The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the ...

s and

streams A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long large streams ...

that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers accounting for over of waterways. All of the state's waterways drain towards the

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 ...

, the Texas Gulf Coast, or the

Rio Grande The Rio Grande ( and ), known in Mexico as the Río Bravo del Norte or simply the Río Bravo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. The length of the Rio ...

, with mouths located in seven major

estuaries An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environme ...

Major waterways

* Angelina River * Blanco River * Bosque River * Brazos River *

Colorado River The Colorado River ( es, Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The river drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. s ...

* Concho River *

Canadian River The Canadian River is the longest tributary of the Arkansas River in the United States. It is about long, starting in Colorado and traveling through New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, and Oklahoma. The drainage area is about .Guadalupe River *

James River The James River is a river in the U.S. state of Virginia that begins in the Appalachian Mountains and flows U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 to Ches ...

* Lampasas River * Lavaca River *

Leon River The Leon River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It has three primary forks - the North, Middle, and South Leon Rivers, which meet near Eastland and then run for around until it meets with the Lampasas River and the Salado Creek to for ...

* Little River * Llano River *

Navidad River The Navidad River is a -long coastal river in the U.S. state of Texas that runs roughly parallel to its sister river, the Lavaca River. It is not spring fed, and all of its volume is runoff, which eventually provides for much of the water in Lake ...

Neches River The Neches River () begins in Van Zandt County west of Rhine Lake and flows for through the piney woods of east Texas, defining the boundaries of 14 counties on its way to its mouth on Sabine Lake near the Rainbow Bridge. Two major reservoirs, L ...

* Nolan River * Nueces River ** Frio River * Paluxy River * Pease River * Pedernales River * Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River * Red River *

** Devils River ** Pecos River * Sabine River * San Antonio River ** Medina River * San Bernard River * San Gabriel River * San Jacinto River * San Marcos River * San Saba River * Sulphur River * Trinity River * Wichita River * White River

Seasonal and restrictive waterways

* Aransas River *

Armand Bayou Armand Bayou is a bayou in U.S. State of Texas. It runs near Galveston Bay in Pasadena and the Clear Lake Area. The bayou is best known for the Armand Bayou Nature Center, through which it runs. The bayou and the nature center were named for Arma ...

* Arroyo Colorado *

Attoyac Bayou The Attoyac River ( ) is a river in eastern Texas. It flows through Nacogdoches, San Augustine San Augustine is the county seat city of San Augustine County, Texas, in East Texas, United States. The population was at the 2020 census. History ...

Austin Bayou Austin Bayou is a small waterway in Brazoria County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The bayou is named for Stephen F. Austin, the founder of Texas. See also *List of rivers of Texas The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, incl ...

* Barton Creek *

Bastrop Bayou Bastrop Bayou is a river in Texas. See also *List of rivers of Texas The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. ...

Bedias Creek Bedias Creek is a creek in Texas. The creek rises in Madison County and flows east into Houston County, where it empties into the Trinity River. See also * List of rivers of Texas References *USGS Geographic Names Information Service*USGS Hy ...

* Beech Creek *

Big Cow Creek Big Cow Creek is a tributary of the Sabine River in eastern Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square mil ...

* Big Cypress Bayou *

Big Cypress Creek Big Cypress Creek is an river in Texas.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 3, 2011 It is part of the Red River watershed, with its water eventually flowing to the Atcha ...

Big Mineral Creek Big Mineral Creek is a river in Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and wi ...

* Big Pine Creek * Big Sandy Creek *

Bois D'Arc Creek Bois d'Arc Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 3, 2011 river in Texas. It is a tributary of the Red River and is part of the Mississippi River watershed. ...

* Buffalo Bayou *Caney Creek (Red River tributary) * Catfish Creek *

Cedar Bayou Cedar Bayou is a salt water channel on the Texas coast that separates San Jose Island from Matagorda Island. The pass serves as a water exchange between the Gulf of Mexico and the San Antonio, Matagorda and Aransas Bay systems. History Cedar B ...

* Chacon Creek * Cibolo Creek * Clear Creek *

Coffee Mill Creek Coffee Mill Creek is a tributary of the Red River in Texas. It is part of the Mississippi River watershed Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to: Hydro ...

