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

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s and

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that partially pass through or are entirely located within the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...

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 f ...

, the

Texas Gulf Coast Texas Gulf Coast is an intertidal zone which borders the coastal region of South Texas, Southeast Texas, and the Texas Coastal Bend. The Texas coastal geography boundaries the Gulf of Mexico encompassing a geographical distance relative bearing ...

, 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 G ...

, with mouths located in seven major

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Major waterways

Angelina River The Angelina River is formed by the junction of Barnhardt and Shawnee creeks northwest of Laneville in southwest central Rusk County, Texas. The river flows southeast for and forms the boundaries between Cherokee and Nacogdoches, Angelina and ...

* Blanco River *

Bosque River The Bosque River ( ) is a long river in Central Texas fed by four primary branches. The longest branch, the North Bosque, forms near Stephenville, and flows toward Waco through Hamilton, Bosque and McLennan counties. It is subsequently joined ...

Brazos River The Brazos River ( , ), called the ''Río de los Brazos de Dios'' (translated as "The River of the Arms of God") by early Spanish explorers, is the 11th-longest river in the United States at from its headwater source at the head of Blackwater Dr ...

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 drainage basin, watershed that encompasses parts of ...

Concho River The Concho River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. ''Concho'' is Spanish for "shell"; the river was so named due to its abundance of freshwater mussels, such as the Tampico pearly mussel (''Cyrtonaias tampicoensis''). Geography The Conch ...

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 Chesapea ...

Lampasas River The Lampasas River ( ) is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. The river originates near the city of Hamilton, Texas, Hamilton and travels southeast for 75 miles through central Texas to a man-made reservoir called Stillhouse Hollow Lake. The river ...

Lavaca River The Lavaca River ( ) is a navigable river in the U.S. state of Texas. It begins in the northeastern part of Gonzales County, and travels generally southeast for until it empties into Lavaca Bay, which is a component of Matagorda Bay. History T ...

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 form ...

Little River Little River may refer to several places: Australia Streams New South Wales *Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River *Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Coxs River (Hawk ...

Llano River The Llano River ( ) is a tributary of the Colorado River (Texas), Colorado River, about long, in Texas in the United States. It drains part of the Edwards Plateau in Texas Hill Country northwest of Austin, Texas, Austin. Two spring-fed tributa ...

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, ...

Nolan River Nolan River is a river in north central Texas, running through Johnson County and Hill County and is part of the Brazos River drainage basin. The Nolan's headwaters are in farm land in northwest Johnson County. The river runs generally parallel ...

Nueces River The Nueces River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas, about long. It drains a region in central and southern Texas southeastward into the Gulf of Mexico. It is the southernmost major river in Texas northeast of the Rio Grande. ''Nueces'' ...

Frio River The Frio River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. The word ''frío'' is Spanish for ''cold'', a clear reference to the spring-fed coolness of the river. Geography The Frio River has three primary tributaries; the East, West, and Dry Frio Ri ...

* Paluxy River *

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 whi ...

Pedernales River The Pedernales River ( ) is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long, in Central Texas in the United States. It drains an area of the Edwards Plateau, flowing west to east across the Texas Hill Country west of Austin. The name "Pede ...

Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River is a sandy-braided stream about long, formed at the confluence of Palo Duro Creek and Tierra Blanca Creek, about northeast of Canyon in Randall County, Texas, and flowing east-southeastward to the Red River abou ...

* Red River *

** Devils River **

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 slope of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Mora County north of Pecos, New Mexico ...

* Sabine River *

San Antonio River The San Antonio River is a major waterway that originates in central Texas in a cluster of springs in midtown San Antonio, about 4 miles north of downtown, and follows a roughly southeastern path through the state. It eventually feeds into the ...

Medina River The Medina River is located in south central Texas, United States, in the Medina Valley. It was also known as the Rio Mariano, Rio San Jose, or Rio de Bagres (Catfish river). Its source is in springs in the Edwards Plateau in northwest Bandera ...

San Bernard River The San Bernard River is a river in Texas. Course San Bernard River flows from a spring near New Ulm, TexasTexas Highways http://texashighways.com/travel/item/716-now-open-san-bernard-river to its mouth on the Gulf of Mexico, some to the sou ...

