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This is a list of rivers of the
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Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...
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By drainage basin

This list is arranged by
drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. All rivers in Tennessee ultimately flow to the
Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United S ...
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Mississippi River Drainage Basin

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Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it ...
**''Lake McKellar'' ***''
Nonconnah Creek The Nonconnah Creek (or the Nonconnah Creek Drainage Canal) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 3, 2011 waterway in southwest Tennessee. It starts in extreme southeas ...
'' **'' Wolf River'' **''
Loosahatchie River The Loosahatchie River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 3, 2011 stream in southwestern Tennessee. Except for a few miles near its head, its mouth, and near the ...
'' **''
Hatchie River The Hatchie River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 3, 2011 river in northern Mississippi and southwestern Tennessee. It is of considerable geographic, cultural, a ...
'' ***'' Tuscumbia River'' **'' Forked Deer River'' ***'' North Fork'' ***'' Middle Fork'' ***'' South Fork'' **'' Obion River'' ***''North Fork'' ***''Middle Fork'' ***''South Fork'' ***''Rutherford Fork'' **'' Ohio River (KY)'' ***''
Tennessee River The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. It is approximately long and is located in the southeastern United States in the Tennessee Valley. The river was once popularly known as the Cherokee River, among other names ...
'' ****'' Blood River'' ****'' Big Sandy River'' ****'' White Oak Creek'' ****'' Duck River'' *****'' Buffalo River'' ******'' Green River'' ******''
Little Buffalo River The Little Buffalo River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 tributary of the Buffalo River in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Via the Buffalo, Duck, ...
'' *****'' Piney River'' *****'' Defeated Creek'' *****'' Little Duck River'' ****''
Beech River The Beech River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 stream draining the east-central portion of West Tennessee in the United States. The Beech rises about ...
'' ****''
Indian Creek Indian Creek may refer to the following: Communities * Indian Creek, Orange Walk District, Belize, a village in Belize * Indian Creek, Toledo, a village in Belize * Indian Creek, Florida, U.S. * Indian Creek, Illinois, U.S. * Indian Creek No. 7 Pr ...
'' *****'' Smith Fork'' ****'' Shoal Creek/Sycamore River'' ****'' Elk River'' *****'' Richland Creek'' ****''
Flint River The Flint River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 15, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Georgia. The river drains of western Georgia, flowing south from the u ...
'' ****'' Sequatchie River'' *****''
Little Sequatchie River The Little Sequatchie River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011 tributary of the Sequatchie River in Tennessee. Unlike its larger namesake, it does not ha ...
'' ****''
Hiwassee River The Hiwassee River has its headwaters on the north slope of Rocky Mountain in Towns County in the northern area of the State of Georgia. It flows northward into North Carolina before turning westward into Tennessee, flowing into the Tennessee Rive ...
'' *****'' Ocoee River'' *****'' Conasauga Creek'' ****'' Piney River'' *****''
Soak Creek Soak may refer to: * Steeping * Bathing * Soakage (source of water), a source of water in Australian deserts * Soak dike, ditch or drain * Soak testing, a method of system testing in computing and electronics * Soak (singer), Irish singer-songwrit ...
'' ******'' Little Piney Creek'' ****'' Sewee Creek'' ****''
Clinch River The Clinch River is a river that flows southwest for more than through the Great Appalachian Valley in the U.S. states of Virginia and Tennessee, gathering various tributaries, including the Powell River, before joining the Tennessee River in K ...
'' *****''
Emory River The Emory River is a river draining a portion of Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau. It flows for just over from its source near Frozen Head State Park to its mouth along the Clinch River at Kingston, Tennessee. Hydrography The Emory River rises ...
'' ******''
Little Emory River The Little Emory River rises in Morgan County, Tennessee near the town of Coalfield. It is one of the major tributaries to the Emory River. It crosses into Roane County, where it soon becomes an embayment of Watts Bar Lake several miles upstream ...
'' ******'' Obed River'' *******'' Little Obed River'' *****'' Poplar Creek'' ******''
East Fork Poplar Creek East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...
'' *****'' Beaver Creek'' *****'' Coal Creek'' *****'' Powell River'' ****'' Sweetwater Creek'' ****''
Little Tennessee River The Little Tennessee River is a tributary of the Tennessee River that flows through the Blue Ridge Mountains from Georgia, into North Carolina, and then into Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. It drains portions of three national ...
'' *****''
Tellico River The Tellico River is a river in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. It rises in the westernmost mountains of North Carolina, and then flows through Monroe County, Tennessee, before joining the Little Tenness ...
