List of rivers in the United States - Definition

Rivers in the United States is a list of rivers in the United States.

State river lists

Alphabetical listing

• Alabama River - Alabama
• Allegheny River - Pennsylvania, New York
• Alsea River - Oregon
• Altamaha River - Georgia
• Amargosa River - Calfornia
• American River - California
• Anacostia River - Maryland, D.C.
• Apalachicola River - Florida
• Appomattox River - Virginia
• Appoquinimink River - Delaware
• Arkansas River - Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas
• Aroostook River - Maine
• Ashuelot River - New Hampshire
• Assonet River - Massachusetts
• Atchafalaya River - Louisiana
• Auglaize River - Ohio
• Au Sable River - Michigan
• Bad River - Bad River
• Bass River - New Jersey
• Battle Creek River - Michigan
• Beaverhead River - Montana
• Bear River - Utah, Idaho, Wyoming
• Beaver River - Pennsylvania
• Beaverkill River - New York
• Belle Fourche River - Wyoming, South Dakota
• Big Hole River - Montana
• Big Muddy Creek - Montana
• Bighorn River - Wyoming, Montana
• Big Quilcene River - Washington
• Big Sandy River - Kentucky, West Virginia
• Big Sandy River - Wyoming
• Big Sioux River - South Dakota, Iowa
• Big Thompson River - Colorado
• Black River
• Blackbird Creek - Delaware
• Blacklick Creek - Pennsylvania
• Blackstone River - Massachusetts, Rhode Island
• Black Warrior River - Alabama
• Blanchard River - Ohio
• Blue River - Colorado
• Bogachiel River - Washington
• Boulder River - Montana (tributary of the Yellowstone River)
• Boulder River - Montana (tributary of the Jefferson River)
• Brandywine Creek - Pennsylvania, Delaware
• Brazos River - Texas
• Broadkill River - Delaware
• Bronx River - New York
• Bruneau River - Idaho
• Buffalo River
• Cache River - Arkansas
• Cache La Poudre River - Colorado
• Caddo River - Arkansas
• Calapooia River - Oregon
• Canadian River - Oklahoma, Texas
• Canisteo River - New York
• Cannonball River - North Dakota
• Cape Fear River - North Carolina
• Carson River - Nevada
• Castle Creek - South Dakota
• Castor River - Missouri
• Catawba River - North Carolina, South Carolina
• Cedar Creek - North Dakota
• Cedar River
• Charles River - Massachusetts
• Chattahoochee River - Alabama, Georgia
• Chehalis River - Washington
• Chemung River - New York, Pennsylvania
• Chenango River - New York
• Cherry Creek - Colorado
• Chetco River - Oregon
• Cheyenne River - South Dakota
• Chicago River - Illinois
• Chickahominy River - Virginia
• Christina River - Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware
• Chugwater Creek - Wyoming
• Clackamas River - Oregon
• Clark Fork River - Montana, Idaho
• Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River - Wyoming, Montana
• Clarion River - Pennsylvania
• Clatskanie River - Oregon
• Clearwater River - Idaho
• Cohansey River - New Jersey
• Cohocton River - New York
• Colorado River - Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California
• Colorado River - Texas
• Columbia River - Washington, Oregon
• Conemaugh River - Pennsylvania
• Connecticut River - New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut
• Connoquenessing Creek - Pennsylvania
• Coos River - Oregon
• Copper River - Alaska
• Coquille River - Oregon
• Cossatot River - Arkansas
• Cosumnes River - California
• Cowlitz River - Washington
• Crystal River - Colorado
• Cullasaja River - North Carolina
• Cumberland River - Kentucky, Tennessee
• Current River - Missouri, Arkansas
• Cut Bank Creek - Montana
• Cuyahoga River - Ohio
• D River - Oregon
• Dearborn River - Montana
• Deep River - North Carolina
• Delaware River - New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
• Deschutes River - Oregon
• Des Moines River - Minnesota, Iowa
• Detroit River - Michigan
• Dirty Devil River - Utah
• Dix River - Kentucky
• Dolores River - Colorado
• Dosewallips River - Washington
• Duck River
• Duckabush River - Washington
• Dungeness River - Washington
• Dupuyer Creek - Montana
• Duwamish River - Washington
• Eagle River - Colorado
• East River - New York
• East Branch Delaware River - New York
• East Gallatin River - Montana
• Eel River - California
