Tributaries A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage b ...

of the Missouri River, a major river in the central

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, are listed in upstream order. These lists are arranged into river sections between cities or mouths of major tributaries for ease of navigation. Two large tributaries (the Platte and

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) have their own separate lists because they would be too lengthy to include in part of another section. Data is derived from

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(USGS)

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s and the USGS National Map.

Table of primary tributaries

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Kansas City The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more ...

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 The Big Piney River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 tributary of the Gasconade River in south central Missouri in the United States. Via the Gasconade a ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

** Beaver Creek *

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 ...

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 i ...

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 gener ...

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. ...

*** Greasy Creek ** Pomme de Terre River *** Little Pomme de Terre River **

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 miles ...

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Tebo Creek Tebo Creek is a stream in Benton and Henry Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The stream begins at the confluence of East Fork Tebo Creek and the Middle Fork Tebo Creek just to the southeast of Calhoun and south of Missouri Route 52 at . The ...

*** Big Creek ** Weaubleau Creek **

Sac River The Sac River (pronounced, sock) is a river in the Ozarks of Southwest Missouri. It is long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 31, 2011 with headwaters in western Green ...

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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 ...

*** Turnback Creek ** Clear Creek **

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 ...

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 Misso ...

*** Bull Creek *** Pottawatomie Creek * Moreau River **

North Moreau Creek North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

South Moreau Creek South is one of the cardinal directions or 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 Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...

* Cedar Creek * Moniteau Creek *

Perche Creek Perche Creek, or Roche Perche Creek is a stream in Boone County, Missouri, Boone and Randolph County, Missouri, Randolph counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. Besides the Missouri River it is the largest stream in Boone County, Missouri and forms ...

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 ...

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 ...

*** Salt Fork Blackwater River ** Heaths Creek ** Muddy Creek ** Richland Creek ** Flat Creek *** Haw Creek *

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 ...

** Middle Fork Little Chariton River **

East Fork Little Chariton River East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...

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 ...

** Mussel Fork 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 ...

Blackbird Creek Blackbird Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 river in northern Delaware in the United States. Course Blackbird Creek rises in two branches both ...

* 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 ...

*** Honey Creek ***

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 ...

** Shoal Creek ** Big Creek ** Grindstone Creek ** East Fork Grand River ** Middle Fork Grand 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 ...

** East Fork Fishing River * Little Blue River * Blue River **

Indian Creek Indian Creek may refer to the following: Communities * Indian Creek, Orange Walk District, Belize, a village in Belize * Indian Creek, Toledo, a village in Belize * Indian Creek, Florida, U.S. * Indian Creek, Illinois, U.S. * Indian Creek No. 7 Pr ...

** Coffee Creek ** Wolf Creek

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Plattsmouth Plattsmouth is a city and county seat of Cass County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 6,502 at the 2010 census. History The Lewis and Clark Expedition passed the mouth of the Platte River, just north of what is now Main Street Pla ...

Kansas River The Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, is a river in northeastern Kansas in the United States. It is the southwesternmost part of the Missouri River drainage, which is in turn the northwesternmost portion of the extensive Mississippi River dr ...

Wakarusa River The Wakarusa River is a tributary of the Kansas River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 30, 2011 in eastern Kansas in the United States. It drains ...

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 ...

** Soldier Creek ** Big Blue River *** Fancy Creek *** Little Blue River **** Mill Creek *** Turkey Creek ***

West Fork Big Blue River West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, German ...

Republican River The Republican River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America, rising in the High Plains (United States), High Plains of eastern Colorado and flowing east U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline ...

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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 ...

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Prairie Dog Creek Prairie Dog Creek is a stream in the central Great Plains of North America. A tributary of the Republican River, it flows for through the American states of Kansas and Nebraska. Geography Prairie Dog Creek originates in the High Plains of no ...

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Sappa Creek Sappa Creek is a stream in the central Great Plains of North America. A tributary of the Republican River, it flows for through the American states of Kansas and Nebraska. Geography Sappa Creek originates in the High Plains of northwest Kansas ...

