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. It may refer to:

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

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

Other 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

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'