This is a list of rivers in the

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This list is arranged by drainage basin. Respective tributaries are indented under each larger stream's name and are ordered downstream to upstream.

Fraser River (
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Sumas River The Sumas River is a river in the Fraser Lowland and a tributary of the Fraser River system, coursing across the international border between the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington. Course The Sumas River origi ...

**Saar Creek **

Chilliwack River Chilliwack ( )( hur, Ts'elxwéyeqw) is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Chilliwack is surrounded by mountains and home to recreational areas such as Cultus Lake and Chilliwack Lake Provincial Parks. There are numerous outdoo ...

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Silesia Creek Slesse Creek is a tributary of the Chilliwack River in North America. It flows through Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington and through the Canadian province of British Columbia. The creek is known as Silesia Creek in the United States a ...

*** Depot Creek *** Little Chilliwack River

Strait of Georgia,
Bellingham Bay Bellingham Bay is a bay of the Salish Sea located in Washington State in the United States. It is separated from the Strait of Georgia on the west by the Lummi Peninsula, Portage Island, and Lummi Island. It is bordered on the east by Bellingha ...
, Samish Bay

*Dakota Creek *California Creek * Lummi River *

Nooksack River The Nooksack River is a river in western Whatcom County of the northwestern U.S. state of Washington, draining extensive valley systems within the North Cascades around Mount Shuksan, Mount Baker and the Twin Sisters, and a portion of Fraser Lo ...

**Tenmile Creek **Anderson Creek **South Fork Nooksack River ***Skookum Creek **Middle Fork Nooksack River **North Fork Nooksack River ***Canyon Creek ***Glacier Creek ***Dead Horse Creek *** Wells Creek ***Ruth Creek *

Whatcom Creek Whatcom Creek is a waterway in Bellingham, Washington, United States. Approximately long, it drains Lake Whatcom through Whatcom Falls Park and through the city of Bellingham to Bellingham Bay. The creek starts at the control dam for Lake Wha ...

*Padden Creek *

Samish River The Samish River is approximately 25 miles (40 km) long, in northwestern Washington in the United States. The river drains an area of between the Skagit River basin on the south and the Nooksack River basin on the north. The Samish River or ...

Puget Sound Puget Sound ( ) is a sound of the Pacific Northwest, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and part of the Salish Sea. It is located along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected ma ...

Whidbey Basin

Skagit River The Skagit River ( ) is a river in southwestern British Columbia in Canada and northwestern Washington in the United States, approximately 150 mi (240 km) long. The river and its tributaries drain an area of 1.7 million acres (690,000& ...

**Finney Creek **Grandy Creek ** Baker River ***Thunder Creek ***Rocky Creek ***Sulphur Creek *** Swift Creek ***

Shannon Creek Shannon Creek is a short tributary to the Baker River in Whatcom County, Washington, near the southwest border of North Cascades National Park. It rises in two forks a few miles south of Mount Shuksan; the glacier-fed north fork begins at elevat ...

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Blum Creek Blum Creek is a small glacial tributary of the Baker River in Washington state, in the United States. It is sourced from the Hagan Glacier and another unnamed glacier on the north face of Mount Blum, and flows approximately from there to its mo ...

*** Sulphide Creek ***Crystal Creek ***Bald Eagle Creek **Jackman Creek ** Sauk River *** Suiattle River ****Big Creek ****Buck Creek ****Lime Creek ****Downey Creek ****Sulphur Creek ****Milk Creek ****Dusty Creek ****Chocolate Creek ***Dan Creek *** Clear Creek ****Helena Creek ***

White Chuck River The White Chuck River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary of the Sauk River. Course The White Chuck River originates on the slopes of Glacier Peak in the Cascade Range, near White Chuck Cinder Cone. It flows general ...

****Pugh Creek ****Camp Creek ***South Fork Sauk River ****Elliott Creek ***North Fork Sauk River ****Lost Creek **** Sloan Creek *****Cadet Creek **Illabot Creek ** Cascade River ***Jordan Creek ***Marble Creek ***Kindy Creek ***North Fork Cascade River ***South Fork Cascade River ****Middle Fork Cascade River **Diobsud Creek **

Bacon Creek Bacon Creek is a glacial stream in Whatcom County, Washington. It originates in a glacier on the southwest face of Bacon Peak, flows into a small tarn, then flows over the Berdeen Falls. At the base of the waterfall, the creek turns southeast a ...

Goodell Creek Goodell Creek is a tributary of the Skagit River in the U.S. state of Washington. Course For most of its length Goodell Creek flows through North Cascades National Park. It originates in the Picket Range of the North Cascades. Its headwaters dr ...

