Noire was formalized on August 17, 1978, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]