* San Gabriel River * San Jacinto River *

San Marcos River The San Marcos River rises from the San Marcos Springs, the location of Aquarena Springs, in San Marcos, Texas. The springs are home to several threatened or endangered species, including the Texas blind salamander, fountain darter, and Texas wi ...

San Saba River The San Saba River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It is an undeveloped and scenic waterway located on the northern boundary of the Edwards Plateau. Course The river begins in two primary branches. The North Valley Prong runs east throu ...

Sulphur River The Sulphur River is a river in northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas in the United States. Geography The Sulphur River begins at the confluence of its north and south forks forming (following earlier meanders) the northern and southern bounda ...

* Trinity River *

Wichita River The Wichita River ( ), part of the Red River watershed, lies in north-central Texas. Rising in northeastern Knox County at the confluence of its North and South Forks, the river flows northeast across Baylor, Archer, Wichita, and Clay count ...

* White River

Seasonal and restrictive waterways

Aransas River The Aransas River is a short river in south Texas in the United States. It drains an area of the south Texas coastal plains into the Gulf of Mexico. It rises in Bee County southwest of Beeville and north of Skidmore, from the confluence of thr ...

* Armand Bayou *

Arroyo Colorado Arroyo Colorado is a river in Hidalgo, Cameron and Willacy Counties, Texas, that flows mostly eastward some from Lake Llano Grande into the Laguna Madre. Arroyo Colorado is a name derived from Spanish meaning "red creek bed". See also * Arr ...

Attoyac Bayou The Attoyac River ( ) is a river in eastern Texas. It flows through Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Shelby and Rusk counties of east Texas. It is a tributary to the Angelina River which it enters within the Sam Rayburn Reservoir. See also *List of ...

* Austin Bayou *

Barton Creek Barton Creek is a tributary that feeds the Colorado River as it flows through the Texas Hill Country. The creek passes through some of the more scenic areas in Greater Austin, surrounded in many parts by a greenbelt of protected lands that serve ...

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

* Beech Creek * Big Cow Creek *

Big 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 wa ...

* Big Cypress Creek * Big Mineral Creek *

Big Pine Creek Big Pine Creek may refer to: * Big Pine Creek (California), Inyo County, California * Big Pine Creek (Indiana) Big Pine Creek is a creek in northwestern Indiana, USA. It begins in Round Grove Township in southwestern White County and flows gene ...

* Big Sandy Creek * Bois D'Arc Creek *

Buffalo Bayou Buffalo Bayou is a slow-moving body of water which flows through Houston in Harris County, Texas. Formed 18,000 years ago, it has its source in the prairie surrounding Katy, Fort Bend County, and flows approximately east through the Houston Ship ...

*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 Chacon Creek is a small stream of water located in Webb County, Texas, US, which runs through Laredo. The creek is formed 6 miles from Webb and runs southwest for 20 miles until it connects to the Rio Grande. Chacon was dammed in 1951 in east Lar ...

Cibolo Creek Cibolo Creek is a stream in South Central Texas that runs approximately from its source at Turkey Knob (in the Texas Hill Country) near Boerne, Texas, to its confluence with the San Antonio River in Karnes County. The creek is a tributary of th ...

* Clear Creek * Coffee Mill Creek * Coleto Creek *

Comal River The Comal River ( ) is the shortest navigable river in the state of Texas in the United States. Proclaimed the "longest shortest river in the world" by locals, it runs entirely within the city limits of New Braunfels in southeast Comal County. It ...

* Buffalo Soldier Draw *

Denton Creek Denton Creek is a creek in Texas, beginning in Wise County, and flowing south-east into Denton County. It was dammed by the Army Corps of Engineers to make Lake Grapevine. The Army Corps of Engineers are in charge of the height but still flooded ...

Dickinson Bayou Dickinson Bayou is a bayou in Texas. Dickinson Bayou is located in southeast Texas in the San Jacinto-Brazos Coastal Basin. Dickinson Bayou rises two miles northeast of Alvin in northwestern Galveston County (at 29°29' N, 95°14' W) and flows ea ...

Double Bayou, East Fork Double Bayou, East Fork is a river in Texas. See also *List of rivers of Texas References *USGS Geographic Names Information Service
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Garcitas Creek Garcitas Creek is a stream in Victoria County and Jackson County, Texas, in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in N ...

