Noire River (Prévost-Gilbert River tributary)

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.

Geography
The main neighboring watersheds of the Black River are:
 * north side: Prévost-Gilbert River, Nadeau River;
 * east side: Prévost-Gilbert River, Bras Saint-Victor, Giguère-Fortin stream, Chaudière River;
 * south side: Bras Fortin-Dupuis, Tardif-Bizier stream, Muskrat River;
 * west side: Palmer East River, Whetstone River.

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 2.0 km south of the top of the mountain Le Grand Morne (altitude: 594 m), at 1.7 km west of a summit (altitude: 519 m), at 4.7 km west of the village center of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce, at 5.8 km south-east of the village center of "Saint-Coeur-de-Marie-Partie-Sud" of Adstock.

From its source, the Black River flows on 6.3 km divided into the following segments:
 * 0.5 km towards the north, to the limit between Adstock (Saint-Method-de-Frontenac sector) and Saint-Cœur-de-Marie-Partie-Sud de Adstock;
 * 1.3 km northeasterly, up to the municipal limit of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce;
 * 4.0 km north-east, passing south of Mont Le Grand Morne, to its confluence.

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 1.0 km southwest of route 271, at 1.7 km to the north-west of the summit of Mont de la Sucrerie and 3.0 km northwest of the center of the village of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce.

Toponymy
The toponym Rivière Noire was formalized on August 17, 1978, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.