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Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...

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drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

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

Mississippi River

Arkansas River

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 ...

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

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Neosho River The Neosho River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in eastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States. Its tributaries also drain portions of Missouri and Arkansas. The river is about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National ...

(KS, OK) **** Elk River ***** Buffalo Creek ***** Indian Creek *****

Big Sugar Creek Big Sugar Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 waterway in the Ozark Mountains of southwest Missouri. The creek starts near the Arkansas state line. B ...

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Little Sugar Creek Little Sugar Creek is a stream in northwestern Benton County, Arkansas and southwestern McDonald County, Missouri. It is a tributary of the Elk River. The headwaters of the stream arise in northeast Benton County just southeast of Garfield (a ...

**** Spring River ***** Shoal Creek ****** Capps Creek

White River

** White River *** Cache River *** Black River **** Spring River *****

Eleven Point River The Eleven Point River is a river in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, United States. It originates near Willow Springs, Missouri. It more than doubles in flow when Greer Spring Branch runs into it, adding over of water per day to the ri ...

**** Current River ***** Sinking Creek ***** Little Black River *****

Jacks Fork Jacks Fork is one of two rivers in Missouri that are part of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways system. Starting in Texas County, Missouri, this spring-fed river flows in a general east to northeasterly direction through the heart of the geolog ...

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Bennetts Bayou Bennetts Bayou is a stream in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Missouri. The stream source is in Howell County, Missouri, just south of US Route 160 west of Hocomo. The stream flows southwest into Ozark County, Missouri, and under Missouri Route 1 ...

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Bennetts River Bennetts River is a stream in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri. The stream source is in Howell County, Missouri southeast of Hocomo on US 160. It flows south to the west of Moody, Missouri and crosses under Missouri Route 142. The stre ...

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Bryant Creek Bryant Creek (also known as Bryant River) is a stream in the Ozarks of Missouri. Bryant Creek has headwaters just west of Lead Hill and southeast Cedar Gap in southwestern Wright County and flows in a southeasterly direction through Douglas Cou ...

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Brush Creek A brush is a common tool with bristles, wire or other filaments. It generally consists of a handle or block to which filaments are affixed in either a parallel or perpendicular orientation, depending on the way the brush is to be gripped durin ...

***** Hunter Creek ****** Whites Creek ***** Fox Creek ***** Rippee 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 ...

**** Clifty Creek *** Little North Fork White River *** Beaver Creek ****

Cowskin Creek Cowskin Creek is a stream in northwest Douglas and extreme southeastern Webster counties of Missouri. Cowskin has its headwaters in southeast Webster County west of Cedar Gap and is a tributary to Beaver Creek which it joins just west of the Ar ...

***** Prairie Creek ****

Little Beaver Creek Little Beaver Creek is a wild and scenic area in Ohio. The Little Beaver Creek watershed is located primarily in Columbiana County in eastern Ohio, and in portions of Carroll County, Mahoning County, and western Pennsylvania, draining approxim ...

*** James River **** Crane Creek ****

Finley Creek Finley Creek is a stream in the Ozarks of southern Missouri.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62-63, The headwaters of the Finley are in Webster County southeast of Seymour. The stream flows west-southwest into Ch ...

**** Pierson Creek **** Wilsons Creek *****Jordan Creek ***** Fassnight Creek *** Kings River ****

Osage Creek Osage Creek is a stream in Benton and Washington counties in northwest Arkansas. It is a tributary of the Illinois River. The stream headwaters arise just southeast of Rogers (at ) and it flows generally west past the south side of Rogers. It re ...

*** Roaring River

Mississippi River between the White and Missouri rivers

** St. Francis River ***

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 (Haw ...

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Castor River Castor River may refer to: *Castor River (Ontario), Canada * Rivière au Castor, Quebec, Canada *Castor River (Missouri) The Castor River is divided into the Upper Castor River and the Lower Castor River by the Headwater Diversion Channel. The U ...

The majority of the Castor and Whitewater rivers have been diverted to drain directly to the Mississippi via the

Headwater Diversion Channel The Headwater Diversion Channel is a canal in southeast Missouri. Flowing west to east, it diverts the headwaters of the Castor and Whitewater rivers and Crooked Creek directly into the Mississippi River south of Cape Girardeau. It was built bet ...

, but the lower portions of both rivers still drain to the Little River. **** Whitewater River *** Little St. Francis River **

*** Whitewater River ***

** Old River ** River aux Vases **

Meramec River The Meramec River (), sometimes spelled Maramec River, is one of the longest free-flowing waterways in the U.S. state of Missouri, draining Blanc, Caldwell, and Hawk. "Location" while wandering Blanc, Caldwell, and Hawk. "Executive Summary" fr ...

