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"
  • Kali River (Karnataka)
  • Kali River (Uttar Pradesh)
  • Kalindi River, West Bengal
  • Kalindi River, another name for Yamuna.

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

See also

  • Big Black River (disambiguation)
  • Little Black River (disambiguation)
  • Black River High School (disambiguation)
  • Black River Township (disambiguation)
  • Black Brook (disambiguation)
  • Black Creek (disambiguation)
  • Blackwater river
  • Rio Negro (disambiguation), rivers whose Spanish name means 'Black River'
  • Kara Su (disambiguation), rivers whose Turkish name means 'Black River'
  • Crna Reka (disambiguation), rivers whose Serbo-Croatian, or Macedonian name means 'Black River'
  • Crna Rijeka (disambiguation), rivers whose Serbo-Croatian name means 'Black River'
  • Wu River (disambiguation), rivers whose Chinese name means 'Black River'
  • Heishui (disambiguation), rivers whose Chinese name means 'Black River'
  • Heihe, a Chinese city whose name means 'Black River'