**Newhalem Creek **Stetattle Creek **Thunder Creek ***Colonial Creek **Ruby Creek ***Canyon Creek ****Slate Creek ***Granite Creek **Big Beaver Creek **Devils Creek **Three Fools Creek **Little Beaver Creek *

Stillaguamish River The Stillaguamish River is a river in the northwestern region of the U.S. state of Washington. It is mainly composed of two forks, the longer North Fork Stillaguamish () and the South Fork Stillaguamish. The two forks join near Arlington. From ...

**Pilchuck Creek **North Fork Stillaguamish ***Deer Creek *** Boulder River ***Squire Creek **South Fork Stillaguamish ***Jim Creek ***Canyon Creek *Tulalip Creek *

Snohomish River The Snohomish River is a river in Snohomish County, Washington, formed by the confluence of the Skykomish and Snoqualmie rivers near Monroe. It flows northwest entering Port Gardner Bay, part of Puget Sound, between Everett and Marysville. ...

**Quilceda Creek **

Pilchuck River The Pilchuck River ( lut, dxʷkʷiƛ̕əb) is a river in Snohomish County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary of the Snohomish River. The name is derived from Chinook Jargon ''pilpil'' ("blood", "red") and ''chuck'' ("water"), or " ...

***Little Pilchuck Creek **French Creek ** Skykomish River *** Woods Creek **** West Fork Woods Creek *** Youngs Creek ***

Sultan River Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it ...

**** Chaplain Creek **** South Fork Sultan River ***

Wallace River The Wallace River is a medium-sized river in Washington, United States. It is a tributary of the Skykomish River and joins near Sultan, just upstream from the mouth of the Sultan River. The Wallace River is long. ArcExplorer GIS data viewer. I ...

**** Olney Creek *** North Fork Skykomish River ****Salmon Creek ****Silver Creek ****Troublesome Creek ****West Cady Creek ****Goblin Creek ****Quartz Creek ****Pass Creek *** South Fork Skykomish River ****Barclay Creek ****Index Creek ****Money Creek ****

Miller River The Miller River is a river in King County, Washington. Named for 1890s prospector John Miller, it is a tributary of the Skykomish River, which it joins near the community of Miller River (which was, prior to World War I, known as Berlin). The M ...

***** West Fork Miller River ***** East Fork Miller River ******Camp Robber Creek ****Maloney Creek ****

Beckler River The Beckler River is a tributary of the South Fork Skykomish River in the U.S. state of Washington in the United States. The Beckler River originates near Jack Pass and flows southeast about where it is joined by the Rapid River, its princip ...

***** Rapid River ******Meadow Creek ******North Fork Rapid River *****Fourth of July Creek *****Evergreen Creek ****

Foss River The Foss River is a stream in the U.S. state of Washington. It has two main forks, the East Fork Foss River and the West Fork Foss River. The main stem is formed by the confluence of the two forks. The river and its forks rise near in the Alpine L ...

*****West Fork Foss River *****East Fork Foss River ****

Tye River The Tye River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the James River in central Virginia in the United States. Originating on the eastern slope ...

*****Martin Creek *****Deception Creek *****Surprise Creek *****Scenic Creek *****Tunnel Creek **

Snoqualmie River The Snoqualmie River is a long river in King County and Snohomish County in the U.S. state of Washington. The river's three main tributaries are the North, Middle, and South Forks, which drain the west side of the Cascade Mountains near the town ...

***Cherry Creek ***

Tolt River The Tolt River is located in the western foothills of the Cascade Mountains in north central King County in the U.S. state of Washington. The river begins at the confluence of the North Fork Tolt and South Fork Tolt rivers. It flows southwest joi ...

****North Fork Tolt River ****South Fork Tolt River ***Griffin Creek ***Patterson Creek ***

Raging River The Raging River is a tributary of the Snoqualmie River in western Washington state in the United States. It is located in the western foothills of the Cascade Mountains in east central King County, Washington. It gets its name from the large a ...

***Tokul Creek *** South Fork Snoqualmie River ****Boxley Creek ****Hansen Creek *** North Fork Snoqualmie River ****Tate Creek ****Sunday Creek ****Lennox Creek *** Middle Fork Snoqualmie River ****Granite Creek ****

Pratt River The Pratt River is a river in King County in Washington. It is a tributary of the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River. It was named for prospector George A Pratt, who discovered nearby iron deposits in 1887. The river has its headwaters in tiny Uppe ...

****Rainy Creek **** Taylor River *****Quartz Creek ****Dingford Creek ****Burnboot Creek

Central Basin

*Shell Creek *Shelleberger Creek *Deer Creek * Boeing Creek * Pipers Creek * Lake Washington Ship Canal/ Lake Washington ** Taylor Creek **

Ravenna Creek Ravenna Creek is a stream in the Ravenna, Seattle, Ravenna and Roosevelt, Seattle, Roosevelt neighborhoods of Seattle, Washington (state), Washington, whose present Daylighting (streams), daylighted length of nearly is entirely within the Ravenna ...