Coleto Creek Coleto Creek is a stream in Texas. It runs through the small town of Yorktown, Texas. It feeds the Coleto Creek Reservoir. Its mouth is at the Guadalupe River. Coleto is a name derived Spanish meaning either "jacket" or "a man's body". See al ...

* Comal River *

Buffalo Soldier Draw Buffalo Soldier Draw (formerly Dead Nigger Draw and Dead Negro Draw) is a valley in Garza and Lynn counties, Texas, in the United States. When wet, the valley contains a stream which runs until it reaches the Double Mountain Fork Brazos River. ...

* Denton Creek * Dickinson Bayou * Double Bayou, East Fork * Garcitas Creek **

Marcado Creek Marcado Creek is a stream in Victoria County, Texas, in the United States. It is a tributary of Garcitas Creek. Marcado is a name derived from Spanish meaning "branded". See also * List of rivers of Texas References Rivers of Victoria C ...

Highland Bayou Highland Bayou is a river in Texas. See also * List of rivers of Texas References *USGS Geographic Names Information Service*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974) Rivers of Texas {{Texas-river-stub ...

Hurst Creek Hurst Creek is a tributary of the Colorado River in Central Texas. Hurst Creek flows north through Lakeway and empties into Lake Travis. See also * List of Texas rivers A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: ...

* Keechi Creek * Lake Charlotte Creek (Lake Pass) *

Little Cypress Bayou Cypress Bayou is the name applied to a series of wetlands at the western edge of Caddo Lake, in and around Jefferson, Texas, making up part of the largest Cypress forest in the world. The bayou is divided into three areas—each part of the ...

* Navasota River * Onion Creek *

Oso Creek Oso Creek is an approximately tributary of Arroyo Trabuco in southern Orange County in the U.S. state of California. Draining about in a region north of the San Joaquin Hills and south of the Santa Ana Mountains, the creek is Trabuco Creek's ...

Oyster Bayou Oyster Bayou is a river in Texas. See also *List of rivers of Texas The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. A ...

* Oyster Creek * Palo Pinto Creek * Pecan Bayou * Pine Island Bayou *

Rainwater Creek Rainwater Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 20, 2011 tributary stream of Lake Fork Creek. It flows into Lake Fork Creek downstream from the Lake Fork Reserv ...

* Rincon Bayou * Sabinal River * Salado Creek * Sanders Creek *

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 ...

Taylor Bayou Taylor Bayou is a bayou in Jefferson County, Texas. It is formed by the confluence of the North Fork and the South Fork. Mayhaw Bayou flows into the South Fork. The headwaters of these streams are in western Jefferson County. La Belle and Taylor ...

* Turkey Creek * Village Creek * Walnut Branch * Zacate Creek

Waterways by drainage basin

This list is arranged by

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, with tributaries indented under each larger stream's name listed in order from mouth to source.

Mississippi River

*''Mississippi River (LA, AR)'' ** Red River *** Cross Bayou ****''Twelvemile Bayou (LA)'' ***** Black Bayou ***** Big Cypress Bayou ******

****** Black Cypress Bayou ******

*** Sulphur River **** White Oak Creek ****North Sulphur River ****South Sulphur River *** Pecan Bayou *** Big Pine Creek *** Sanders Creek ***

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***Caney Creek (Red River tributary) *** Washita River ***

*** Little Wichita River *** Wichita River **** Holliday Creek **** Beaver Creek ****North Wichita River *****Middle Fork Wichita River ****South Wichita River *** Pease River **** Catfish Creek ****

North Pease River The Pease River is a river in Texas, United States. It is a tributary of the Red River that runs in an easterly direction through West Texas . It was discovered and mapped for the first time in 1856 by Jacob de Córdova, who found the river w ...

***** Quitaque Creek **** Middle Pease River ***** Tongue River *** Wanderers Creek ***

Groesbeck Creek Groesbeck Creek is a stream in Texas which is a tributary of the Red River. Groesbeck Creek is formed at the confluence of two tributaries – North and South Groesbeck creeks. North Groesbeck Creek heads in Childress County at the eastern edge ...

