This is a list of rivers in the

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By drainage basin

This list is arranged by

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, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.

Pacific Ocean

*''Columbia River (WA)'' **

Snake River The Snake River is a major river of the greater Pacific Northwest region in the United States. At long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, in turn, the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Snake ...

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Palouse River The Palouse River is a tributary of the Snake River in Washington (state), Washington and Idaho, in the Northwestern United States, northwest United States. It flows for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline ...

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Union Flat Creek Union Flat Creek is a long tributary of the Palouse River. Beginning at an elevation of near Genesee in northern Nez Perce County, Idaho, it flows west into Whitman County, Washington, passing through the towns of Uniontown and Colton. It then ...

*** Clearwater River **** Lapwai Creek ****

Potlatch River The Potlatch River is in the state of Idaho in the United States. About long, it is the lowermost major tributary to the Clearwater River, a tributary of the Snake River that is in turn a tributary of the Columbia River. Once surrounded by a ...

***** Pine Creek ***** Big Bear Creek ***** Moose Creek **** Big Canyon Creek ****

North Fork Clearwater River The North Fork Clearwater River is a major tributary of the Clearwater River in the U.S. state of Idaho. From its headwaters in the Bitterroot Mountains of eastern Idaho, it flows U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolu ...

***** Elk Creek ***** Little North Fork Clearwater River ***** Beaver Creek ***** Washington Creek (Idaho) *****

Orogrande Creek Orogrande is an unincorporated community in Otero County, New Mexico, United States, located at a latitude of 32.37111 and a longitude of -106.08389 in the Jarilla Mountains of the Tularosa Basin on U.S. 54 between El Paso, Texas and Alamogordo. ...

****** French Creek ***** Weitas Creek *****

Fourth of July Creek Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * the ordinal form of the number 4 * ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971 * Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision * Fourth (music), a musical interval * ''The Fourth'' (1972 film), a Sovie ...

***** Kelly Creek ****

Orofino Creek Orofino Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Idaho. Variant names were "Oro Fino Creek" and "Oro Fino River". The creek was named for gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes i ...

***** Whiskey Creek *****

Canal Gulch Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow und ...

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Jim Ford Creek Jim or JIM may refer to: * Jim (given name), a given name * Jim, a diminutive form of the given name James * Jim, a short form of the given name Jimmy * OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism * ''Jim'' (comics), a series by Jim Woodring * ''Jim' ...

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Lolo Creek Lolo can refer to: Places United States * Lolo, Montana, a census-designated place * Lolo Butte, a summit in Oregon * Lolo Pass (Idaho–Montana) * Lolo Pass (Oregon) * Lolo National Forest, Montana * Lolo Peak, Montana Elsewhere * Lolo, Cameroon ...

**** Lawyers Creek ****

Middle Fork Clearwater River The Middle Fork Clearwater River is a short, but high volume river in northern Idaho and is the major source of the Clearwater River, a tributary of the Snake River. The Middle Fork flows west for from the confluence of the Selway River and Loc ...

***** Lochsa River ******White Sand Creek (meets the Lochsa near Powell Junction) *****

Selway River Selway may refer to: *Selway (surname) *Selway National Forest, established in Idaho in 1911 from parts of Clearwater National Forest and Nez Perce National Forest *Selway River Selway may refer to: *Selway (surname) *Selway National Forest Selway ...

(meets the Lochsa at Lowell) ****** Meadow Creek ****** Moose Creek *******North Fork Moose Creek *******East Fork Moose Creek ******Bear Creek ******White Cap Creek ****** Little Clearwater River ****

South Fork Clearwater River The South Fork Clearwater River is a long river in north-central Idaho in the United States. Draining about , the South Fork joins with the Middle Fork Clearwater River to form the Clearwater River (Idaho), Clearwater River, a major tributary of ...

***** Cottonwood Creek ***** Crooked River *****

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***** Red River *** Salmon River **** Tower Creek **** Little Salmon River ***** Rapid River **** South Fork Salmon River ***** Secesh River ***** East Fork South Fork Salmon River ****** Johnson Creek ****

Middle Fork Salmon River The Middle Fork of the Salmon River is a river in central Idaho in the northwestern United States. It is a tributary to the Salmon River, and lies in the center of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area. The middle fork is an ex ...

***** Big Creek ***** Camas Creek *****

Loon Creek The Middle Fork of the Salmon River is a river in central Idaho in the northwestern United States. It is a tributary to the Salmon River, and lies in the center of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area. The middle fork is an e ...

**** Panther Creek ****

North Fork Salmon River The North Fork Salmon River is a tributary of the Salmon River, flowing through east-central Idaho in the United States. It joins the Salmon River about north of the town of Salmon, in Lemhi County. See also *List of rivers of Idaho This is ...

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Lemhi River The Lemhi River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 3, 2011 river in Idaho in the United States. It is a tributary of the Salmon River, which in turn is tributary t ...

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Pahsimeroi River The Pahsimeroi River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 3, 2011 river in Idaho in the United States. It is a tributary of the Salmon River, which in turn is tributa ...