** Marcado Creek * Highland Bayou *

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 Keechi Creek is a stream in Palo Pinto County, Texas. It originates two miles east of Graford, and empties into the Brazos River northwest of Mineral Wells. See also *List of rivers of Texas The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named w ...

Lake Charlotte Creek Lake Charlotte 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 ...

(Lake Pass) * Little Cypress Bayou *

Navasota River The Navasota River is a river in east Texas, United States. It is about 125 miles (201 km) long, beginning near Mount Calm and flowing south into the Brazos River at a point where Brazos, Grimes, and Washington counties converge.''Merria ...

* 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 Creek *

Palo Pinto Creek Palo Pinto Creek is a river in Eastland, Stephens, and Palo Pinto counties, Texas, United States. It is a tributary of the Brazos River. The creek rises near the city of Ranger and flows northeast then east past Strawn and Mingus. It turns nor ...

* Pecan Bayou *

Pine Island Bayou Pine Island Bayou is a tributary of the Neches River located in southeast Texas. It runs about 55 miles from the northwest corner of Hardin County, Texas and flows in a southeastern direction through western Hardin County, turning east and definin ...

* Rainwater Creek *

Rincon Bayou Rincon Bayou is in the Nueces River delta, and located northwest of Corpus Christi. The Rincon Bayou is subject to freshwater inundation following seasonal rainfall events farther inland along the Nueces River. The freshwater inundation provides t ...

Sabinal River The Sabinal River, formerly Arroyo de la Soledad, is a stream in Uvalde and Bandera counties of the U.S. state of Texas. The upper part of the river runs through the Lost Maples State Natural Area, being fed by Hale, Hollow, and Can Creeks. Th ...

Salado Creek Salado Creek ( ) is a waterway in San Antonio that runs from northern Bexar County for about to the San Antonio River near Buena Vista.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 be ...

* Taylor Bayou * Turkey Creek * Village Creek * Walnut Branch *

Zacate Creek Zacate Creek is inside Laredo, Texas city limits and runs southwest for 10 miles until it connects to the Rio Grande. Zacate Creek has several ditches leading to it. The terrain surrounding the creek is mostly clay. The vegetation surrounding the ...

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 Cross Bayou is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 3, 2011 river in Texas and Louisiana. It is a tributary of the Red River, part of the Mississippi River watershed. ...

****''Twelvemile Bayou (LA)'' *****

Black Bayou Black Bayou is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 3, 2011 river in Texas and Louisiana. It is a tributary of Twelvemile Bayou, which feeds Cross Bayou and consequentl ...

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Black Cypress Bayou Black Cypress Bayou is a river in Texas.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 3, 2011 It is a tributary of Big Cypress Bayou and is part of the Red River of the South, Re ...

****** Big Cypress Creek ***

**** White Oak Creek ****North Sulphur River ****South Sulphur River *** Pecan Bayou ***

*** Sanders Creek *** Bois D'Arc Creek **** Coffee Mill Creek ***Caney Creek (Red River tributary) ***

Washita River The Washita River () is a river in the states of Texas and Oklahoma in the United States. The river is long and terminates at its confluence with the Red River, which is now part of Lake Texoma () on the TexasOklahoma border. Geography The ...

*** Big Mineral Creek ***

Little Wichita River The Little Wichita River is a river in Texas. See also *List of rivers of Texas *Geology of Wichita Falls, Texas *Little Red River (Texas) The Little Red River is an intermittent stream about long, formed at the confluence of the North Prong a ...

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**** Holliday Creek **** Beaver Creek ****North Wichita River *****Middle Fork Wichita River ****South Wichita River ***

**** Catfish Creek **** North Pease River *****

Quitaque Creek Quitaque Creek is an intermittent stream about long, originating as a shallow draw on the high plains of the Llano Estacado in Floyd County, Texas, and flowing eastward to join the North Pease River in Motley County, Texas. Geography The upland ...

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Middle Pease River The Pease River is a river in Texas, United States. It is a tributary of the Red River of the South, 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 Cordova, Ja ...