**** Beaver Creek *** Medicine Creek ***

Red Willow Creek The Red Willow Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 29, 2011 tributary of the Republican River in Nebraska. The name is reported to be a mistranslation of the ...

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Frenchman River The Frenchman River, ( ats, níhʔɔɔtóóúníícááh, lit=white person river), also known locally as the Whitemud River, is a river in Saskatchewan, Canada and Montana, United States. It is a tributary of the Milk River, itself a tributary o ...

**** Stinking Water Creek ***

South Fork Republican River The South Fork Republican River is a river that arises in Lincoln County, Colorado, United States, and flows east-northeastward for about U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed M ...

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North Fork Republican River The North Fork Republican River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 29, 2011 tributary of the Republican River. It flows eastward from a source in Yuma County, Colo ...

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Arikaree River The Arikaree River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. It lies mostly in the American state of Colorado, draining land between the North and South Forks of the Republican River, and it flows into the North Fork in Nebraska ...

Smoky Hill River The Smoky Hill River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America, running through Colorado and Kansas.Smoky Hill River. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved July 22, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.br ...

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Solomon River The Solomon River, often referred to as the "Solomon Fork", is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 29, 2011 river in the central Great Plains of North America. The ...

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North Fork Solomon River The North Fork Solomon River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. Its entire length lies within the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a tributary of the Solomon River. Geography The North Fork Solomon River originates in the High ...

***** Cedar Creek ***** Beaver Creek ***** Bow Creek ****

South Fork Solomon River The South Fork Solomon River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 29, 2011 river in the central Great Plains of North America. The entire length of the river lies in ...

***** Covert Creek ***** Medicine Creek *** Saline River **** Mulberry Creek **** Spillman Creek **** Wolf Creek ***

Big Timber Creek Big Timber Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 stream in southwestern New Jersey. The creek was called Tetamekanchz Kyl by Lenape tribes prior to Eu ...

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North Fork Smoky Hill River The North Fork Smoky Hill River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. A tributary of the Smoky Hill River, it flows from eastern Colorado into western Kansas. Geography The North Fork Smoky Hill River rises in the High Plains re ...

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 ...

Little Platte River The Platte River is a tributary of the Missouri River, about long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 30, 2011 in southwestern Iowa and northwestern Missouri in the U ...

** Third Fork Platte River *

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 ...

** East Nodaway River ** West Nodaway River *** Middle Nodaway River * Wolf River *

Big Nemaha River Big or BIG may refer to: * Big, of great size or degree Film and television * ''Big'' (film), a 1988 fantasy-comedy film starring Tom Hanks * ''Big!'', a Discovery Channel television show * ''Richard Hammond's Big'', a television show presente ...

** Muddy Creek ** North Fork Big Nemaha River ** South Fork Big Nemaha River *

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 ...

* Little Nemaha River ** South Fork Little Nemaha River *

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 ...

** West Nishnabotna River ***

** East Nishnabotna River *

Weeping Water Creek Weeping may refer to: * The human act of crying (also see wailing (disambiguation)) * The seeping of an open or healing wound, either of serum or pus, sometimes accompanied by a strong smell * A growth form in plants with pendulous, draping branche ...

* Keg Creek *

James Creek James Creek was a tributary of the Anacostia River in the southwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., once known as St. James' Creek and perhaps named after local landowner James Greenleaf. It arose from several springs just south of Capitol Hill. ...

Platte River Basin

Platte River (Missouri River) The Platte River is a tributary of the Missouri River, about long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 30, 2011 in southwestern Iowa and northwestern Missouri in the U ...

** Salt Creek *** Oak Creek *** Stevens Creek *** Middle Creek *** Antelope Creek *** Elk Creek *** Beal Slough *** Haines Branch *** Cardwell Branch *** Lynn Creek *** Deadman's Run *** Little Salt Creek **

Elkhorn River The Elkhorn River is a river in northeastern Nebraska, United States, that originates in the eastern Sandhills and is one of the largest tributaries of the Platte River, flowing and joining the Platte just southwest of Omaha, approximately s ...

