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 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of the top of the mountain Le Grand Morne (altitude: 594 metres (1,949 ft)), at 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) west of a summit (altitude: 519 metres (1,703 ft)), at 4.7 kilometres (2.9 mi) west of the village center of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce, at 5.8 kilometres (3.6 mi) south-east of the village center of "Saint-Coeur-de-Marie-Partie-Sud" of Adstock.

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 kilometre (0.62 mi) southwest of route 271, at 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) to the north-west of the summit of Mont de la Sucrerie and 3.0 kilometres (1.9 mi) 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.