Thornton Creek Thornton Creek is of urban creeks and tributaries from southeast Shoreline through northeast Seattle to Lake Washington. Its watershed, the largest in Seattle, exhibits relatively dense biodiversity for an urban setting;Brokaw it is home to f ...

** McAleer Creek *** Lyon Creek **

Sammamish River The Sammamish River (also known as Sammamish Slough) flows through north King County, Washington for about , draining Lake Sammamish into Lake Washington. Along its course, the Sammamish River flows through Redmond, Woodinville, Bothell, and ...

*** Swamp Creek ****Scriber Creek *** North Creek ****Penny Creek ****Mill Creek ****Sitka Creek ***Bear Creek ****Cottage Lake Creek ***

Lake Sammamish Lake Sammamish is a freshwater lake east of Seattle in King County, Washington, United States. The lake is long and wide, with a maximum depth of and a surface area of . It lies east of Lake Washington and west of the Sammamish Plateau, a ...

**** Issaquah Creek *****East Fork Issaquah Creek ** Juanita Creek ** Forbes Creek ** Yarrow Creek ** Kelsey Creek ** Coal Creek **May Creek ** Cedar River ***Taylor Creek *** Rex River * Duwamish River ** Longfellow Creek ** Black River (historical) *** Cedar River (historical) **

Green River Green River may refer to: Rivers Canada * Green River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Lillooet River *Green River, a tributary of the Saint John River, also known by its French name of Rivière Verte *Green River (Ontario), a tributary of ...

*** White River (historical) *** Soos Creek ***Newaukum Creek ***North Fork Green River ***Smay Creek ***Sunday Creek *

Fauntleroy Creek Fauntleroy Creek is a stream in the Fauntleroy neighborhood of West Seattle, Washington, United States. It flows for about a mile from its headwaters in the 32-acre (129,000 m²) ravine of Fauntleroy Park to its outlet just south of the sta ...

*Des Moines Creek *Massey Creek *McSorley Creek *Redondo Creek *Lakota Creek *Joes Creek *

Hylebos Creek Hylebos Creek is a stream located in the U.S. state of Washington near Tacoma and emptying into Commencement Bay, part of Puget Sound. It flows through southern King County and northern Pierce County, through the cities of Tacoma, Federal Way, ...

Wapato Creek Wapato can mean: * Any of various plants in the genus '' Sagittaria'' * Wapato, Washington, a town named after the plant in the State of Washington in the United States * USS ''Wapato'' (YTB-788), a United States Navy tug in service from 1966 to 1 ...

Puyallup River The Puyallup River ( ) is a river in the U.S. state of Washington. About long, it is formed by glaciers on the west side of Mount Rainier. It flows generally northwest, emptying into Commencement Bay, part of Puget Sound. The river and its tribu ...

**Swan Creek **Clear Creek **Clarks Creek ** Stuck River *** White River **** Clearwater River ****

Greenwater River The Greenwater River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington. Its watershed drains a portion of the Cascade Range east and northeast of Mount Rainier, including parts of the Norse Peak Wilderness. It flows into the White River at Greenwat ...

****West Fork White River ****Huckleberry Creek **

Carbon River The Carbon River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington. It flows about 30 miles (48 km) from its source, the Carbon Glacier on Mount Rainier, to join the Puyallup River at Orting. Charles Wilkes called the river the "Upthascap River", ...

***Voight Creek ***South Prairie Creek ****Wilkeson Creek ** Kapowsin Creek **

Mowich River The Mowich River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. Its drainage basin, watershed drains a portion of the western side of Mount Rainier, part of the Cascade Range. The river has two main Source (river or stream), headw ...

Puget Creek Puget Creek is a small urban creek in the U.S. state of Washington, in the north end of Tacoma, It rises in Puget Park and flows north to Commencement Bay, part of Puget Sound.

South Basin

* Chambers Creek ** Clover Creek *

Sequalitchew Creek Sequalitchew Creek, located in DuPont, Washington emanates from Sequalitchew Lake, Fort Lewis, Washington, was the location of the original Fort Nisqually trading post established in 1833 by the Hudson's Bay Company. The historic, natural flow of ...

Nisqually River The Nisqually River is a river in west central Washington in the United States, approximately long. It drains part of the Cascade Range southeast of Tacoma, including the southern slope of Mount Rainier, and empties into the southern end of Pu ...

**Muck Creek ** Yelm Creek **Tanwax Creek ** Ohop Creek **

Mashel River The Mashel River is a river in Pierce County, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary of the Nisqually River, which it enters about southwest of Eatonville, at Nisqually river mile 39.6. Course The Mashel River’s headwaters are ...