'' ******''
Bald River The Bald River is a river located in Monroe County, Tennessee in the Cherokee National Forest. It is a tributary of the Tellico River. Just before it empties into the Tellico, the river falls over a large waterfall, Bald River Falls, which is vari ...
'' ******'' North River'' ****'' Little River'' ****''
French Broad River The French Broad River is a river in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Tennessee. It flows from near the town of Rosman in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into Tennessee, where its confluence with the Holston River at Knoxville form ...
'' *****'' Little Pigeon River'' *****'' Nolichucky River'' *****'' Pigeon River'' ****''
Holston River The Holston River is a river that flows from Kingsport, Tennessee, to Knoxville, Tennessee. Along with its three major forks (North Fork, Middle Fork and South Fork), it comprises a major river system that drains much of northeastern Tennessee, ...
'' *****'' North Fork Holston River'' *****'' South Fork Holston River'' ******''
Watauga River The Watauga River () is a large stream of western North Carolina and East Tennessee. It is long with its headwaters in Linville Gap to the South Fork Holston River at Boone Lake. Course The Watauga River rises from a spring near the bas ...
'' *******''
Doe River The Doe River is a tributary of the Watauga River in northeast Tennessee in the United States. The river forms in Carter County near the North Carolina line, just south of Roan Mountain State Park, and flows to Elizabethton. Hydrography The ...
'' ********'' Little Doe River'' *******'' Elk River'' *******''
Roan Creek Roan Creek is a tributary of the Watauga River that rises near the border between the U.S. states of Tennessee and North Carolina. Its source is located along the slopes of Snake Mountain near Trade in Johnson County, Tennessee. From its source, ...
'' ***''
Cumberland River The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the Southern United States. The U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 river drains almost of southern Kentucky and ...
'' ****'' Red River'' ****''
Harpeth River The Harpeth River, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 8, 2011 is one of the major streams of north-central Middle Tennessee, United States, and one of the major ...
'' *****'' Little Harpeth River'' ******'' Otter Creek'' ****'' Richland Creek'' ****'' Mill Creek'' *****'' Sevenmile Creek'' ****'' Stones River'' *****'' Overall Creek'' ****'' Plunkett Creek'' ****''
Caney Fork The Caney Fork River is a river that flows through central Tennessee in the United States, draining a substantial portion of the southwestern Cumberland Plateau and southeastern Highland Rim regions. It is a major tributary of the Cumberland Rive ...
'' *****'' Hickman Creek'' *****'' Smith Fork Creek'' ******''Clear Fork'' ******''Saunders Fork'' *****''
Indian Creek Indian Creek may refer to the following: Communities * Indian Creek, Orange Walk District, Belize, a village in Belize * Indian Creek, Toledo, a village in Belize * Indian Creek, Florida, U.S. * Indian Creek, Illinois, U.S. * Indian Creek No. 7 Pr ...
'' ******''
Little Indian Creek Little Indian Creek is a northwest flowing stream in northwest Washington and southeast Franklin counties in Missouri. The stream is a tributary to Indian Creek. The stream headwaters arise southeast of Richwoods at and the confluence with Indi ...
'' *****''
Mine Lick Creek Mine Lick Creek is a tributary of the Caney Fork River in and near Baxter, Tennessee. Mine Lick Creek suffered significant pollution for nearly three decades, causing a Water Contact Advisory to be issued by TDEC for 0.5 miles of the creek in Baxte ...
'' *****'' Falling Water River'' *****'' Collins River'' ******'' Barren Fork'' *****''
Rocky River Rocky River may refer to: Localities *Rocky River, Ohio, USA * Rocky River, New South Wales near Uralla, Australia Electorates *Electoral district of Rocky River (South Australia) Streams In Australia: * Rocky River (New South Wales) * R ...
'' *****''
Calfkiller River The Calfkiller River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 stream in the east-central portion of Middle Tennessee in the United States. It is a tributary of ...
'' *****'' Cane Creek'' ****'' Defeated Creek'' ****''Dillard Creek'' *****''
Little Indian Creek Little Indian Creek is a northwest flowing stream in northwest Washington and southeast Franklin counties in Missouri. The stream is a tributary to Indian Creek. The stream headwaters arise southeast of Richwoods at and the confluence with Indi ...
'' ****'' Martin Creek'' ****'' Flynn Creek'' ****'' Jennings Creek'' ****'' ''Roaring River'' *****'' Blackburn Fork River'' *****''
Spring Creek A spring creek is a type of free flowing river whose name derives from its origin: an underground spring or set of springs which produces sufficient water to consistently feed a unique river. The water flowing in a spring creek may additionally b ...
'' ****'' Obey River'' *****'' Wolf River'' ******''Rotten Fork Wolf River'' *****'' East Fork Obey River'' *****'' West Fork Obey River'' ****''
Big South Fork of the Cumberland River The Big South Fork of the Cumberland River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 river in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Kentucky. It is a major drainage fe ...
'' *****'' Clear Fork'' *****'' New River'' ****'' Clear Fork (Cumberland River tributary)'' *****'' Stinking Creek''