*** Maple Creek *** Logan Creek *** North Fork Elkhorn River *** Cache Creek ***

South Fork Elkhorn River South is one of the cardinal directions or 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 Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...

Shell Creek Shell Creek is a tributary of the Bighorn River, approximately long, in Wyoming in the United States. Lying entirely within Big Horn County, Shell Creek begins above the Shell Lakes in the Bighorn Mountains. Starting at an elevation of over , ...

Loup River The Loup River (pronounced /lup/) is a tributary of the Platte River, approximately long, in central Nebraska in the United States. The river drains a sparsely populated rural agricultural area on the eastern edge of the Great Plains southeast o ...

*** Cedar River *** North Loup River **** Calamus River **** Goose Creek ***

Middle Loup River The Loup River (pronounced /lup/) is a tributary of the Platte River, approximately long, in central Nebraska in the United States. The river drains a sparsely populated rural agricultural area on the eastern edge of the Great Plains southeast o ...

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South Loup River The Loup River (pronounced /lup/) is a tributary of the Platte River, approximately long, in central Nebraska in the United States. The river drains a sparsely populated rural agricultural area on the eastern edge of the Great Plains southeast ...

***** Mud Creek ****

Dismal River The Dismal River is a winding U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed March 30, 2011 river in the state of Nebraska. It is formed by the confluence of two forks, one of which h ...

**** South Branch Middle Loup River **** Middle Branch Middle Loup River **** North Branch Middle Loup River ** Prairie Creek **

Wood River Wood River may refer to: Rivers In Canada * Wood River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Columbia River via Kinbasket Lake * Wood River (Saskatchewan), a river in south-west Saskatchewan In Ireland * Wood River (County Clare), Kilru ...

** Buffalo Creek **

North Platte River The North Platte River is a major tributary of the Platte River and is approximately long, counting its many curves.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 21, 2011 In a ...

*** Birdwood Creek *** Blue Creek *** Rush Creek *** Horse Creek *** Cherry Creek **** Box Elder Creek ***

Rawhide Creek Rawhide Creek is a stream in Douglas, Washington, Dodge, and Colfax counties, Nebraska, 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 primaril ...

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Laramie River The Laramie River is a tributary of the North Platte River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 21, 2011 in the U.S. states of Colorado and Wyoming. ...

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North Laramie River The North Laramie River is a tributary of the Laramie River, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 21, 2011 in southeastern Wyoming in the United States. It rises in ...

**** Chugwater Creek ***** Richeau Creek **** Sybille Creek **** Fourmile Creek ****

Little Laramie River The Little Laramie River, often referred to simply as the Little Laramie, is one of the largest tributaries of the Laramie River, flowing in the U.S. state of Wyoming.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline d ...

**** Sand Creek *** Horseshoe Creek *** La Bonte Creek *** La Prele Creek *** Casper Creek *** Bates Creek *** Sweetwater River **** Sage Hen Creek **** Long Creek **** Willow Creek **** Little Sweetwater River **** East Sweetwater River ***

Sage Creek Sage or SAGE may refer to: Plants * ''Salvia officinalis'', common sage, a small evergreen subshrub used as a culinary herb ** Lamiaceae, a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint or deadnettle or sage family ** ''Salvia'', a large ...

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Medicine Bow River The Medicine Bow River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 21, 2011 tributary of the North Platte River, in southern Wyoming in the United States. Description It ...

**** Little Medicine Bow River ****

Rock Creek Rock Creek or Rockcreek may refer to: Streams United States * Rock Creek (California) * Rock Creek (Fountain Creek tributary), Colorado * Rock Creek (Idaho) * Rock Creek (Kankakee River tributary), Illinois * Rock Creek (Wapsipinicon River tribut ...

**** Wagonhound Creek *** Pass Creek ***

Encampment River The Encampment River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed March 21, 2011 tributary of the North Platte River. The river's source is east of Buck Mountain in the Park Rang ...