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Little Mashel River The Little Mashel River is a river in Pierce County, Washington. It is a tributary of the Mashel River, and enters the Mashel just downstream from the Eatonville, Washington, city limits. It is noted for its canyon and the three waterfalls. C ...

***Busy Wild Creek **Little Nisqually River **Mineral Creek **Big Creek ***Catt Creek ** Kautz Creek **

Paradise River ''For the Canadian community, see Paradise River, Newfoundland and Labrador'' The Paradise River is a small, short but swift river in Pierce County, Washington. It is the first major tributary of the Nisqually River. Located entirely within the ...

Van Trump Creek Van Trump Creek, also called Van Trump Falls Creek or the Van Trump Fork of the Nisqually River, is a Stream, creek in Pierce County, Washington, Pierce County, Washington (U.S. state), Washington. It is a tributary of the Nisqually River, joinin ...

*Woodland Creek * Indian Creek *

Deschutes River Deschutes River may refer to: *Deschutes River (Oregon) The Deschutes River in central Oregon is a major tributary of the Columbia River. The river provides much of the drainage on the eastern side of the Cascade Range in Oregon, gathering many ...

* Kennedy Creek *Mill Creek *Goldsborough Creek *

Sherwood Creek Sherwood Creek is a creek in Mason County, Washington fed by Mason Lake. It runs through the small town of Allyn, Washington, before releasing into the Case Inlet at the base of the Kitsap Peninsula. Geography *Source: * *Mouth: Sherwood Creek ...

Hood Canal Hood Canal is a fjord forming the western lobe, and one of the four main basins,Admiralty Inlet Admiralty Inlet is a strait in the U.S. state of Washington connecting the eastern end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Puget Sound. It lies between Whidbey Island and the northeastern part of the Olympic Peninsula. Boundaries It is general ...

* Union River *Mission Creek *

Tahuya River The Tahuya River is a stream in the U.S. state of Washington. It originates at Tahuya Lake in western Kitsap Peninsula and flows south, emptying into Hood Canal near the Great Bend.General course info from USGS topographic maps accessed via the "G ...

Skokomish River The Skokomish River is a river in Mason County, Washington, United States. It is the largest river flowing into Hood Canal, a western arm of Puget Sound. From its source at the confluence of the North and South Forks the main stem Skokomish Riv ...

**North Fork Skokomish River (

Lake Cushman Lake Cushman is a lake and reservoir on the north fork of the Skokomish River in Mason County, Washington. The lake originally was a long narrow broadening of the Skokomish River formed in a glacial trough and dammed by a terminal moraine from ...

) **South Fork Skokomish River ***Vance Creek *

Dewatto River The Dewatto River is a stream in the U.S. state of Washington. It originates in western Kitsap Peninsula and flows south, emptying into Hood Canal.General course info from USGS topographic maps accessed via the "GNIS in Google Map" feature of the ...

Hamma Hamma River The Hamma Hamma River is a river on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. It rises near Mount Washington in the Olympic Mountains within the Olympic National Park and drains to Hood Canal and thence to the Pacific Ocean. The name ...

Duckabush River The Duckabush River is located in the Olympic Peninsula in Washington (state), Washington, United States. It rises near Mount Duckabush and Mount Steel in the Olympic Mountains within the Olympic National Park and drains to Hood Canal, an arm of P ...

* Dosewallips River * Big Quilcene River **Tunnel Creek * Little Quilcene River *Chimacum Creek

Strait of Juan de Fuca The Strait of Juan de Fuca (officially named Juan de Fuca Strait in Canada) is a body of water about long that is the Salish Sea's outlet to the Pacific Ocean. The international boundary between Canada and the United States runs down the centre ...

*Snow Creek *

Dungeness River The Dungeness River is a long river located in the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. It rises near Mount Constance in the Olympic Mountains within the Olympic National Park, flows through the Buckhorn Wilderness, passes by the to ...

Gray Wolf River The Gray Wolf River is a river of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. It is a tributary of the Dungeness River. It heads near Gray Wolf Pass and drains the west slope of The Needles. See also * List of rivers of Washington This is a list of riv ...

***Cameron Creek *McDonald Creek *Morse Creek *Ennis Creek *

Elwha River The Elwha River is a river on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. From its source at Elwha snowfinger in the Olympic Mountains, it flows generally north to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Most of the river's course is within the O ...

** Indian Creek **Little River **Lillian River **Lost River **Goldie River **Hayes River *

Lyre River The Lyre River in the U.S. state of Washington flows out of Lake Crescent in the Olympic National Park and into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Originally referred to as "singing waters" by the indians living near it, the river was first named Rio de ...