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East Fork Salmon River The East Fork Salmon River is a tributary of the Salmon River, flowing through Custer County, Idaho in the United States. It joins the Salmon River about east of Clayton and south-southwest of Challis. The East Fork Salmon River is formed a ...

**** Yankee Fork Salmon River *** Wildhorse River **** Crooked River ***

Weiser River The Weiser River is a tributary of the Snake River in western Idaho in the United States. It drains a mountainous area of consisting primarily of low rolling foothills intersected by small streams south and east of Hells Canyon along the Idaho ...

**** Crane Creek **** Little Weiser River ***

Payette River The Payette River () is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 3, 2011 river in southwestern Idaho and is a major tributary of the Snake River. Its headwaters originate ...

**** Big Willow Creek ***** Little Willow Creek ***** Dry Creek ***** Fourmile Creek ***** Jakes Creek **** Chief Eagle Eye Creek ****

North Fork Payette River The North Fork Payette River () is a river in the western United States in western Idaho. It flows about southwards from the Salmon River Mountains to near Banks, where it empties into the Payette River, a tributary of the Snake River. It ...

***** Gold Fork River **** Middle Fork Payette River ****

South Fork Payette River The Payette River () is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 3, 2011 river in southwestern Idaho and is a major tributary of the Snake River. Its headwaters originate ...

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Deadwood River The Deadwood River is a tributary of the Dease River in the far north of British Columbia, Canada. It forms the southeastern boundary of the Dease Plateau, which extends northward to the Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and a ...

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Boise River The Boise River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. , accessed May 3, 2011 tributary of the Snake River in the Northwestern United States. It drains a rugged portion of the Sawtooth Range in sou ...

**** Indian Creek **** Mores Creek **** South Fork Boise River *****

Boardman Creek Boardman Creek is a stream in the Sawtooth National Forest in Camas County, Idaho in the United States. It is a tributary of the South Fork Boise River, which in turn is a tributary to the Snake River and Columbia River.Sawtooth National Fores ...

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Deadwood Creek Deadwood Creek is a stream in the Sawtooth National Forest in Camas County, Idaho in the United States. It is a tributary of the South Fork Boise River, which in turn is a tributary to the Snake River and Columbia River.Sawtooth National Forest. ...

**** Middle Fork Boise River ***** Roaring River ***** Queens River *****

Yuba River The Yuba River is a tributary of the Feather River in the Sierra Nevada and eastern Sacramento Valley, in the U.S. state of California. The main stem of the river is about long, and its headwaters are split into three major forks. The Yuba Rive ...

**** North Fork Boise River ***** Crooked River ***** Bear River ***

Owyhee River The Owyhee River is a tributary of the Snake River located in northern Nevada, southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon in the United States. It is long.Owyhee Rive accessed November 3, 2019 The river's drainage basin is in area, one of the l ...

**** Jordan Creek ****

North Fork Owyhee River The North Fork Owyhee River is a tributary, about long, of the Owyhee River in Malheur County, Oregon, and Owyhee County, Idaho, in the United States. It begins on the east flank of the Owyhee Mountains in Idaho and flows generally southwest to m ...

***** Middle Fork Owyhee River **** South Fork Owyhee River *****

Little Owyhee River The Little Owyhee River is a long tributary of the South Fork Owyhee River. Beginning at an elevation of east of the Santa Rosa Range in eastern Humboldt County, Nevada, it flows generally east into Elko County, Nevada and the Owyhee Desert. Fr ...

**** Deep Creek ****

Battle Creek Battle Creek is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, in northwest Calhoun County, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers. It is the principal city of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which en ...

**** Blue Creek *** Castle Creek ***

Bruneau River The Bruneau River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. tributary of the Snake River, in the U.S. states of Idaho and Nevada. It runs through a narrow canyon cut into ancient lava flows in south ...

**** Jacks Creek *****

Big Jacks Creek Big Jacks Creek is a long tributary of Jacks Creek in Owyhee County, Idaho. Beginning at an elevation of north of Riddle, it flows generally north and slightly east through the arid Big Jacks Creek Wilderness, before reaching its mouth southwe ...

***** Little Jacks Creek **** Clover Creek ****

Sheep Creek Sheep Creek is a geographical place name. With variations, the name is given to hundreds of bodies of water, roads, canals, reservoirs and populated areas in the United States and other countries. It is the name of a tributary to Lockyear Creek in ...

***** Marys Creek ****

Jarbidge River The Jarbidge River is a , high elevation river in Elko County, Nevada and Owyhee County, Idaho in the United States. The Jarbidge originates as two main forks in the Jarbidge Mountains of northeastern Nevada and then flows through basalt and r ...

*** Sailor Creek *** Malad River ****

Big Wood River The Big Wood River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. , accessed May 4, 2011 river in central Idaho, United States, that is a tributary of the Malad River (which in turn is tributary to the ...

***** Camas Creek ****

Little Wood River Little Wood River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 4, 2011 river in south-central Idaho in the United States. It is a tributary of the Malad River, which in turn ...

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Baugh Creek Baugh Creek is a tributary of the Little Wood River. The creek is located in Sawtooth National Forest right next to Buck Creek. Birds There have been 3 different specie sightings of birds near the creek: * Lazuli Bunting *Spotted Towhee *Son ...