• Elizabeth River
• Elwha River - Washington
• English River - Iowa
• Escalante River - Utah
• Feather River - California
• Flat River - Michigan
• Flatrock River - Ohio
• Forest River - North Dakota
• Fox River - Illinois
• Fox River - Wisconsin
• Fraser River - Colorado
• French Broad River - North Carolina, Tennessee
• Fresh Kills - New York
• Fryingpan River - Colorado
• Gallatin River - Wyoming, Montana
• Genesee River - New York
• Gila River - Arizona
• Gunnison River - Colorado
• Grand River - Michigan
• Grand River - South Dakota
• Grande Ronde River - Oregon, Washington
• Gray Wolf River - Washington
• Grays River - Washington
• Great Egg Harbor River - New Jersey
• Great Miami River - Ohio
• Green River- Kentucky
• Green River- Wyoming, Colorado, Utah
• Green River - Washington
• Guadalupe River - California
• Guyandotte River - West Virginia
• Hackensack River - New York, New Jersey
• Hamma Hamma River - Washington
• Harlem River - New York
• Haw River - North Carolina
• Heart River - North Dakota
• Henrys Fork River - Idaho
• Hocking River - Ohio
• Hoh River - Washington
• Hood River - Oregon
• Hoosic River - Vermont, New York
• Housatonic River - Massachusetts, Connecticut
• Hudson River - New York
• Humboldt River - Nevada
• Huron River - Michigan
• Illinois River - Illinois
• Illinois River - Oklahoma
• Illinois River - Oregon
• Indian River
• Iowa River - Iowa
• Iron River - Michigan
• James River - Virginia
• James River - North Dakota, South Dakota
• Jefferson River - Montana
• John Day River - Oregon
• Judith River - Montana
• Juniata River - Pennsylvania
• Kalamazoo River - Michigan
• Kanawha River - West Virginia
• Kankakee River - Indiana,Illinois
• Kaskaskia River - Illinois
• Kennebec River - Maine
• Kentucky River - Kentucky
• Kern River - California
• Keya Paha River - Nebraska
• Kilchis River - Oregon
• Kings River - California
• Kings River - Nevada
• Kiskiminetas River - Pennsylvania
• Klamath River - Oregon, California
• Klaskanine River - Oregon
• Knife River - North Dakota
• Kobuk River - Alaska
• Kootenai River - Montana
• Koyukuk River - Alaska
• Kuskokwim River - Alaska
• Lackawanna River - Pennsylvania
• Lackawaxen River - Pennsylvania
• Lamar River - Wyoming
• Laramie River - Wyoming
• Lehigh River - Pennsylvania
• Leipsic River - Delaware
• Levisa Fork River - Kentucky
• Lewis and Clark River - Oregon
• Licking River - Kentucky
• Little Auglaize River - Ohio
• Little Bighorn River - Wyoming, Montana
• Little Colorado River - Arizona
• Little Conemaugh River - Pennsylvania
• Little Juniata River - Pennsylvania
• Little Kanawha River - West Virginia
• Little Kentucky River - Kentucky
• Little Miami River - Ohio
• Little Missouri River - Arkansas
• Little Missouri River - North Dakota
• Little Muddy Creek - North Dakota
• Little Muskingum River - Ohio
• Little Nestucca River - Oregon
• Little Red River - Arkansas, Louisiana
• Little River
• Little Snake River - Colorado, Wyoming
• Little Spokane River - Washington
• Little Tennessee River - Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee
• Little Walker River - California
• Little White River - North Dakota
• Llano River - Texas
• Los Angeles River - California
• Lost River - California
• Loup River - Nebraska
• Loyalhanna River - Pennsylvania
• Luckiamute River - Oregon
• Lynches River - South Carolina
• Madison River - Wyoming, Montana
• Malheur River - Oregon
• Manumuskin River - New Jersey
• Marias River - Montana
• Matanuska River - Alaska
• Mattole River - California
• Maumee River - Ohio
• Maurice River - New Jersey
• McCloud River - California
• McKenzie River - Oregon
• Meadow Valley Wash - Nevada
• Medina River - Texas
• Medicine Bow River - Colorado, Wyoming
• Menominee River - Michigan, Wisconsin
• Meramec River - Missouri
• Merced River - California
• Merrimack River - Massachusetts, New Hampshire
• Miami River
• Milk River - Montana
• Minnesota River - Minnesota
• Mississippi River
• Missouri River
• Mobile River - Alabama
• Mohawk River - New York
• Mojave River - California
• Mokelumne River - California
• Molalla River - Oregon
• Monongahela River - West Virginia, Pennsylvania