* East Twin River * West Twin River *Deep Creek *

Pysht River The Pysht River ( ) is a stream in the U.S. state of Washington. It originates near Ellis Mountain in the northern Olympic Mountains on the Olympic Peninsula and flows generally north, emptying into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The Pysht and nearby ...

Clallam River The Clallam River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington. The river is over long. Nearby and similar rivers include the Pysht River and Hoko River. Course The Clallam River originates in the Olympic Mountains near Ellis Mountain. It flows gen ...

Hoko River The Hoko River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington. It originates in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains, and runs about to the Pacific Ocean through a rugged landscape that has been heavily logged. Its largest tributary is the Littl ...

* Sekiu River * Sail River

Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
Coast

* Waatch River * Sooes River * Ozette River ** Big River *

Quillayute River The Quillayute River (also spelled Quileute River) is a river situated on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. It empties to the Pacific Ocean at La Push, Washington. The Quillayute River is formed by the confluence of the Bogachiel River, Cal ...

Dickey River The Dickey River is a stream on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. It has three main forks, the East Fork, West Fork, and Middle Fork Dickey Rivers. The main stem is formed by the confluence of the East and West Forks. The rive ...

Sol Duc River The Sol Duc River (also spelled Soleduck) is a river in the U.S. state of Washington. About long, it flows west through the northwest part of the Olympic Peninsula, from the Olympic Mountains of Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest, ...

***Bear Creek ***North Fork Sol Duc River **

Bogachiel River The Bogachiel River () is a river of the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. It originates near Bogachiel Peak, flows west through the mountains of Olympic National Park. After emerging from the park it joins the Sol Duc River, for ...

*** Calawah River ****North Fork Calawah River **** Sitkum River *

Goodman Creek Goodman Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Washington. Goodman Creek bears the name of a government surveyor. It has also been known by the name Tsa-dis-qualth, meaning "narrow mouth overhung with bush". In one late 19th century publication i ...

Hoh River The Hoh River is a river of the Pacific Northwest, located on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. About long, the Hoh River originates at the Hoh Glacier on Mount Olympus and flows west through the Olympic Mountains of Olympi ...

**South Fork Hoh River **Mount Tom Creek *Kalaloch Creek *

Queets River Queets is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grays Harbor and Jefferson counties, Washington, United States. The population was 174 at the 2010 census. The primary residents of the community are Native Americans of ...

** Clearwater River *** Snahapish River *** Solleks River ** Salmon River **Matheny Creek **

Sams River Sams River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington. A tributary of the Queets River, Sams River flows through Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest. Part of the river's lower course forms the boundary between the national park and ...

**Thletshy Creek *

Raft River The Raft River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 4, 2011 tributary of the Snake River located in northern Utah and southern Idaho in the United States. It is part ...

Quinault River Quinault may refer to: * Quinault people, an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast ** Quinault Indian Nation, a federally recognized tribe **Quinault language, their language People * Quinault family of actors, including * Jean-Bapt ...

**Cook Creek **Ten O'Clock Creek **North Fork Quinault Creek ***Rustler Creek * Moclips River *Joe Creek *

Copalis River The Copalis River is a stream on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. It originates in the foothills on the southwest side of the Olympic Mountains and empties into the Pacific Ocean.USGS topographic maps accessed via https://mapp ...

Grays Harbor Grays Harbor is an estuarine bay located north of the mouth of the Columbia River, on the southwest Pacific coast of Washington state, in the United States of America. It is a ria, which formed at the end of the last ice age, when sea levels flood ...

Humptulips River The Humptulips River is a river in Grays Harbor County, Washington, in the United States. Its main tributaries are the East Fork Humptulips River, about long (32 km), and West Fork Humptulips River, about long (48 km). After the forks ...

**Big Creek **Stevens Creek **West Fork Humptulips River **East Fork Humptulips River *

Hoquiam River The Hoquiam River is a stream in the U.S. state of Washington. It has three main tributaries, the East Fork, West Fork, and Middle Fork Hoquiam Rivers. The main stem Hoquiam River is formed by the confluence of the West and East Forks. The Middle ...

* Chehalis River **

Wishkah River The Wishkah River is a tributary of the Chehalis River in the U.S. state of Washington. Approximately long, the river drains a remote rural area of approximately in Grays Harbor County along the Washington coast north of Aberdeen. It flows south ...

Wynoochee River The Wynoochee River is a long river located in the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. A tributary of the Chehalis River, the Wynoochee River rises in the Olympic Mountains within the Olympic National Park and flows generally sout ...

Satsop River The Satsop River is a stream in the U.S. state of Washington. It has three main tributary forks, the East Fork, West Fork, and Middle Fork Satsop Rivers. The main stem Satsop River is formed by the confluence of the West and East Forks. The Middle ...