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Salmon Falls Creek Salmon Falls Creek is a tributary of the Snake River, flowing from northern Nevada into Idaho in the United States. Formed in high mountains at the northern edge of the Great Basin, Salmon Falls Creek flows northwards ,U.S. Geological Survey. ...

*** Goose 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 ...

*** Rock Creek *** Bannock Creek *** Portneuf River **** Marsh Creek *** Blackfoot River *** Willow Creek ****

Grays Lake Outlet Grays or Greys may refer to: Places * Grays Bay, Nunavut, Canada * Grays, Essex, a town in Essex, England ** Grays railway station ** Grays School * Grays, Kent, a hamlet in Kent, England * Rotherfield Greys or Greys, a village in Oxfordshire, Eng ...

*** Henrys Fork **** Teton River *****

Moody Creek Moody may refer to: Places * Moody, Alabama, U.S. * Moody, Indiana, U.S. * Moody, Missouri, U.S. * Moody, Texas, U.S. * Moody County, South Dakota, U.S. * Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada * Hundred of Moody, a cadastral division in South A ...

***** Canyon Creek *****

Bitch Creek Bitch Creek is a stream in southeastern Idaho and western Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the e ...

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Badger Creek Badger Creek is a town in Victoria, Australia, 53 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Badger Creek recorded a population of 1,610 at the . Badger Cre ...

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Fall River Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The City of Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States Census, making it the tenth-largest city in the state. Located along the eastern shore of Mount H ...

***** Conant Creek ****** Squirrel Creek ***** Boone Creek **** Warm River ***** Robinson Creek **** Buffalo River **** Moose Creek **

Spokane River The Spokane River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately long, in northern Idaho and eastern Washington in the United States. It drains a low mountainous area east of the Columbia, passing through the Spokane Valley and the city of ...

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Latah Creek Latah Creek ( ), also known as Hangman Creek, is a large stream in eastern Washington and north central Idaho in the United States. The creek flows northwest from the Rocky Mountains to Spokane, where it empties into the Spokane River. It drains ...

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Coeur d'Alene River The Coeur d'Alene River flows from the Silver Valley into Lake Coeur d'Alene in the U.S. state of Idaho. The stream continues out of Lake Coeur d'Alene as the Spokane River. Before the Bunker Hill Smelter in the Kellogg area, which mined lead a ...

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South Fork Coeur d'Alene River The Coeur d'Alene River flows from the Silver Valley into Lake Coeur d'Alene in the U.S. state of Idaho. The stream continues out of Lake Coeur d'Alene as the Spokane River. Before the Bunker Hill Smelter in the Kellogg area, which mined lead a ...

**** North Fork Coeur d'Alene River ***

Saint Joe River The Saint Joe River (sometimes abbreviated St. Joe River) is a long tributary of Coeur d'Alene Lake in northern Idaho. Beginning at an elevation of in the Northern Bitterroot Range of eastern Shoshone County, it flows generally west through t ...

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Saint Maries River Saint Maries River is a river located in the U.S. state of Idaho. It is a tributary of Coeur d'Alene Lake and thus part of the Spokane River drainage basin and the Columbia River Basin. The west and middle forks of the river join near Clarkia, I ...

Pend Oreille River The Pend Oreille River ( ) is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately long, in northern Idaho and northeastern Washington in the United States, as well as southeastern British Columbia in Canada. In its passage through British Columbia ...

*** Priest River *** Pack River *** Clark Fork **

Kootenai River The Kootenay or Kootenai river is a major river in the Northwest Plateau, in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, and northern Montana and Idaho in the United States. It is one of the uppermost major tributaries of the Columbia River, the l ...

** Balboa River ***

Moyie River The Moyie River is a long tributary of the Kootenai River (spelled Kootenay River in Canada) in the U.S. state of Idaho and the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Moyie River is part of the Columbia River basin, being a tributary of t ...

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Big Lost River The Big Lost River is a major river in the U.S. state of Idaho, about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 4, 2011 Description The river starts in the Rocky Mountai ...

** Antelope Creek ** East Fork Big Lost River ** North Fork Big Lost River * Little Lost River * Birch Creek * Medicine Lodge Creek * Camas Creek ** Beaver Creek

Great Basin The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic basin, endorheic watersheds, those with no outlets, in North America. It spans nearly all of Nevada, much of Utah, and portions of California, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, and Baja California ...

*''Great Salt Lake'' ** Bear River *** Malad River ****

Little Malad River Little is a synonym for small size and may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Little (album), ''Little'' (album), 1990 debut album of Vic Chesnutt *Little (film), ''Little'' (film), 2019 American comedy film *The Littles, a series of children's nov ...

*** Little Bear River ****

Logan River The Logan River ( Yugambeh: ''Dugulumba'') is a perennial river located in the Scenic Rim, Logan and Gold Coast local government areas of the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The -long river is one of the dominant waterways in South ...

*** Cub River ** Deep Creek

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References

USGS Geographic Names Information System
*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Idaho (1974) {{Authority control

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