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

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Black River
• 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 Serbian, Croatian, or Macedonian 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'