***East Fork Satsop River ****Decker Creek ****Bingham Creek ***Middle Fork Satsop River ***West Fork Satsop River **** Canyon River **Cloquallum Creek **Delezene Creek **Mox Chehalis Creek **Porter Creek **Rock Creek **Cedar Creek ** Garrard Creek ** Black River ***Beaver Creek ***Waddell Creel **Scatter Creek ** Lincoln Creek (entirely in Lewis County) **

Skookumchuck River The Skookumchuck River is a long river located in southwest Washington, United States. It is a tributary of the Chehalis River and thence to the Pacific Ocean. The Skookumchuck Dam was built in 1970, creating the Skookumchuck Reservoir. The d ...

***Hanaford Creek **Salzer Creek **

Newaukum River The Newaukum River is a tributary of the Chehalis River in the U.S. state of Washington. It has three main branches, the North Fork, South Fork, and Middle Fork Newaukum Rivers. The length of the three forks and the mainstem river is . The river ...

***North Fork Newaukum River ****Middle Fork Newaukum River ***South Fork Newaukum River **Stearns Creek **Bunker Creek **South Fork Chehalis River ***Lake Creek ***Stillman Creek **Elk Creek **Crim Creek *Newskah Creek *Johns River (Washington), Johns River *Elk River (Washington), Elk River

Willapa Bay

*Cedar River (Willapa Bay), Cedar River *North River (Washington), North River **Lower Salmon Creek **Little North River **Vesta Creek **Fall River *Smith Creek **Elkhorn Creek *Willapa River **South Fork Willapa River **Wilson Creek **Mill Creek **Fork Creek *Bone River *Niawiakum River *Palix River **Canon River *North Nemah River **Williams Creek *South Nemah River **Middle Nemah River *Naselle River **South Naselle River **Salmon Creek *Bear River (Washington), Bear River

Columbia River

*Columbia River

Lower Columbia Basin

*Wallacut River *Chinook River *Deep River *Grays River (Washington), Grays River *Skamokawa Creek *Elochoman River *Abernethy Creek *Germany Creek *Coal Creek *Cowlitz River **Coweeman River **Ostrander Creek **Arkansas Creek **Toutle River ***South Fork Toutle River ***North Fork Toutle River ****Green River (North Fork Toutle River), Green River ****Hoffstadt Creek **Olequah Creek **Lacamas Creek **Salmon Creek ***Cedar Creek **Winston Creek **Tilton River **Cispus River ***Quartz Creek ***Iron Creek ***Yellowjacket Creek ***North Fork Cispus River ***East Canyon Creek ***Adams Creek ***Muddy Fork ***Walupt Creek (Walupt Creek Falls) **Kiona Creek **Silver Creek **Johnson Creek **Skate Creek **Butter Creek **Lake Creek (Packwood Lake) **Muddy Fork Cowlitz River **Ohanapecosh River ***Summit Creek **Clear Fork Cowlitz River *Kalama River *Lewis River (Washington), Lewis River **East Fork Lewis River **Cedar Creek **Canyon Creek **Siouxon Creek **Pine Creek **Muddy River (Washington), Muddy River ***Clear Creek ****Clearwater Creek **Quartz Creek *Gee Creek (Washington), Gee Creek *Lake River (Washington), Lake River **Salmon Creek (Clark County, Washington), Salmon Creek ***Woodin Creek (Clark County, Washington), Woodin Creek / Weaver Creak **Burnt Bridge Creek *Washougal River **Lacamas Creek **Little Washougal River **West Fork Washougal River *Rock Creek *Wind River (Washington), Wind River **Panther Creek **Trout Creek **Falls Creek *Little White Salmon River *White Salmon River **Rattlesnake Creek **Trout Lake Creek **Buck Creek **Cascade Creek **Dry Creek **Gilmer Creek ***Hangman Creek **Mill Creek *Klickitat River **Swale Creek **Little Klickitat River ***Bowman Creek ***Mill Creek ***Butler Creek **Summit Creek **White Creek ***Brush Creek **Outlet Creek **Trout Creek **Big Muddy Creek **Surveyors Creek **West Fork **Diamond Fork *Rock Creek

Walla Walla and Snake River Basins

*Walla Walla River **Touchet River ***Patit Creek ***South Fork Touchet River ***North Fork Touchet River ****Wolf Fork *****Robinson Fork **Mud Creek **Dry Creek **Mill Creek **Cottonwood Creek *Snake River **Palouse River ***Cow Creek (Washington), Cow Creek ***Union Flat Creek ***Rock Creek (Palouse River), Rock Creek ****Imbler Creek ****Cottonwood Creek *****Kamiache Creek *****Pleasant Valley Creek ****Pine Creek *****Thorn Creek ***Rebel Flat Creek ***South Fork Palouse River **Tucannon River ***Pataha Creek ***Tumalum Creek ***Cummings Creek **Alkali Flat Creek **Meadow Creek **Deadman Creek **Penawawa Creek **Alpowa Creek **Asotin Creek ***George Creek ***Charley Creek ***South Fork Asotin Creek ***Lick Creek **Grande Ronde River ***Joseph Canyon, Joseph Creek ***Menatchee Creek ***Crooked Creek ***Wenaha River (North Fork)