*** North Fork Red River **** Elm Fork Red River **** Sweetwater Creek **** McClellan Creek *** Salt Fork Red River *** Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River **** Buck Creek **** Mulberry Creek ****

Tule Creek Tule Creek is a river in Texas. See also * List of rivers of Texas * Tule Creek (Temecula Creek), California References * *USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974) Rivers of Texas Tributaries of the Red River of the South ...

**** Little Red River (Texas) ****

Palo Duro Creek Palo Duro Creek is formed in Texas from the junction of North Palo Duro Creek and South Palo Duro Creek north of Morse, Texas. The creek continues generally northeast until it becomes a tributary of the Beaver River (North Canadian River) in Okl ...

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Tierra Blanca Creek Tierra Blanca Creek is an ephemeral stream about long, heading in Curry County, New Mexico, flowing east-northeast across northern portions of the Llano Estacado to join Palo Duro Creek to form the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River southeast of Amar ...

**''Arkansas River (AR, OK)'' ***

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Coldwater Creek Coldwater Creek or Cold Water Creek may refer to: * Coldwater Creek (clothing retailer) * Coldwater Creek (Missouri river tributary), a stream in St. Louis County, Missouri * Coldwater Creek (South Grand River tributary), a stream in Missouri and K ...

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Wolf Creek Wolf Creek may refer to: Bodies of water Missouri * Wolf Creek (Beaver Creek tributary) * Wolf Creek (Cane Creek tributary) * Wolf Creek (Cave Creek tributary) * Wolf Creek (Elkhorn Creek tributary) * Wolf Creek (South Grand River tributary) * W ...

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Punta de Agua Creek Punta de Agua Creek is a river in Texas. See also *List of rivers of Texas The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of T ...

***** Rita Blanca Creek ****** Carrizo Creek (New Mexico/Texas)

Gulf of Mexico Coastal

* Sabine River **

** Big Sandy Creek **

Lake Fork Creek Lake Fork Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 20, 2011 river in Hunt, Rains, and Wood counties in Texas. It is a major tributary of the Sabine River, and ...

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** Pine Island Bayou ** Village Creek *** Beech Creek *** Big Sandy Creek ** Angelina River ***

Ayish Bayou Ayish Bayou is a river in Texas. Ayish Bayou begins about north of San Augustine in northern San Augustine County. The course of the stream runs southeast for through the center of the county, before discharging into the Angelina River in north ...

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*** Mud Creek ** Piney Creek *

Double Bayou Double Bayou is a river in Texas. See also *List of rivers of Texas References

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** Double Bayou, East Fork **West Fork Double Bayou * Trinity River ** Lake Charlotte Creek (Lake Pass) **

** Keechi Creek ** Tehuacana Creek ** Richland Creek *** Chambers Creek ** Cedar Creek *** Kings Creek ** Red Oak Creek **East Fork Trinity River ** White Rock Creek ** Turtle Creek **Elm Fork Trinity River *** Bachman Branch *** Denton Creek *** Clear Creek ***

Furneaux Creek Furneaux may refer to: ;People: *Furneaux (surname) ;Other: *Chapman and Furneaux, steam locomotive manufacturer with a works situated in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK * Furneaux Group, group of 52 islands, at the eastern end of Bass Strait, betwee ...

*** Isle du Bois Creek **** Range Creek **West Fork Trinity River *** Johnson Creek ***Clear Fork Trinity River *** Big Sandy Creek *

* San Jacinto River ** Buffalo Bayou ***

Vince Bayou Vince Bayou, also known as Vince's Bayou, is a river that rises in southeast Harris County, Texas and runs northwest, through Pasadena and the city of South Houston, for a total of 19 channel miles (which include the reach of one minor tributary) ...

*** Whiteoak Bayou *** Brays Bayou ** East Fork San Jacinto River *** Peach Creek ****

Caney Creek (San Jacinto River tributary) Caney Creek is a river in Texas, a tributary of the San Jacinto River (Texas), San Jacinto River. See also *List of rivers of Texas References *USGS Geographic Names Information Service
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** West Fork San Jacinto River ***

**** Cypress Creek *** Lake Creek * Clear Creek **

* Dickinson Bayou *

*Chocolate Bayou *

* Cow Bayou **

* Oyster Creek * Brazos River ** Mill Creek ** Navasota River **

Yegua Creek Yegua Creek is a river in Central Texas and is part of the Brazos River drainage basin. (Yegua is the Spanish word for mare.) Yegua Creek forms in Lee County at the confluence of the Middle Yegua Creek and East Yegua Creek about three miles west o ...