***** Tongue River ***

Wanderers Creek Wanderers Creek is a tributary of the Red 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 th ...

*** Groesbeck Creek ***

North Fork Red River The North Fork Red River, sometimes called simply the "North Fork", is a tributary of the Red River of the South about long, heading along the eastern Caprock Escarpment of the Llano Estacado about southwest of Pampa, Texas.United States Board on ...

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Elm Fork Red River The Elm Fork Red River is a river in Oklahoma. It flows into the North Fork of the Red River near Quartz Mountain State Park, about ten miles east of Mangum, Oklahoma Mangum is a city in and county seat of Greer County, Oklahoma, United States. T ...

**** Sweetwater Creek ****

McClellan Creek McClellan Creek is a river in Texas. Named after George B. McClellan, who with his future father-in-law, Randolph B. Marcy, made a survey of the area in 1851–52, looking for a route for the Southern Pacific Railroad.Carter, R.G., 1935, ''On the ...

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Salt Fork Red River The Salt Fork Red River is a sandy-braided stream about long, heading on the Llano Estacado of West Texas about north of Claude of Armstrong County, Texas, flowing east across the Texas Panhandle and Western Oklahoma to join the Red River abou ...

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**** Buck Creek **** Mulberry Creek **** Tule Creek ****

Little Red River (Texas) The Little Red River is an intermittent stream about long, formed at the confluence of the North Prong and South Prong Little Red River in Briscoe County, Texas, and flowing east-northeastward to join the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River in Hall ...

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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 ...

**** Tierra Blanca Creek **''Arkansas River (AR, OK)'' ***

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 .North Canadian River The North Canadian River is a river, long, in Oklahoma in the United States. It is a tributary of the Canadian River, draining an area of U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset/Watershed Boundary Dataset, area data covering North ...

***** Beaver River ****** Kiowa Creek ******

****** Coldwater Creek ***** Wolf Creek **** Punta de Agua Creek *****

Rita Blanca Creek Rita Blanca Creek, also known as Mustang Creek, forms in two branches in Union County, New Mexico. It enters Texas near Texline, and its branches join southeast of that location. It then continues about sixty-two miles generally southeast to fl ...

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Carrizo Creek (New Mexico/Texas) The Carrizo Creek of New Mexico and Texas is a watercourse. It extends from west of Grenville, New Mexico into Texas, flowing into Rita Blanca Creek just west of Dalhart, Texas. With Rita Blanca Creek being a tributary of the Canadian River, wat ...

Gulf of Mexico Coastal

* Sabine River ** Big Cow Creek ** Big Sandy Creek ** Lake Fork Creek *** Rainwater Creek *

** Village Creek *** Beech Creek *** Big Sandy Creek **

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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 * Taylor Bayou * Oyster Bayou * Double Bayou **

**West Fork Double Bayou * Trinity River **

(Lake Pass) **

** Tehuacana Creek ** Richland Creek *** Chambers Creek ** Cedar Creek *** Kings Creek ** Red Oak Creek **East Fork Trinity River **

White Rock Creek White Rock Creek is a creek occupying a chain of four sub-watersheds within the Trinity River watershed. From its source near Frisco, Texas at , this creek runs south-by-south-east through suburban Dallas for where it widens into White Rock ...

** Turtle Creek **Elm Fork Trinity River ***

Bachman Branch Bachman Branch (also Bachman Creek) is the name of a medium-sized tributary of the Trinity River with headwaters in northwest Dallas, Texas (USA). The tributary is in length and rises at Forest Lane, west of the Dallas North Tollway. It runs ...

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*** Clear Creek *** Furneaux Creek *** Isle du Bois Creek ****

Range Creek Range Creek, rising in the Book Cliffs in Emery County, Utah, is a high tributary of the Green River, a major tributary of the Colorado River. The creek flows year around. It has been nominated for classification as a National Wild and Scenic Riv ...

**West Fork Trinity River *** Johnson Creek ***Clear Fork Trinity River *** Big Sandy Creek *

* San Jacinto River **

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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 Brays Bayou is a slow-moving river in Harris County, Texas. A major tributary of Buffalo Bayou, the Brays flows for from the western edge of the county, south of Barker Reservoir along the border with Fort Bend County, east to its convergence w ...

