The Rivière Noire flows through the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun and Sainte-Croix-de-Lotbinière, in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Québec, in Canada.

This area is located 4.7 kilometres (2.9 mi) south of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) southwest of the village center of Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, at 8.6 kilometres (5.3 mi) west of the center of the village of Saint-Apollinaire, at 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the village of Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun and 7.9 kilometres (4.9 mi) north of the center of the village of Laurier-Station.

From its source, the Rivière Noire flows on 6.8 kilometres (4.2 mi) towards the south-west including 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) (divided into two segments) in Sainte-Croix-de-Lotbinière.

This confluence is located only 140 metres (460 ft) from the limit of Saint-Janvier-de-Joly.

The toponym "rivière Noire" was made official on August 8, 1977, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.