** Nolan River **Little Brazos River ** Little River *** San Gabriel River **** Brushy Creek ***

*** Lampasas River **** Cowhouse Creek ****

Sabana River The Sabana River is a river in Texas. See also * List of rivers of Texas References *USGS Geographic Names Information Service*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974) Rivers of Texas {{Texas-river-stub ...

** Tehuacana Creek ** Bosque River ***North Bosque River ****East Bosque River **** Mustang Creek ***South Bosque River ****Middle Bosque River **

Aquilla Creek Aquilla Creek is a river in Texas. See also * List of rivers of Texas References *USGS Geographic Names Information Service*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974) Rivers of Texas {{Texas-river-stub ...

** Paluxy River ** Palo Pinto Creek ** Clear Fork Brazos River ***

Hubbard Creek Hubbard Creek is a river that flows through Callahan, Shackelford and Stephens counties in Texas. The creek rises three miles north of Baird Baird may refer to: Places United States * Baird, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Baird, ...

*** Paint Creek *** Elm Creek *** Sweetwater Creek ** Elm Creek ** Millers Creek ** Double Mountain Fork Brazos River *** North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River **** Blackwater Draw **** Yellow House Draw **** Yellow House Canyon ** Salt Fork Brazos River *** Croton Creek *** Duck Creek *** White River **** Running Water Draw * San Bernard River * Caney Creek (Matagorda Bay) *

** Cummins Creek ** Bull Creek ** Onion Creek ** Barton Creek ** Pedernales River ** Llano River ***

Gentry Creek Gentry Creek is located in Kimble County a half mile south of the Menard-Kimble county line. The creek runs southeast through ranchland for to its mouth on the Llano River. It is two miles south of Teacup Mountain and four miles northeast of J ...

***North Llano River ***South Llano River ** San Saba River *** Brady Creek ** Pecan Bayou ***

Jim Ned Creek Jim Ned Creek is a river in Texas. The stream rises outside of Tuscola and flows southeast for approximately 70 miles to Pecan Bayou at Lake Brownwood. The elevation is 434 metres. Jim Need Creek was dammed in 1966 to form Lake Coleman. The cre ...

**Home Creek *** Loss Creek ** Concho River ***

Kickapoo Creek Kickapoo Creek is a stream in Schleicher, Tom Green and Concho counties in west central Texas. It is a tributary of the Concho River The Concho River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. ''Concho'' is Spanish for "shell"; the river was s ...

*** North Concho River *** South Concho River ****Spring Creek (Tom Green County, Texas) ****Middle Concho River **

Beals Creek Beals Creek is a river in Texas. The stream begins at Salt Lake just west of Big Spring, where the Sulphur Springs Draw meets the Mustang Draw. The creek flows in a generally east/southeast direction to the Colorado River south of Colorado City ...

***Mustang Draw ****

Johnson Draw Johnson Draw, also formerly known as Johnsons Run and Johnson Creek, is a tributary of the Devils River in Val Verde County, Texas. It has its source in Crockett County, Texas at , 17.0 miles north northwest of Ozona, Texas. See also *List of ri ...

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McKenzie Draw McKenzie Draw is a river in Texas. See also *List of rivers of Texas The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. A ...

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Monument Draw Monument Draw is either of two ephemeral streams that rise in New Mexico and flow into Texas. Both take their name from Monument Springs, west-northwest of Monument, New Mexico. One rises west of Monument Springs and flows generally south into th ...

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Seminole Draw Seminole Draw is a river in Texas. See also *List of rivers of Texas The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. ...

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Sulphur Springs Draw Sulphur Springs Draw is a river in Texas. It is a dry branch or arroyo and one of the sub-tributaries of Beals Creek. It passes through Lamesa, Texas and joins Beals Creek at Big Spring, Texas Big Spring is a city in and the county seat of Howard ...