** East Fork San Jacinto River *** Peach Creek **** Caney Creek (San Jacinto River tributary) ** West Fork San Jacinto River ***

**** Cypress Creek *** Lake Creek * Clear Creek ** Armand Bayou *

* Highland Bayou *Chocolate Bayou *

Cow Bayou Cow Bayou is a bayou in Orange County, Texas, Orange County and Jasper County, Texas, Japser County in the U.S. state of Texas. It was formed by the Gum Slough and Dognash Gully. The bayou runs through the cities of Buna, Texas, Buna, Mauriceville ...

** Austin Bayou * Oyster Creek *

** Mill Creek **

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 ...

**Little Brazos River **

*** San Gabriel River **** Brushy Creek ***

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Cowhouse Creek Cowhouse Creek is a river in Texas. The stream rises west of Priddy in Mills County. Cowhouse Creek runs southeast for approximately 90 miles through Mills, Hamilton, and Coryell counties, flowing into Belton Lake north of Nolanville. See also ...

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Sabana River The Sabana River 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 Texa ...

** Tehuacana Creek **

***North Bosque River ****East Bosque River **** Mustang Creek ***South Bosque River ****Middle Bosque River ** Aquilla Creek ** Paluxy River **

Clear Fork Brazos River The Clear Fork Brazos River is the longest tributary of the Brazos River of Texas. It originates as a dry channel or draw in Scurry County about northeast of Hermleigh and runs for about through portions of Scurry, Fisher, Jones, Shackelford, ...

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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, flowing sixty-two miles northeast, through Shackelford County before meeting the Clear Fork of the B ...

*** Paint Creek *** Elm Creek *** Sweetwater Creek ** Elm Creek ** Millers Creek **

Double Mountain Fork Brazos River The Double Mountain Fork Brazos River is an ephemeral, sandy-braided stream about long, heading on the Llano Estacado of West Texas about southeast of Tahoka, Texas, flowing east-northeast across the western Rolling Plains to join the Salt Fork ...

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North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River The North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River is an intermittent stream about long, heading at the junction of Blackwater Draw and Yellow House Draw in the city of Lubbock, flowing generally southeastward to its mouth on the Double Mountain For ...

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Blackwater Draw Blackwater Draw is an intermittent stream channel about long, with headwaters in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, about southwest of Clovis, New Mexico, and flows southeastward across the Llano Estacado toward the city of Lubbock, Texas, where it j ...

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Yellow House Draw Yellow House Draw is an ephemeral watercourse about long, heading about southwest of Melrose, New Mexico, and tending generally east-southeastward across the Llano Estacado to the city of Lubbock, where it joins Blackwater Draw to form Yellow Ho ...

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Yellow House Canyon Yellow House Canyon is about long, heading in Lubbock, Texas, at the junction of Blackwater Draw and Yellow House Draw, and trending generally southeastward to the edge of the Llano Estacado about east of Slaton, Texas; it forms one of three ma ...

Salt Fork Brazos River The Salt Fork Brazos River is a braided, highly intermittent stream about long, heading along the edge of the Llano Estacado about east-southeast of Lubbock, Texas. From its source, it flows generally east-southeastward to join the Double Mou ...

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Croton Creek Croton 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 Texas. A ...

*** Duck Creek *** White River ****

Running Water Draw Running Water Draw is an ephemeral watercourse about long, heading about west-northwest of Clovis, New Mexico, and trending generally east-southeast, into Texas, to join Callahan Draw at the head of the White River about west of Floydada and ...

Caney Creek (Matagorda Bay) Caney Creek (Matagorda Bay) is a river in Texas that begins northwest of Wharton, flows generally southeast, and empties into the Gulf of Mexico near Sargent. The major waterway to the west is the Colorado River while the next major waterway to t ...

** Cummins Creek ** Bull Creek ** Onion Creek **

*** Gentry Creek ***North Llano River ***South Llano 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 creek ...

**Home Creek *** Loss Creek **

*** Kickapoo Creek ***

North Concho River The North Concho River is a river in west-central Texas and one of three tributaries of the Concho River. The river is long. The other two tributaries are the Middle Concho and South Concho Rivers. The Concho River flows into the Colorado River ( ...

