The Bell River is a tributary of the south shore of Lake Matagami, which flows into the Nottaway River, a tributary of Rupert Bay. The Bell River flows into the Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Eeyou Istchee Baie-James regions in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.
The surface of the river is generally frozen from mid-November to mid-May. The Bell River runs through the Réserve de biodiversité projetée du Lac Taibi (translation: "Lake Taibi Proposed Biodiversity Reserve"), located between the confluence of the Baptiste River and the confluence of the Indians River (Bell River).
The hydrographic slopes adjacent to the Bell River are:
The Bell River originates in Abitibi, at the mouth of Lake Tiblemont (length: ; altitude: ). Lake Tiblemont receives its waters from the creek on the eastern side of Guillemette Creek and Valentin Creek; on the south side of the Louvicourt River; and the West of Lake Pascalis.
From the mouth of Lake Tiblemont, the Bell River runs on in the following segments:
Upper part of the Bell River (segment of )
From the North to the CN railway bridge that spans the river at Senneterre;