Tres Palacios Creek Tres Palacios River is a river in Texas that rises near El Campo, flows in a southerly direction, and empties into Tres Palacios Bay, an arm of Matagorda Bay Matagorda Bay () is a large Gulf of Mexico bay on the Texas coast, lying in Calhoun a ...

Garancahua Creek Garancahua Creek is a river in Texas. See also * List of rivers of Texas References *USGS Geographic Names Information Service*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974) Rivers of Texas {{Texas-river-stub ...

* Lavaca River **

*** Sandy Creek * Garcitas Creek * Guadalupe River ** San Antonio River *** Cibolo Creek **** Martinez Creek ***** Woman Hollering Creek ***

Kicaster Creek Kicaster Creek is a short stream in Wilson County, Texas. The creek begins in the recharge zone for the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer, near Kicaster, six miles southwest of the town of La Vernia. It flows through the Sand Hills Region of Wilson County ...

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Calaveras Creek Calaveras Creek is a waterway that starts near Martinez, Texas Martinez is an unincorporated community in eastern Bexar County, Texas, United States. In 1990, its population was reported to be 75 residents. It is located within the Greater San ...

*** Medina River ****

Coker Creek Hicks Creek is a stream in Bandera County, Texas, in the United States. Hicks Creek (originally Coker creek) was renamed in the 1850s for a pioneer settler. See also * List of rivers of Texas References Rivers of Bandera County, Texas Ri ...

*** Salado Creek ****

Rosillo Creek Rosillo Creek begins approximately 0.5 miles north of FM 1976, in northeastern Bexar County, Texas, within the city limits of Windcrest, Texas, and flows southwestward for 18 miles through the Rosillo Creek Basin. The creek has an elevation rangi ...

Sandies Creek Leesville is an unincorporated city of 384 residents distributed over 51 square miles in the Gonzales— Guadalupe County, Texas area (), electorally known as local Precinct 13; defined by the south of its Capote Hills ("El Capote Ranch") at ...

** Peach Creek ** San Marcos River *** Blanco River ** Comal River *

Capano Creek Capano Creek is a river in Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with mor ...

Mission River The Mission River is a river located in Texas, in the United States of America. It is formed by the confluence of Blanco and Medio creeks in central Refugio County (at 28°19' N, 97°19' W) and runs southeast, past Refugio, for to its mou ...

** Blanco Creek ** Medio Creek * Aransas River * Nueces River ** Frio River ***

Atascosa River The Atascosa River is a river tributary of the Frio River, which is tributary of the Nueces River in Texas. See also *List of rivers of Texas The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that parti ...

*** San Miguel Creek ***

Leona River The Leona River is a river in Texas. It runs through the counties of Uvalde, Zavala and Frio. Archeological discoveries related to indigenous peoples have been made in areas where the river has drained. See also *List of rivers of Texas The li ...

*** Hondo Creek **** Tehuacana Creek *** Sabinal River ** Turkey Creek **West Nueces River ** Rincon Bayou *

* Petronila Creek *

San Fernando Creek San Fernando Creek is a river in Texas. Its mouth is in Baffin Bay Baffin Bay ( Inuktitut: ''Saknirutiak Imanga''; kl, Avannaata Imaa; french: Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the ...

**Santa Gertrudis Creek **Carreta Creek *

Los Olmos Creek Los Olmos Creek is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. See also * List of rivers of Texas References *USGS Geographic Names Information Service*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974) Rivers of Texas {{Texas-river-stub ...

* Arroyo Colorado

Rio Grande

** Brownsville Ship Channel ** Devils River ***Dry Devils River ** Pecos River ***

Howard Draw Howard Draw is a valley that heads in the extreme south of Reagan County, Texas at an elevation of 2720 feet at , and runs through Crockett County to its foot on the Pecos River in Val Verde County, elevation 1575 feet. Howard Draw is also a stre ...

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Independence Creek Independence Creek is a spring-fed stream in the Chihuahuan Desert in west Texas that feeds 27 million gallons of water per day to the Pecos River. The surrounding area has been inhabited for approximately 12,000 years, and is home to several en ...