Mobile River Drainage Basin

*''Mobile River (AL)'' **''Alabama River (AL)'' ***''Coosa River (AL, GA)'' ****''Oostanaula River (GA)'' ***** Conasauga River


Alphabetically

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Bald River The Bald River is a river located in Monroe County, Tennessee in the Cherokee National Forest. It is a tributary of the Tellico River. Just before it empties into the Tellico, the river falls over a large waterfall, Bald River Falls, which is vari ...
* Barren Fork * Beaver Creek *
Beech River The Beech River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 stream draining the east-central portion of West Tennessee in the United States. The Beech rises about ...
* Big Sandy River *
Big South Fork of the Cumberland River The Big South Fork of the Cumberland River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 river in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Kentucky. It is a major drainage fe ...
* Blackburn Fork River * Blood River * Buffalo River *
Calfkiller River The Calfkiller River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 stream in the east-central portion of Middle Tennessee in the United States. It is a tributary of ...
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Cane Creek (Caney Fork River tributary) Cane Creek may refer to: *Cane Creek (Indiana), a stream in Indiana *Cane Creek (Butler County, Missouri), a stream in southern Missouri *Cane Creek (Byrd Creek), a stream in southeast Missouri *Cane Creek (Haw River tributary, right bank), a strea ...
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Caney Fork The Caney Fork River is a river that flows through central Tennessee in the United States, draining a substantial portion of the southwestern Cumberland Plateau and southeastern Highland Rim regions. It is a major tributary of the Cumberland Rive ...
* Clear Fork (Big South Fork Cumberland River tributary) * Clear Fork (Cumberland River tributary) * Clear Fork (Smith Fork Creek tributary) * Chickamauga Creek *
Clinch River The Clinch River is a river that flows southwest for more than through the Great Appalachian Valley in the U.S. states of Virginia and Tennessee, gathering various tributaries, including the Powell River, before joining the Tennessee River in K ...
* Coal Creek * Collins River * Conasauga Creek * Conasauga River *
Cumberland River The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the Southern United States. The U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 river drains almost of southern Kentucky and ...
* Defeated Creek (Hickman County, Tennessee) * Defeated Creek (Smith County, Tennessee) *
Doe River The Doe River is a tributary of the Watauga River in northeast Tennessee in the United States. The river forms in Carter County near the North Carolina line, just south of Roan Mountain State Park, and flows to Elizabethton. Hydrography The ...
* Duck River *
East Fork Poplar Creek East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...
* Elk River (North Carolina - Tennessee), tributary of the Watauga River *
Elk River (Tennessee) The Elk River is a tributary of the Tennessee River in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Alabama. The river is about long.Calculated in Google Maps and Google Earth Hydrography The Elk River rises in Grundy County, Tennessee, in Burroughs Cove ...
, tributary of the Tennessee River *
Emory River The Emory River is a river draining a portion of Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau. It flows for just over from its source near Frozen Head State Park to its mouth along the Clinch River at Kingston, Tennessee. Hydrography The Emory River rises ...
* Falling Water River *
Flint River The Flint River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 15, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Georgia. The river drains of western Georgia, flowing south from the u ...
* Forked Deer River *
French Broad River The French Broad River is a river in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Tennessee. It flows from near the town of Rosman in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into Tennessee, where its confluence with the Holston River at Knoxville form ...
* Green River *
Harpeth River The Harpeth River, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 8, 2011 is one of the major streams of north-central Middle Tennessee, United States, and one of the major ...
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Hatchie River The Hatchie River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 3, 2011 river in northern Mississippi and southwestern Tennessee. It is of considerable geographic, cultural, a ...
* Hickman Creek *
Hiwassee River The Hiwassee River has its headwaters on the north slope of Rocky Mountain in Towns County in the northern area of the State of Georgia. It flows northward into North Carolina before turning westward into Tennessee, flowing into the Tennessee Rive ...
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Holston River The Holston River is a river that flows from Kingsport, Tennessee, to Knoxville, Tennessee. Along with its three major forks (North Fork, Middle Fork and South Fork), it comprises a major river system that drains much of northeastern Tennessee, ...
* Indian Creek (Caney Fork River tributary) * Indian Creek (Tennessee River tributary) * Injun Creek *
Little Buffalo River The Little Buffalo River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 tributary of the Buffalo River in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Via the Buffalo, Duck, ...
* Little Doe River * Little Duck River *
Little Emory River The Little Emory River rises in Morgan County, Tennessee near the town of Coalfield. It is one of the major tributaries to the Emory River. It crosses into Roane County, where it soon becomes an embayment of Watts Bar Lake several miles upstream ...
* Little Harpeth River *
Little Indian Creek Little Indian Creek is a northwest flowing stream in northwest Washington and southeast Franklin counties in Missouri. The stream is a tributary to Indian Creek. The stream headwaters arise southeast of Richwoods at and the confluence with Indi ...
* Little Obed River * Little Pigeon River * Little Piney Creek * Little River *
Little Sequatchie River The Little Sequatchie River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011 tributary of the Sequatchie River in Tennessee. Unlike its larger namesake, it does not ha ...
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Little Tennessee River The Little Tennessee River is a tributary of the Tennessee River that flows through the Blue Ridge Mountains from Georgia, into North Carolina, and then into Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. It drains portions of three national ...
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Loosahatchie River The Loosahatchie River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 3, 2011 stream in southwestern Tennessee. Except for a few miles near its head, its mouth, and near the ...
* Louse Creek * Mill Creek *
Mine Lick Creek Mine Lick Creek is a tributary of the Caney Fork River in and near Baxter, Tennessee. Mine Lick Creek suffered significant pollution for nearly three decades, causing a Water Contact Advisory to be issued by TDEC for 0.5 miles of the creek in Baxte ...
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