Central Columbian Basin

*Yakima River **Amon Creek **Satus Creek ***Logy Creek **Toppenish Creek ***Simcoe Creek **Ahtanum Creek **Wide Hollow Creek **Naches River ***Cowiche Creek ***Tieton River ****Rimrock Lake *****South Fork Tieton River *****North Fork Tieton River ***Rattle Snake Creek ****Little Rattle Snake Creek ***Nile Creek ***Bumping River ****American River (Washington), American River ****Deep Creek ***Crow Creek ***Little Naches River **Wenas Creek **Lmuma Creek **Umtanum Creek **Wilson Creek ***Cherry Creek ****Cooke Creek ****Caribou Creek ****Park Creek ***Naneum Creek ****Coleman Creek **Reever Creek **Manastash Creek **Robinson Creek **Dry Creek **Taneum Creek **Swauk Creek ***First Creek **Teanaway River **Cle Elum River ***Cooper River (Washington), Cooper River ***Waptus River **Little Creek **Big Creek **Kachess River **Cabin Creek **Keechelus Lake *Hanson Creek *Crab Creek, Lower Crab Creek **Potholes Reservoir / Moses Lake ***Rocky Ford Creek (Grand Coulee) ***Crab Creek, Upper Crab Creek *Johnson Creek *Whiskey Dick Creek *Tekison Creek *Lynch Coulee *Tarpiscan Creek *Douglas Creek *Colockum Creek *Rock Island Creek **Beaver Creek *Squilchuck Creek *Wenatchee River **Mission Creek **Peshastin Creek ***Ingalls Creek **Chumstick Creek ***Eagle Creek **Icicle Creek ***Snow Creek (The Enchantments, Enchantment Lakes) ***Eightmile Creek ****Mountaineer Creek ***Jack Creek ***French Creek **Chiwaukum Creek **Chiwawa River ***Big Meadow Creek ***Phelps Creek **Fish Lake Run **Nason Creek ***Whitepine Creek **Lake Wenatchee ***Little Wenatchee River ***White River (Wenatchee Lake), White River ****Napeequa River ****Indian Creek *Swakane Creek *Entiat River **Mad River (Washington), Mad River **Mud Creek **North Fork Entiat

Lake Chelan to Coulee Dam

*Chelan River (Lake Chelan) **Twentyfive Mile Creek **Prince Creek **Railroad Creek **Stehekin River ***Company Creek ***Agnes Creek ***Bridge Creek ***Flat Creek *Methow River **Gold Creek ***South Fork Gold Creek ***Foggy Dew Creek **Libby Creek **Beaver Creek ***Frazer Creek **Twisp River ***Little Bridge Creek ***Buttermilk Creek ***War Creek **Bear Creek **Chewuch River ***Cub Creek ***Boulder Creek ***Eightmile Creek ***Falls Creek ***Twenty Miles creek ***Andrews Creek **Wolf Creek **Goat Creek **Early Winters Creek ***Cedar Creek **Lost River (Methow River), Lost River ***Eureka Creek **Robinson Creek *Swamp Creek *Okanogan River **Loup Loup Creek **Salmon Creek (Conconully Reservoir) ***West Fork Salmon ***North Fork Salmon **Omak Creek ***No Name Creek (Omak Lake) ****Kartar Creek **Wanacut Creek **Johnson Creek **Tunk Creek **Bonaparte Creek **Siwash Creek **Antoine Creek **Similkameen River ***Palmer Creek (Palmer Lake (Washington), Palmer Lake) ****Sinlahekin Creek *****Chopaka Creek (Chopaka Lake) *****Toats Coulee Creek *****Cecil Creek ***Ashnola River ***Pasayten River ****East Fork Pasayten ****West Fork Pasayten ****Middle Fork Pasayten ***Chuchuwanteen Creek ***Castle Creek **Tomasket Creek **Osoyoos Lake *Foster Creek *Coyote Creek *Nespelem River **Little Nespelem River **North Star Creek **Stepstone Creek