• Montreal River - Michigan, Wisconsin
• Moreau River - North Dakota
• Mullica River - New Jersey
• Murderkill River - Delaware
• Musconetcong River - New Jersey
• Muskegon River - Michigan
• Muskingum River - Ohio
• Musselshell River - Montana
• Napa River - California
• Navesink River - New Jersey
• Necanicum River - Oregon
• Neches River - Texas
• Nehalem River - Oregon
• Nenana River - Alaska
• Nestucca River - Oregon
• Neversink River - New York
• New River - North Carolina
• New River - West Virginia
• Niagara River - New York
• Niobrara River - Nebraska
• Nisqually River - Washington
• Nooksack River - Washington
• North Laramie River - Wyoming
• North Platte River - Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska
• North Umpqua River - Oregon
• Northeast Cape Fear River - North Carolina
• Nowitna River - Alaska
• Nueces River - Texas
• Ocoee River - Georgia
• Ohio River
• Okanogan River - Washington
• Osage River - Missouri
• Otselic River - New York
• Ottawa River - Ohio
• Ouachita River - Arkansas, Louisiana
• Overpeck Creek - New Jersey
• Owens River - California
• Owyhee River - Nevada, Idaho, Oregon
• Paria River - Utah, Arizona
• Passaic River - New Jersey
• Patuxent River - Maryland
• Paw Paw River - Michigan
• Pearl River
• Pecatonica River - Wisconsin, Illinois
• Pecos River - New Mexico, Texas
• Pedernales River - Texas
• Pee Dee River - North Carolina, South Carolina
• Pembina River - North Dakota
• Pend Oreille River - Idaho, Washington
• Penobscot River - Maine
• Pequannock River - New Jersey
• Perdido River - Alabama, Florida
• Piscataqua River - New Hampshire, Maine
• Pit River - California
• Platte River - Nebraska
• Pocomoke River - Delaware, Maryland
• Pohatcong Creek - New Jersey
• Pompton River - New Jersey
• Potomac River - Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia
• Poplar River - Montana
• Portneuf River - Idaho
• Powder River - Wyoming, Montana
• Pudding River - Oregon
• Puyallup River - Washington
• Queets River - Washington
• Quillayute River - Washington
• Quinn River - Nevada
• Quinnipiac River - Connecticut
• Quittapahilla Creek - Pennsylvania
• Rahway River - New Jersey
• Rainy River - Minnesota
• Ramapo River - New York, New Jersey
• Rancocas River - New Jersey
• Rapid River - Michigan
• Rappahannock River - Virginia
• Raritan River - New Jersey
• Red Cedar River - Michigan
• Red Clay Creek - Delaware
• Red River - Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana
• Red River - Kentucky
• Red River of the North
• Red Rock River - Montana
• Redwater River - Montana
• Republican River - Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas
• Rio Grande - Colorado, New Mexico, Texas
• River Raisin - Michigan
• Roanoke River - Virginia, North Carolina
• Roaring Fork River - Colorado
• Rockaway River - New Jersey
• Roe River - Montana
• Rogue River - Michigan
• Rogue River - Oregon
• Rock River - Illinois
• Ruby River - Montana
• Russian River - California
• Sabine River - Texas, Louisiana
• Sacagawea River - Montana
• Sacramento River - California
• St. Clair River - Michigan
• St. Croix River - Wisconsin, Minnesota
• St. Croix River - Maine
• St. John River - Maine
• St. Johns River - Florida
• St. Jones River - Delaware
• St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan) - Michigan, Indiana
• St. Joseph River (Maumee River) - Michigan, Ohio, Indiana
• St. Lawrence River
• St. Louis River - Minnesota
• St. Mary River - Montana
• St. Marys River - Maryland
• St. Marys River - Florida, Georgia
• St. Marys River - Indiana, Ohio
• St. Marys River - Michigan
• Salmon River
• Salmonberry River - Oregon
• Salmon Falls River - New Hampshire, Maine
• Salt River - Arizona
• Sammamish River - Washington
• Sandy River
• Santee River - South Carolina
• San Francisco River - New Mexico
• San Joaquin River - California
• San Juan River - Colorado, New Mexico, Utah
• San Lorenzo River - California
• San Miguel River - Colorado
• San Rafael River - Utah
• Santa Ana River - California
• Santa Clara River - California
• Santa Margarita River - California
• Santiam River - Oregon
• Sauk River - Washington