**** North Fork Encampment River *** Douglas Creek *** Pinkham Creek ***

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 .Michigan River The Michigan River is a tributary of the North Platte River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 21, 2011 in north central Colorado in the United S ...

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Illinois River The Illinois River ( mia, Inoka Siipiiwi) is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River and is approximately long. Located in the U.S. state of Illinois, it has a drainage basin of . The Illinois River begins at the confluence of the D ...

**** Owl Creek ****

South Fork Michigan River South is one of the cardinal directions or 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 Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...

*** North Fork North Platte River *** Roaring Fork North Platte River *** Grizzly Creek **** Buffalo Creek *** Little Grizzly Creek **

South Platte River The South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River. Flowing through the U.S. states of Colorado and Nebraska, it is itself a major river of the American Midwestern United States, Midwest and the American Sout ...

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Lodgepole Creek Lodgepole Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 25, 2011 in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Nebraska and ...

**** Muddy Creek *** Cottonwood Creek *** Beaver Creek ***

Bijou Creek Bijou Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 25, 2011 tributary of the South Platte River in Colorado. The creek flows northeast from elevated terrain in southe ...

**** East Bijou Creek **** West Bijou Creek *** Kiowa Creek *** Box Elder Creek ***

Cache La Poudre River The Cache la Poudre River ( ), also known as the Poudre River, is a river in the state of Colorado in the United States. Name The name of the river () is a corruption of the original Cache à la Poudre, or "cache of powder". It refers to an ...

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South Fork Cache La Poudre River The South Fork Cache la Poudre River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 25, 2011 tributary of the Cache la Poudre River in Larimer County, Colorado. The river's s ...

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Big Thompson River The Big Thompson River is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately 78 miles (123 km) long, in the U.S. state of Colorado. Originating in Forest Canyon in Rocky Mountain National Park, the river flows into Lake Estes in the town ...

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Little Thompson River The Little Thompson River is a tributary of the Big Thompson River and thence the South Platte River in the U.S. state of Colorado. The river's headwaters lie in the Roosevelt National Forest. It flows east through the foothills of the Rocky Mou ...

**** Dry Creek ****

North Fork Big Thompson River The North Fork Big Thompson River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 25, 2011 tributary of the Big Thompson River in Larimer County, Colorado. The river's source i ...

*** St. Vrain River **** Boulder Creek **** Left Hand Creek *** Clear Creek **** North Clear Creek *** Cherry Creek *** Bear Creek *** Deer Creek *** Plum Creek ***

North Fork South Platte River The North Fork South Platte River is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately 50 miles (80 km) long, in central Colorado in the United States. The river is located near the headwaters of the South Platte in the Rocky Mountains so ...

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Craig Creek Craig Creek (also known as Craig's Creek or Craigs Creek) is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the James River in the U.S. state of Virginia. ...

*** Horse Creek ***

Tarryall Creek Tarryall Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 25, 2011 in Park County in central Colorado in the Uni ...

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Middle Fork South Platte River The Middle Fork South Platte River is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 25, 2011 located in central Colora ...

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South Fork South Platte River The South Fork South Platte River is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 25, 2011 in central Colorado in the ...

Plattsmouth to
Pierre Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

* Mosquito Creek *

Boyer River The Boyer River is a tributary of the Missouri River, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 30, 2011 in western Iowa in the United States. Most reaches of the riv ...

** Willow River ** East Boyer River * Soldier River **

East Soldier River The Soldier River is a tributary of the Missouri River, about long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 30, 2011 in western Iowa in the United States. Several portions ...

*** Middle Soldier River *

Little Sioux River The Little Sioux River is a river in the United States. It rises in southwestern Minnesota near the Iowa border, and continues to flow southwest for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map ...

** Maple River *** Elk Creek ** West Fork Little Sioux River ** Mill Creek **

Ocheyedan River The Ocheyedan River is a tributary of the Little Sioux River, 58 mi (93 km) long, in southwestern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa in the United States. Via the Little Sioux and Missouri Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Missi ...

