List of rivers of Missouri explained

List of rivers in Missouri (U.S. state).

By drainage basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.

Mississippi River

Arkansas River

Mississippi River
- Arkansas River (AR, OK)
  - Neosho River (KS, OK)
    - Elk River
    - Spring River
      - Shoal Creek
        Capps Creek

White River

Mississippi River
- White River
  - Cache River
  - Black River
    - Spring River
      - Warm Fork Spring River
        Anthony Branch
      - Eleven Point River
    - Current River
      - Sinking Creek
      - Little Black River
      - Jacks Fork
    - Logan Creek
      - Adair Creek
  - North Fork River
  - Little North Fork White River
  - Beaver Creek
    - Cowskin Creek
      - Prairie Creek
    - Little Beaver Creek
  - James River
    - Crane Creek
    - Finley Creek
    - Pierson Creek
    - Wilsons Creek
      - Jordan Creek
      - Fassnight Creek
  - Kings River
    - Osage Creek
  - Roaring River

Mississippi River between the White and Missouri rivers

Mississippi River
- St. Francis River
  - - - Little River Castor River^[1]
    - Whitewater River
  - Little St. Francis River
- Headwater Diversion Channel
  - Whitewater River
  - Castor River
- Old River
- River aux Vases
- Meramec River
  - Big River
    - Terre Bleue Creek
      - Andrews Branch
  - Bourbeuse River
    - Little Bourbeuse River
  - Little Meramec River
  - Huzzah Creek
    - Courtois Creek
      - Abbott Branch
        Shoal Creek Dry Fork
- River des Peres

Missouri River South of Kansas River

Mississippi River
- Missouri River
  - Loutre River
  - Quick Creek
  - Gasconade River
  - Auxvasse Creek
  - Middle River
    - - Osage River Maries River
      - Little Maries River
    - Tavern Creek
    - Grandglaize Creek
      - Wet Glaize Creek
      - Dry Auglaize Creek
    - Niangua River
      - Little Niangua River
    - South Grand River
      - Big Creek
    - Pomme de Terre River
      - Little Sac River
        North Dry Sac River
        
        South Dry Sac River
    - Little Osage River
      - Marmaton River
        Green River
    - Marais des Cygnes River
  - Moreau River
  - Lamine River
    - Blackwater River 55miles
  - Little Chariton River
    - East Fork Little Chariton River 100miles
      - Walnut Creek
      - Silver Creek
        Turner Fork
    - Middle Fork Little Chariton River 63miles
      - Chariton River Bee Branch Elm Creek Mussel Fork Shoal Creek Grand River
    - Locust Creek
    - Medicine Creek
    - Thompson River
      - Weldon River
        Little River
  - Crooked River
  - Fishing River
  - Little Blue River
  - Blue River
    - Brush Creek
    - Round Grove Creek

Missouri River North of Kansas River

Mississippi River
- Missouri River
  - Platte River
    - One Hundred and Two River
      - White Cloud Creek
  - Nodaway River
    - Florida Creek
    - Arapahoe Creek
  - Squaw Creek
  - Tarkio River
  - Nishnabotna River

Mississippi River north of the Missouri River

Mississippi River
- Cuivre River
- Salt River
  - Spencer Creek (Salt River)
  - Black Creek (North Fork Salt River tributary)
    - Hilton Branch
- South River
- North River
- Fabius River
  - North Fabius River
    - Middle Fabius River
  - South Fabius River
    - Little Fabius River
- Wyaconda River
  - Little Wyaconda River
- Fox River
  - Little Fox River
- Des Moines River

See also

Notes

The majority of the Castor and Whitewater rivers have been diverted to drain directly to the Mississippi via the Headwater Diversion Channel, but the lower portions of both rivers still drain to the Little River.Web site: Headwater Diversion Basin Watershed: Executive Summary . 2007-07-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080612095423/http://mdc.mo.gov/fish/watershed/headwater/contents/ . 2008-06-12 .

References

USGS Geographic Names Information Service
USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Missouri (1974)

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