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 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) southwest of the Bécancour River, at 6.0 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of the village center of Inverness and 9.1 kilometres (5.7 mi) east of the village center of Laurierville.

From its source, the Black River flows on 42.4 kilometres (26.3 mi) 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 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) downstream from the bridge (route 265) of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, 3.0 kilometres (1.9 mi) upstream of the hamlet "Plage-Patry" and 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi) 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.