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Little Ocheyedan River The Ocheyedan River is a tributary of the Little Sioux River, 58 mi (93 km) long, in southwestern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa in the United States. Via the Little Sioux and Missouri Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Missis ...

Floyd River The Floyd River is a tributary of the Missouri River, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 30, 2011 in northwestern Iowa in the United States. It enters the Mi ...

** West Branch Floyd River *** Little Floyd River * Perry Creek *

Big Sioux River The Big Sioux River is a tributary of the Missouri River in eastern South Dakota and northwestern Iowa in the United States. It flows generally southwardly for ,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataTh ...

** Rock River ***

Little Rock River The Little Rock River is a tributary of the Rock River, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 30, 2011 in southwestern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa in the United ...

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East Branch Rock River East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...

** Beaver Creek **

Split Rock Creek Split Rock Creek State Park is a state park of Minnesota, USA, located in Ihlen, or just south of Pipestone. The Works Progress Administration built a dam in 1938 to create a lake, which provided an opportunity for water recreation in an area ...

** Silver Creek **

Flandreau Creek Flandreau Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 30, 2011 river in Minnesota and South Dakota. The creek was named for Charles Eugene Flandrau, an Indian fight ...

** Medary Creek ** Indian River Vermillion River *

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

** Wolf Creek ** Pierre Creek **

Shue Creek Shue Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota. According to tradition, a lost shoe caused the name to be selected. See also *List of rivers of South Dakota This is a list of rivers in the state of South Dakota in the United States. By ...

** Timber Creek ** Snake Creek ** Mud Creek ** Elm River **

Pipestem River The Pipestem River is a short river in east-central North Dakota. The river is also referred to as "Pipestem Creek". It flows briefly from Wells County into reservoir formed by Pipestem Dam north-northwest of Jamestown, North Dakota North ...

Kelly Creek Kelly may refer to: Art and entertainment * Kelly (Kelly Price album) * Kelly (Andrea Faustini album) * ''Kelly'' (musical), a 1965 musical by Mark Charlap * "Kelly" (song), a 2018 single by Kelly Rowland * ''Kelly'' (film), a 1981 Canadi ...

* Bazile Creek *

Niobrara River The Niobrara River (; oma, Ní Ubthátha khe, , literally "water spread-out horizontal-the" or "The Wide-Spreading Water") is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. Many early settlers, such as Mari Sando ...

Verdigre Creek Verdigre Creek is a stream in Knox and Antelope counties, in the U.S. state of Nebraska. Verdigre is derived from the Spanish word ''verde'' meaning "green"; the name was applied to the stream for the green soil on its banks. Verdigre Creek was ...

** Redbird Creek ** Eagle Creek **

Keya Paha River The Keya Paha River ( ) is a river flowing U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed March 30, 2011 through the U.S. states of South Dakota and Nebraska. The name is derived from ...

*** Shadley Creek ** Plum Creek ** Minnechaduza Creek **

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 ...

*** Steer Creek ** Bear Creek ** Leander Creek ** Rush Creek ** Pine Creek ** Butte Creek *

Ponca Creek The Ponca (Omaha-Ponca language, Páⁿka iyé: Páⁿka or Ppáⁿkka pronounced ) are a Midwestern United States, Midwestern Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribe of the Dhegihan branch of the Siouan languages, Siouan lan ...

* Choteau Creek * Garden Creek * Platte Creek * White River ** White Thunder Creek ** Little White River *** Pine Creek *** Cut Meat Creek ** Black Pipe Creek **

Porcupine Creek Porcupines are large rodents with coats of sharp spines, or quills, that protect them against predation. The term covers two families of animals: the Old World porcupines of family Hystricidae, and the New World porcupines of family, Erethizont ...

** Potato Creek **

Wounded Knee Creek Wounded Knee Creek is a tributary of the White River, approximately 100 miles (160 km) long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 30, 2011 in Oglala Lakota County, ...

* American Creek * Crow Creek * Knoll Creek * Bad River ** War Creek **

White Clay Creek White Clay Creek is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Christina River in southern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware in the United States. ...

