# Black River

Black River is a common name for streams and communities around the world: in Spanish and Portuguese, Rio Negro; in French, Rivière Noire; in Turkish, Kara Su; in Serbo-Croatian, Crna Reka, Црна Река or Crna Rijeka, Црна Ријека; in Macedonian, Црна Река, Crna Reka.

## Streams
### Africa

* Bafing River, also known as Black River
* Black River (Cape Town)
* Niger River, named by European mapmakers during the Middle Ages, perhaps from Latin niger "black"

### Australia

* Black River (Queensland)
* Black River (Tasmania)
* Black River (Victoria)

### Brazil and Colombia

* Black River (Amazon), known as Rio Negro in Portuguese and Río Negro or Río Guainía in Spanish

### Canada

* Black River (New Brunswick)
* Black River (Ontario), listing eight rivers of the name
* Black River (Portneuf), Quebec
* Black River, a river on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
* Noire River (Ottawa River tributary), Quebec, English translation Black River

### China
#### Mainland

* Amur River
* Black River (Asia), also known as Lixian River, a tributary of the Red River
* Ejin River, also known as the Heihe (黑河, lit. "black river")

### Honduras

* Sico River, historically called the Rio Tinto, or Black River

### India

* Krishna River, from Sanskrit Krishna "Black"

### Ireland

* Black River (Ireland), in counties Galway and Mayo
* Duff River, in counties Leitrim and Sligo; the northern part is also known as the Black River

### Jamaica

* Black River (Jamaica)

### Macedonia

* Crna River (Vardar)

### Russia

* Amur River
* Chernaya River (Saint Petersburg), also known as the Tchernaya Rechka

### Sri Lanka

* Black River (Sri Lanka)

### Taiwan

* Black River (Taiwan), another name for the Dadu River

### Ukraine

* Chyornaya (Crimea), also known as the Black River

### United States

* Draanjik River, also known as Black River, a tributary of the Porcupine River in Alaska
* Black River (Arizona), a tributary of the Salt River
* Black River (Arkansas–Missouri), a tributary of the White River
* Black River, the name of the lower reaches of the Ouachita River in Arkansas
* Black River (Okefenokee Swamp), Georgia
* Black River (Indiana), a small tributary of the Wabash River
* Black River (Louisiana)
* In Michigan
** Black River (Alcona County), tributary of Lake Huron
** Black River (Cheboygan County), tributary of the Cheboygan River
** Black River (Gogebic County), tributary of Lake Superior
** Black River (Mackinac County), tributary of Lake Michigan
** Black River, tributary of Lake Michigan, also called Macatawa River
** Black River (Marquette County), tributary of the Escanaba River
** Black River (Southwest Michigan), tributary of Lake Michigan
** Black River (St. Clair River tributary), tributary of the St. Clair River
* In Minnesota
** Black River (Rainy River)
** Black River (Red Lake River)
* Black River (New Jersey), a tributary of the North Branch Raritan River
* Black River (New Mexico), a tributary of the Pecos River
* In New York
** Black River (New York), a tributary of Lake Ontario
** Black River (Kinderhook Creek tributary), in Rensselaer County
** Black River (Bouquet River tributary), in Essex County
* Black River (North Carolina), a tributary of the Cape Fear River
* Black River (Ohio), a tributary of Lake Erie
* Black River (Saucon Creek), in Pennsylvania
* Black River (South Carolina), a tributary of the Great Pee Dee River
* In Vermont:
** Black River (Connecticut River tributary), a tributary of the Connecticut River in southern Vermont
** Black River (Lake Memphremagog), a tributary of Lake Memphremagog in northern Vermont
* In Washington
** Black River (Chehalis River tributary), a tributary of the Chehalis River in the state of Washington
** Black River (Duwamish River tributary), a river in the state of Washington
* In Wisconsin
** Black River (Wisconsin-Lake Michigan), a tributary of Lake Michigan in the state of Wisconsin
** Black River (Wisconsin), a tributary of Mississippi River in the state of Wisconsin
** Black River (Nemadji River), a tributary of the Nemadji River in the state of Wisconsin

### Vietnam

* Black River (Asia), also known as Lixian River in China, a tributary of the Red River

## Communities

* Black River, Jamaica, the capital of St. Elizabeth Parish
* Black River (settlement), an 18th-century British settlement on the Caribbean coast of present-day Honduras

### Mauritius

* Rivière Noire District, a district in Mauritius which mean 'Black River' in French

### Australia

* Black River, Tasmania, a locality in North-west Tasmania

### Canada

* New Brunswick
** Black River, New Brunswick (disambiguation), several places
** Black River Bridge, New Brunswick
* Black River, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Black River, Nova Scotia (disambiguation), listing three communities of that name
* Ontario
** Black River, Ontario, a community in Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties
** Black River-Matheson, a municipality and township in Cochrane District

### United States

* Black River, Michigan, an unincorporated community in Alcona Township
* Black River, New York, a village in Jefferson County
* Black River, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Douglas County
* Black River Falls, Wisconsin, a city in Jackson County
* Black River Township, Pennington County, Minnesota

## Films

* Black River (1957 film), a Japanese film by Masaki Kobayashi
* Black River (1993 film), an Australian film by Kevin Lucas
* Black River (2001 film), a US adventure film

## Music

* Black River (band), a Polish stoner rock/heavy metal band
** Black River (album), the debut album of the band
* Black River Entertainment, an American country-music record label
* Black Rivers, an English rock band
* Black River, a 2008 song by Bomb the Bass featuring Mark Lanegan
* "The Black River", a song by the Sword from the album Gods of the Earth

## Others

* Black River (stage), the name of a stage in North American stratigraphy
* Black River Public School (Holland, Michigan), a charter school