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Bourbeuse River The Bourbeuse River (French for 'muddy') is a river located in east-central Missouri, in the Ozarks region, and is one of two major tributaries of the Meramec River, the other being the Big River. The Bourbeuse flows to the northeast from its sou ...

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Little Bourbeuse River The Little Bourbeuse River is a stream in Crawford, Gasconade and Franklin counties in the Ozarks of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Bourbeuse River. The stream headwaters arise in Crawford County just south of the community of Leasburg at ...

*** Little Meramec River *** Huzzah Creek ****

Courtois Creek Courtois Creek () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 stream in southern Missouri, United States. It shares its name with the nearby town of Courtois, Miss ...

***** Abbott Branch **** Shoal Creek *** Dry Fork **

River des Peres The River des Peres (French: ''rivière des Pères'') () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 metropolitan river in St. Louis, Missouri. It is the backb ...

Missouri River

** Missouri River ***

Loutre River The Loutre River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 tributary of the Missouri River in the United States. The Loutre River begins in Audrain County. It ...

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Gasconade River The Gasconade River is about longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 and is located in central and south-central Missouri. The Gasconade River begins in the Oz ...

**** Big Piney River ****

Roubidoux Creek Roubidoux Creek is a tributary to the Gasconade River in the Ozarks of south central Missouri named after French-Canadian fur trader Joseph Robidoux. It is long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe ...

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Osage Fork Gasconade River The Osage Fork Gasconade River is a stream in Wright, Webster and Laclede counties in the Ozarks of southern Missouri. It is a tributary of the Gasconade River. The stream headwaters arise in Webster County near the intersection of Missouri rout ...

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Auxvasse Creek Auxvasse Creek is a stream in north and northeast Callaway County, Missouri, Callaway County, Missouri. Auxvasse Creek is a tributary to the Missouri River.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 38 The headwaters of the s ...

*** Middle River ***

Osage River The Osage River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 tributary of the Missouri River in central Missouri in the United States. The eighth-largest river ...

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Maries River The Maries River is a tributary of the Osage River in Pulaski, Maries, and Osage counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The headwaters of the Maries arise just to the north and west of Dixon in northern Pulaski County (). The stream flows ge ...

***** Little Maries River **** Tavern Creek ****

Grandglaize Creek Grandglaize Creek is a creek and tributary to the Osage River that forms the Grand Glaize Arm of the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. The creek flows for before reaching the Lake of the Ozarks, and the Grand Glaize Arm extends another before reac ...

***** Wet Glaize Creek *****

Dry Auglaize Creek Dry or dryness most often refers to: * Lack of rainfall, which may refer to **Arid regions **Drought * Dry or dry area, relating to legal prohibition of selling, serving, or imbibing alcoholic beverages * Dry humor, deadpan * Dryness (medical) * ...

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Niangua River The Niangua River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 tributary of the Osage River in the Ozarks region of southern and central Missouri in the United Stat ...

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Little Niangua River The Little Niangua River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 tributary of the Niangua River in the Ozarks region of central Missouri in the United States. ...

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South Grand River The South Grand River is a stream in Bates, Cass, Henry and Benton counties of west central Missouri. It is a tributary of the Osage River. The stream headwaters are in Cass County at the confluence of Massey Creek and East Creek at three mile ...

***** Big Creek **** Pomme de Terre River *****

Little Sac River The Little Sac River is a stream in Greene, Polk and Dade counties the Ozarks of southwest Missouri, U.S.A. The stream source coordinates are: and the confluence coordinates are: . The Little Sac headwaters start with an intermittent stream jus ...

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North Dry Sac River North Dry Sac River is a stream in northern Greene and southern Polk counties in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. The stream headwaters arise in northern Greene County southwest of Fair Grove and north of Hickory Barren at and the stream flows ...

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South Dry Sac River South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...

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Little Osage River The Little Osage River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 tributary of the Osage River in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States. Via ...

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Marmaton River The Marmaton River (''MAR-muh-tuhn'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 tributary of the Little Osage River in southeastern Kansas and western Missouri in ...

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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 ...

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Marais des Cygnes River The Marais des Cygnes River ( , ) is a principal tributary of the Osage River, about long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 in eastern Kansas and western Miss ...

*** Moreau River ***

Lamine River The Lamine River ( ) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 tributary of the Missouri River in central Missouri in the United States. It is formed in northern ...