• Savannah River - Georgia, South Carolina
• Schoolcraft River - Minnesota
• Scioto River - Ohio
• Sevier River - Utah
• Shasta River - California
• Shenandoah River - Virginia, West Virginia
• Shetucket River - Connecticut
• Shields River - Montana
• Shookumchuck River - Washington
• Shrewsbury River - New Jersey
• Siletz River - Oregon
• Siuslaw River - Oregon
• Sixes River - Oregon
• Skagit River - Washington
• Skipanon River - Oregon
• Skunk River - Iowa
• Slough Creek
• Smith River - Montana
• Smoky Hill River - Colorado, Kansas
• Smyrna River - Delaware
• Snake River - Idaho, Oregon
• Snoqualmie River - Washington
• Souhegan River - New Hampshire
• Souris River - North Dakota
• South Platte River - Colorado, Nebraska
• South Umpqua River - Oregon
• South River - North Carolina
• Spokane River - Idaho, Washington
• Squaw Creek
• Sprague River - Oregon
• Spring Creek - North Dakota
• Spring River - Missouri, Arkansas
• Stikine River - Alaska
• Stillaguamish River - Washington
• Stillwater River
• Stoneycreek River - Pennsylvania
• Stuck River - Washington
• Sugar River - Wisconsin
• Sun River - Montana
• Susan River - California
• Susitna River - Alaska
• Susquehanna River - New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland
• Suwannee River - northern Florida
• Swan River - Minnesota
• Swatara Creek - Pennsylvania
• Sweetwater River - Wyoming
• Sycan River - Oregon
• Tanana River - central Alaska
• Taunton River - Massachusetts
• Tennessee River - Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky
• Tensaw River - Alabama
• Teton River - Montana
• Teton River - Wyoming, Idaho
• Thames River - Connecticut
• Tiffin River - Michigan, Ohio
• Tijuana River - California
• Tillamook River - Oregon
• Tioga River - Pennsylvania, New York
• Tioughnioga River - New York
• Tippecanoe River - Indiana
• Tobacco Garden Creek - North Dakota
• Tombigbee River - Mississippi, Alabama
• Toms River - New Jersey
• Tongue River - Montana
• Tongue River - North Dakota
• Trask River - Oregon
• Trinity River - California
• Trinity River - Texas
• Truckee River - California
• Tualatin River - Oregon
• Tulpehocken Creek - Pennsylvania
• Tug Fork River - Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky
• Tuolumne River - California
• Two Medicine River - Montana
• Unadilla River New York
• Uncompahgre River - Colorado
• Umpqua River - Oregon
• Upper Iowa River - Iowa
• Verde River - Arizona
• Virgin River - Utah, Nevada
• Wabash River - Ohio, Indiana
• Waccamaw River - North Carolina, South Carolina
• Wading River - New Jersey
• Wailuku River - Hawaii
• Waimea River - Hawaii
• Walla Walla River - Washington
• Wallooskee River - Oregon
• Wapsipinicon River - Iowa
• Washita River - Oklahoma
• Weiser River - Idaho
• Wenatchee River - Washington
• West Branch Delaware River - New York, Pennsylvania
• West Branch Susquehanna River - Pennsylvania
• Whippany River - New Jersey
• White Clay Creek - Pennsylvania, Delaware
• White Earth River - North Dakota
• White Oak River - North Carolina
• White River - Arkansas
• White River - Indiana
• White River - South Dakota
• White River - Utah
• Willamette River - Oregon
• Williams Fork River - Colorado
• Williamson River - Oregon
• Willimantic River - Connecticut
• Willow Creek - Colorado
• Wilson River - Oregon
• Wind River
• Wisconsin River - Wisconsin
• Wise River - Montana
• Wolf River
• Wynoochee River - Washington
• Yadkin River - North Carolina
• Yakima River - Washington
• Yamhill River - Oregon
• Yampa River - Colorado
• Yaquina River - Oregon
• Yazoo River - Mississippi
• Yellowstone River - Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota
• York River - Virginia
• Youghiogheny River - West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania
• Youngs River - Oregon
• Yukon River - Alaska

See also

• List of rivers of the Americas
• List of rivers in Canada
• List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers
• River borders of U.S. states

External links

• American Rivers, a nonprofit conservation organization (http://www.amrivers.org/)
• U.S. Geological Survey name database (http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form)