*** Tunas Creek ***

Coyansa Draw Coyanosa Draw is a river in Pecos County and Reeves County Texas, with part of it running adjacent to Coyanosa. It is 28 miles north west of Fort Stockton. The draw splits off from the Pecos River. While the draw was at one point visible running ...

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Toyah Creek Toyah Creek is a stream in western Texas that flows from Balmorhea to the Pecos River The Pecos River ( es, Río Pecos) originates in north-central New Mexico and flows into Texas, emptying into the Rio Grande. Its headwaters are on the eastern ...

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Barilla Draw Barilla Draw is a draw in Reeves County, Texas. See also * List of rivers of Texas References *USGS Geographic Names Information Service*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974) Rivers of Texas {{Texas-river-stub ...

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Salt Draw Salt Draw is a river in Texas. On April 4, 2004 flash flooding of Salt Draw caused the failure of a protective levee around Toyah, Texas, extensive flooding of most homes and property in Toyah, and the destruction of the Interstate 20 bridge over S ...

*** Delaware River **

San Francisco Creek San Francisco Creek is a river in Texas. It is a tributary of the Rio Grande The Rio Grande ( and ), known in Mexico as the Río Bravo del Norte or simply the Río Bravo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in ...

** Maravillas Creek ** Terlingua Creek ***

Calamity Creek Calamity Creek is a river in Texas. See also * List of rivers of Texas References *USGS Geographic Names Information Service*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974) Rivers of Texas {{Texas-river-stub ...

** Alamito Creek ** Chacon Creek ***

San Ygnacio Creek San Ygnacio Creek is a small stream of water located in Webb County, Texas which runs through Laredo, Texas. The creek is formed 11 miles northwest of Laredo, Texas and runs southwest for until the creek connects to the Lake Casa Blanca. The terr ...

** Zacate Creek **

San Ildefonso Creek San Idelfonso Creek is a small stream of water located in Webb County, Texas which runs through Laredo, Texas. The creek is formed within east Laredo and runs southwest for 8 miles until connecting to the Rio Grande. San Ildefonso Creek was dammed ...

Sombrerillito Creek Sombrerillito Creek is a small stream of water located in Webb County, Texas which runs through Laredo, Texas. The creek is formed 13 miles north of Laredo and runs southwest for 16 miles until connecting to the Rio Grande. Sombrerillito Creek was ...

** Santa Isabel Creek

10 longest rivers

Of the following 10 rivers, all empty into 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 ...

. Four of the rivers are tributaries: The

Pecos Pecos may refer to: Places * Pecos River, rises near Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States * Pecos, Texas, a city in Reeves County, Texas, United States * Pecos County, Texas, named for the Pecos River ** Pecos Spring, a spring * Pecos, New Mexico, a ...

flows into the

, the Red into the

, and the Sabine and Neches flow into Sabine Lake which is connected to the Gulf of Mexico by Sabine Pass. The Canadian is a tributary of a tributary and flows into the

Arkansas River The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. It generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's source basin lies in the western United S ...

which is itself a tributary of the Mississippi. #

– , of which are in Texas (although technically on the border between Texas and

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

) # Red River – of which are in Texas # Brazos River – of which are in Texas, making it the longest section of river in Texas # Pecos River – most of which is in

New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Albuquerque metropolitan area, Tiguex , Offi ...

– almost entirely in Texas of which are not dry #

– entirely in Texas # Nueces River – entirely in Texas The Trinity River is the longest river with its entire

. The Colorado is the longest river with both its source based on river name and its

mouth In animal anatomy, the mouth, also known as the oral cavity, or in Latin cavum oris, is the opening through which many animals take in food and issue vocal sounds. It is also the cavity lying at the upper end of the alimentary canal, bounded on t ...

in the state. The actual longest source of the Colorado is in

Shortest river

The Comal River is the shortest river in the state of Texas and the fifth-shortest river in the United States. Located entirely within the city limits of New Braunfels in Central Texas, its spring-fed waters run a distance of 2.5 miles (4 kilometers).

External links

''The Handbook of Texas Online:'' Texas History Quiz -- Texas Rivers

References

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USGS Geographic Names Information Service
*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974) * {{Texas Texas rivers * Rivers