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South Concho River The South Concho River is one of the few rivers in Texas to run south to north for its entire length. Rising from Anson Springs some south of Christoval, Texas, in Tom Green County, it flows north through the town of Christoval, then continues no ...

****Spring Creek (Tom Green County, Texas) ****Middle Concho River ** Beals Creek ***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 ...

**** McKenzie Draw **** Monument Draw **** Seminole Draw *** Sulphur Springs Draw * Tres Palacios Creek * Garancahua Creek *

*** Sandy Creek *

* Guadalupe River **

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**** Martinez Creek ***** Woman Hollering Creek *** Kicaster Creek *** Calaveras Creek ***

**** Coker Creek ***

Salado Creek Salado Creek ( ) is a waterway in San Antonio that runs from northern Bexar County for about to the San Antonio River near Buena Vista.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 ...

** Coleto Creek ** Sandies Creek ** Peach Creek **

*** Blanco River **

* Capano Creek *

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 mouth ...

Blanco Creek Blanco 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 Texas. A ...

Medio Creek Medio 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 Texas. Ac ...

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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 ...

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Hondo Creek Hondo Creek is a tributary of the Frio River in Texas that rises in Bandera County northwest of Tarpley and runs approximately 67 miles to its mouth near Pearsall, Texas. The creek crosses through three counties including Bandera, Medina, and Fr ...

**** Tehuacana Creek ***

** Turkey Creek **West Nueces River **

Petronila Creek Petronila 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 Texas ...

* San Fernando Creek **Santa Gertrudis Creek **Carreta Creek * Los Olmos Creek *

Rio Grande

Brownsville Ship Channel The Port of Brownsville is a deep water seaport in Brownsville, Texas, Brownsville, at the southern tip of Texas. Geography The port is the southern terminus of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. The port is located near the river mouth of the Rio ...

** Devils River ***Dry Devils River **

*** Howard Draw *** Independence Creek ***

Tunas Creek Tunas Creek formerly known as Arroyo Escondido, is a stream tributary to the Pecos River, in Pecos County, Texas. Its source is at on the southwestern side of Big Mesa. History The San Antonio-El Paso Road met with and crossed Arroyo Escondid ...

*** Coyansa Draw *** Toyah Creek **** Barilla Draw **** Salt Draw ***

Delaware River The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock (village), New York, Hancock, New York, the river flows for along the borders of N ...

** San Francisco Creek **

Maravillas Creek Maravillas Creek is a river in Texas. It is a tributary of the Rio Grande. See also * List of rivers of Texas * List of tributaries of the Rio Grande Tributaries and sub-tributaries are hierarchically listed in order from the mouth of the Rio Gr ...

Terlingua Creek Terlingua Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a tributary of the Rio Grande. See also * List of rivers of Texas * List of tributaries of the Rio Grande Tributaries and sub-tributaries are hierarchically listed in order from the mo ...

*** Calamity Creek **

Alamito Creek Alamito Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a tributary of the Rio Grande, which is joins near Presidio, Texas. See also * List of rivers of Texas * List of tributaries of the Rio Grande Tributaries and sub-tributaries are hierarc ...

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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 ...

** San Ildefonso Creek **

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 Santa Isabel Creek is a small stream of water located in Webb County, Texas which runs through Laredo, Texas. The creek is formed 32 miles from Callaghan, Texas and runs southwest for until the creek connects to the Rio Grande. The terrain surroun ...

10 longest rivers

Of the following 10 rivers, all empty into the

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, the

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into the

, and the

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and Neches flow into

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which is connected to the Gulf of Mexico by

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. The Canadian is a tributary of a tributary and flows into the

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which is itself a tributary of the Mississippi. #

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

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) # Red River – of which are in Texas #

– of which are in Texas, making it the longest section of river in Texas #

– most of which is in

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– almost entirely in Texas of which are not dry #

– entirely in Texas #

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

. The Colorado is the longest river with both its

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based on river name and its

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

Shortest river

The

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 New Braunfels ( ) is a city in Comal County, Texas, Comal and Guadalupe County, Texas, Guadalupe counties in the U.S. state of Texas known for its German Texan heritage. It is the county seat, seat of Comal County. The city covers and had a popula ...

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, 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 *

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