Upper Columbia Basin

*Sanpoil River **Twentythree Mile Creek **Seventeenmile Creek **West Fork Sanpoil River ***Gold Creek ***Lost Creek ***Cape Labelle Creek **Granite Creek **O'Brien Creek *Hawk Creek *Spokane River **Cable Creek **Spring Creek **Chamokane Creek **Little Spokane River ***Deadman Creek ***Dragoon Creek ***Deer Creek ***West Branch Little Spokane (Eloika Lake) **Deep Creek (Washington), Deep Creek **Latah Creek (Hangman Creek) ***California Creek ***Rock Creek ***Little Hangman Creek *Ninemile Creek *Wilmont Creek *Stranger Creek *Hall Creek **Lynx Creek *Barnaby Creek *Sherman Creek *Colville River (Washington), Colville River **Mill Creek **Haller Creek **Little Pend Oreille River ***Bear Creek **Stranger Creek **Stensgar Creek **Chewelah Creek **Cottonwood Creek **Huckleberry Creek **Grouse Creek **Deer Creek **Sheep Creek *Kettle River (Columbia River), Kettle River **Deadman Creek **Boulder Creek **East Deer Creek **West Deer Creek **Lon Alec Creek **Curlew Creek (Curlew Lake (Washington), Curlew Lake) ***Lambert Creek ***Trout Creek **Tonata Creek **Toroda Creek **Myers Creek ***Mary Ann Creek *Onion Creek *Big Sheep Creek *Deep Creek *Pend Oreille River (mouth just across Canada–United States border) **Slate Creek **Sullivan Creek ***Harvey Creek (Sullivan Lake) **Ruby Creek **Le Clerc Creek **Tacoma Creek **Calispell Creek ***Small Creek ***Winchester Creek **Skookum Creek **Priest River (Idaho), Priest River (itself in Idaho, but Western tributaries in Washington) ***Lower West Branch Priest River ***Upper West Branch Priest River ***Kalispell Creek ***Granite Creek

Alphabetically

*American River (Washington), American River *Amon Creek *Ashnola River * Baker River *Bear River (Washington), Bear River *

* Big Quilcene River * Black River (historical) * Black River * Boeing Creek *

*Bone River *Bumping River * Calawah River * Canyon River *

* Cedar River (Lake Washington) *Cedar River (Willapa Bay), Cedar River (Willapa Bay) * Chaplain Creek *Chehalis River (U.S.), Chehalis River *Chelan River *Chewuch River *

*Chinook River *Chiwaukum Creek *Chiwawa River *Chumstick Creek *Cispus River *

*Cle Elum River * Clear Creek *Clearwater River (Queets River) *Clearwater River (White River) * Clover Creek * Coal Creek *Columbia River *Colville River (Washington), Colville River *Cowlitz River *Crab Creek *Deep River (Washington), Deep River * Depot Creek *

* Dosewallips River *

* Duwamish River * East Fork Miller River * East Twin River *Elk River (Washington), Elk River *

*Entiat River *

*Grays River (Washington), Grays River *

(Duwamish River tributary) *Green River (North Fork Toutle River), Green River (Toutle River tributary) *

*Icicle Creek *Indian Creek (Elwha River) * Issaquah Creek * Juanita Creek *Kachess River *Kalama River * Kelsey Creek *Kettle River (Columbia River), Kettle River *Klickitat River *Lacamas Creek *Lewis River (Washington), Lewis River * Little Chilliwack River *Little Pend Oreille River * Little Quilcene River *Little River (Washington), Little River *Little Spokane River *Little Wenatchee River *Little White Salmon River * Lyon Creek *Mad River (Washington), Mad River *

* McAleer Creek *Methow River * Middle Fork Snoqualmie River *

*Muddy River (Washington), Muddy River *Naches River *Napeequa River *Naselle River *Nason Creek *

*Niawiakum River *

* North Creek * North Fork Skykomish River * North Fork Snoqualmie River *North River (Washington), North River *Okanogan River *Palouse River *

*Pend Oreille River *

* Rapid River * Rex River *Rock Creek (Latah Creek) *Rock Creek (Palouse River) * Sail River *

* Sauk River *

* Skykomish River * Sloan Creek * Snahapish River *Snake River *

* South Fork Skykomish River * South Fork Snoqualmie River * South Fork Sultan River *Spokane River *Stehekin River *

* Stuck River *

* Swamp Creek *

* Taylor Creek *Teanaway River *

*Tieton River *Tilton River *

*Touchet River *Toutle River *Tucannon River *Twisp River *

* Union River *

*Walla Walla River *

*Washougal River * Waatch River * Wells Creek *Wenatchee River * West Fork Miller River * West Twin River * White River (Puyallup River tributary) *White River (Wenatchee Lake), White River (Wenatchee Lake tributary) *White Salmon River *Willapa River *

*Yakima River

References

USGS Streamflow Data for WashingtonUSGS Geographic Names Information Service
*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Washington (1974) {{Authority control Lists of rivers of the United States by state, Washington rivers Rivers of Washington (state), * Lists of landforms of Washington (state), Rivers

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