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Blackwater River A blackwater river is a type of river with a slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands. As vegetation decays, tannins leach into the water, making a transparent, acidic water that is darkly stained, resembling black te ...

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

**** East Fork Little Chariton River *****

Walnut Creek A walnut is the edible seed of a drupe of any tree of the genus ''Juglans'' (family Juglandaceae), particularly the Persian or English walnut, ''Juglans regia''. Although culinarily considered a "nut" and used as such, it is not a true bo ...

***** Silver Creek ****** Turner Fork **** Middle Fork Little Chariton River ***

Chariton River The Chariton River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 26, 2011 tributary to the Missouri River in southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri. The river forms in southe ...

**** Bee Branch **** Elm Creek ****

Mussel Fork Mussel Fork is a stream in Adair County, Missouri, Adair, Chariton County, Missouri, Chariton, Linn County, Missouri, Linn, Macon County, Missouri, Macon and Sullivan County, Missouri, Sullivan counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tribut ...

**** Shoal Creek *** Grand River **** Locust Creek **** Medicine Creek ****

Thompson River The Thompson River is the largest tributary of the Fraser River, flowing through the south-central portion of British Columbia, Canada. The Thompson River has two main branches, the South Thompson River and the North Thompson River. The river ...

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Weldon River Weldon River is stream in Clark and Decatur counties in southern Iowa and Grundy and Mercer counties in northern Missouri of the United States. It is a tributary of the Thompson River. The confluence is two miles northwest of Trenton. It has a ...

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*** Crooked River ***

Fishing River The Fishing River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 tributary of the Missouri River in western Missouri in the United States. It rises in the northeaster ...

*** Little Blue River *** Blue River ****

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Round Grove Creek Round Grove Creek is a stream in Jackson County, Missouri, Jackson County in the U.S. state of Missouri. Round Grove Creek was named for a round grove of trees along its course. It empties into the Blue River (Missouri), Blue River. See also *List ...

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Platte River The Platte River () is a major river in the State of Nebraska. It is about long; measured to its farthest source via its tributary, the North Platte River, it flows for over . The Platte River is a tributary of the Missouri River, which itself ...

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One Hundred and Two River The One Hundred and Two River is a tributary of the Platte River of MissouriU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 30, 2011 in northwestern Missouri in the United Stat ...

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Nodaway River The Nodaway River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 30, 2011 river in southwest Iowa and northwest Missouri. Etymology The river's name (as "Nodawa") first ap ...

*** Squaw Creek ***

Tarkio River The Tarkio River (also known as the Big Tarkio River) is a non-navigability, navigable river that stretches for approximately from Cass County, Iowa to its mouth on the Missouri River in Holt County, Missouri. The river basin which drains approxi ...

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Nishnabotna River The Nishnabotna River () is a tributary of the Missouri River in southwestern Iowa, northwestern Missouri and southeastern Nebraska in the United States. It flows for most of its length as two parallel streams in Iowa, the East Nishnabotna Riv ...

Mississippi River north of the Missouri River

Cuivre River The Cuivre River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 river in the east central part of the state of Missouri, north of the Missouri River terminus. A good ...

** Salt River ***

Spencer Creek (Salt River) Spencer Creek is a stream in Ralls and Pike counties of the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Salt River. The stream headwaters arise in the western edge of Pike County adjacent to the south side of Missouri Route 154 about west ...

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Black Creek (North Fork Salt River tributary) Black Creek is a stream in Knox and Shelby counties of the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the North Fork of the Salt River. The headwaters arise in southern Knox County just south of the community of Locust Hill at and it flows t ...

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Hilton Branch Hilton Branch is a stream in Shelby County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Black Creek. Hilton Branch has the name of A. J. Hilton, an early settler. See also *List of rivers of Missouri List of rivers in Missouri ( U.S. ...

** South River ** North River **

Fabius River The Fabius River (pronounced ''FAY-bee-us'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Mississippi River in northeastern Missouri in the United Sta ...

*** North Fabius River **** Middle Fabius River *** South Fabius River **** Little Fabius River **

Wyaconda River Wyaconda River is a stream in Davis County, in the U.S. state of Iowa, and Lewis and Clark counties in Missouri. It is a tributary of the Mississippi River. It is the third most northeastern stream in Missouri, following the Des Moines River and ...

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

** Fox River *** Little Fox River **

Des Moines River The Des Moines River () is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the upper Midwestern United States that is approximately long from its farther headwaters.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe Na ...

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Notes

References

USGS Geographic Names Information Service
*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Missouri (1974)

External links

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Rivers A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...