Back River may refer to various watercourses:

Australia

Back River (Tamworth) Back River, a perennial stream of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Back River on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, near Hanging Rock, east ...

, a tributary of the Barnard River in New South Wales *

Back River (Cooma-Monaro) The Back River, a perennial stream of the Tuross River catchment, is located in the Monaro and South Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Back River rises of the eastern slopes of the Kybeyan Range, part of the Great ...

, a tributary of the Tuross River in New South Wales *

Back River (Victoria) The Back River is a perennial river of the Mitchell River catchment, located in the Alpine region of the Australian state of Victoria. Course and features The Back River rises on the Nunniong Plains, below Mount Bindi, that is part of the G ...

, a tributary of the Timbarra River in Victoria

Canada

Back River (Nunavut) The Back River, formerly Back's River ( Dogrib: ''Thlewechodyeth'', Inuktitut: ''Haningayok'', or Great Fish River), is the 20th longest Canadian river and is located in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. It rises at an unnamed lake in t ...

Rivière des Prairies The Rivière des Prairies (; ), called the Back River in English, is a delta channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada. The Kanien'kehá:ka called it ''Skowanoti'', meaning "River behind the island". The river separates the citi ...

in Quebec, also known in English as Back River *

Atlatzi River The Atlatzi River is a river in the Pacific Ranges in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, flowing southwest into the lower Kingcome River, which feeds the head of Kingcome Inlet. It had been called Back River on a 1919 map of Bri ...

, British Columbia, formerly known as the Back River

Jamaica

* Back River (Jamaica)

United States

Back River (Kennebec River) The Back River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 30, 2011 waterway in coastal Maine, USA, in the combined estuary of the Sheepscot River, Sheepscot and the Kenneb ...

, a river in coastal Maine, in the combined estuary of the Sheepscot and the Kennebec rivers *

Back River (Sheepscot River) The Back River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 22, 2011 tidal channel in the town of Boothbay, Maine, in the United States. It defines the east and south sides ...

, a short tidal channel in the town of Boothbay, Maine * Back River (Meduncook River), a short tributary of the Meduncook River in Friendship, Maine * Back River (Medomak River), river in Friendship, Maine, which empties into the estuary of the Medomak River *

Back River (Saint George River) The Back River is a tributary of the Saint George River in Knox County, Maine. From its source in Far Meadow () in Cushing, the river runs north,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Ma ...

, a tributary of the Saint George River in Knox County, Maine *

Back River (Maryland) Back River is a tidal estuary in Baltimore County, Maryland, located about east of the city of Baltimore. The estuary extends from Essex, Maryland, southeast for about U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline ...

, a tidal estuary in Baltimore County, Maryland *

Back River (Powwow River) The Back River is a river located in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary to the Powwow River, part of the Merrimack River watershed. Approximately of the river are in New Hampshire, with the remaining in Mas ...

, a tributary of the Powwow River in New Hampshire and Massachusetts *

Back River (Buzzards Bay) Back River is a small tidal estuary in Bourne, Massachusetts on the eastern shore of Buzzards Bay. It lies just south of the Cape Cod Canal near the village of Monument Beach. It is separated from Buzzards Bay by Phinneys Harbor. The river's len ...

, a small tidal estuary in Bourne, Massachusetts *

Back River (Massachusetts Bay) Back River may refer to various watercourses: Australia * Back River (Tamworth), a tributary of the Barnard River in New South Wales * Back River (Cooma-Monaro), a tributary of the Tuross River in New South Wales * Back River (Victoria), a tribut ...

, which flows into

Duxbury Bay Duxbury Bay is a bay on the coast of Massachusetts in the United States. The west shore of the bay is the town of Duxbury, Massachusetts; and the bay is formed by a sandbar called Gurnet Point, Massachusetts, The Gurnet extending southeasterly from ...

Back River (Merrimac, Massachusetts) Back River may refer to various watercourses: Australia * Back River (Tamworth), a tributary of the Barnard River in New South Wales * Back River (Cooma-Monaro), a tributary of the Tuross River in New South Wales * Back River (Victoria), a tribut ...

, a much smaller tributary of the

Powwow River The Powwow River is a river located in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the United States. It is a tributary of the Merrimack River, part of the Gulf of Maine watershed. River course The Powwow River rises in the center of Danville, New Hampsh ...

Weymouth Back River The Weymouth Back River, sometimes called Back River, is a short, primarily tidal river in Hingham and Weymouth, Massachusetts, about south of Boston. It arises from a number of tributaries in ponds and swamps, most notably Whitmans Pond, flows ...

, in Weymouth, Massachusetts *

Back River (Berkeley County, South Carolina) Back River may refer to various watercourses: Australia * Back River (Tamworth), a tributary of the Barnard River in New South Wales * Back River (Cooma-Monaro), a tributary of the Tuross River in New South Wales * Back River (Victoria), a tribut ...

, a small tributary of the

Cooper River (South Carolina) The Cooper River is a mainly tidal river in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The cities of Mt. Pleasant, Charleston, North Charleston, Goose Creek, Moncks Corner, and Hanahan are located along the river. Short and wide, the river is joined f ...

Back River (Virginia) The Back River is an estuarine inlet of the Chesapeake Bay between the independent cities of Hampton and Poquoson in the Hampton Roads area of southeastern Virginia. Formed by the confluence of the Northwest and Southwest Branches, and at just ove ...

, an estuarine inlet of the Chesapeake Bay between Hampton and Poquoson, Virginia *

Back River (Savannah River) The Savannah River is a major river in the southeastern United States, forming most of the border between the states of South Carolina and Georgia. Two tributaries of the Savannah, the Tugaloo River and the Chattooga River, form the norther ...

, a secondary channel of the Savannah River, southeastern US {{geodis