** Dry Creek ** Mitchell Creek ** North Fork Bad River ** South Fork Bad River

Pierre to Bismarck

* Okobojo Creek *

Cheyenne River The Cheyenne River ( lkt, Wakpá Wašté; "Good River"), also written ''Chyone'', referring to the Cheyenne people who once lived there, is a tributary of the Missouri River in the U.S. states of Wyoming and South Dakota. It is approximately 2 ...

** Cherry Creek **

Belle Fourche River The Belle Fourche River (pronounced ''bel FOOSH''; lkt, Šahíyela Wakpá) is a tributary of the Cheyenne River, approximately long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and South Dakota. It is part of the Mississippi River watershed via the Cheyenn ...

*** Alkali Creek *** Bear Butte Creek ***

Whitewood Creek Whitewood Creek is a stream in Butte, Meade and Lawrence counties, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Whitewood Creek was named from the white-barked quaking aspen trees along its banks. See also *List of rivers of South Dakota This is a list of ...

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Redwater River The Redwater River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 110 mi (177 km), in eastern Montana in the United States. It rises in on the northern slope of the Big Sheep Mountains, in northwestern Prairie County, and flows ...

**** Spearfish Creek *** Blacktail Creek *** Kara Creek ** Elk Creek ** Boxelder Creek ** Rapid 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 encom ...

** French Creek ** Beaver Creek ** Horsehead Creek ** Cascade Creek ** Hat Creek ** Red Canyon Creek ** Lance Creek ** Black Thunder Creek *** Little Thunder Creek ** Antelope Creek ** Dry Fork Cheyenne River * Moreau River ** Virgin Creek ** Little Moreau River ** Red Earth Creek ** Bear Creek ** Irish Creek **

Thunder Butte Creek Thunder is the sound caused by lightning. Depending upon the distance from and nature of the lightning, it can range from a long, low rumble to a sudden, loud crack. The sudden increase in temperature and hence pressure caused by the lightning pr ...

** Deep Creek **

Beverly Creek Beverly Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Beverly Creek has the name of Tom Beverly, a local rancher. See also *List of rivers of South Dakota This is a list of rivers in the state of South Dakota in the United States. By tr ...

** North Fork Moreau River ** South Fork Moreau River ***

* Grand River ** High Bank Creek ** Firesteel Creek ** Black Horse Butte Creek ** Thunder Hawk Creek ** Willow Creek ** North Fork Grand River *** Buffalo Creek *** Lightning Creek ***

** South Fork Grand River *** Flat Creek ***

*** Big Nasty Creek *** Skull Creek * Oak Creek * Fourmile Creek *

* Beaver Creek *

Cannonball River The Cannonball River ( lkt, Íŋyaŋwakağapi Wakpá) is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long, in southwestern North Dakota in the United States. It rises in the Little Missouri National Grassland, in the badlands north of Ami ...

** Cantapeta Creek ** Dogtooth Creek ** Cedar Creek *** Hay Creek *** Brushy Creek *** Duck Creek ** Snake Creek ** Morris 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 ...

** Thirtymile Creek * Apple Creek * Heart River ** Sweetbriar Creek ** Big Muddy Creek *** Haymarsh Creek ** Antelope Creek ** Heart Butte Creek **

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 ...

** Ash Creek ** South Branch Heart River

Bismarck to Williston

Burnt Creek Burnt Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Burnt Creek once was the scene of a prairie fire, hence the name. See also *List of rivers of South Dakota *Schefferville Schefferville is a town in the Canadian province of Quebec. ...

* Painted Woods Creek * Turtle Creek *

Knife River The Knife River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 120 mi (193 km) long, in North Dakota in the United States. Knife is an English translation of the Native American name. It rises in west central North Dakota, in ...

** Elm Creek ** Deep Creek **

Crooked Creek Crooked Creek may refer to: Streams In Australia * Crooked Creek (Clyde River), a tributary of the Clyde River in New South Wales * Crooked Creek (Walsh River), a tributary of the Walsh River in Queensland In the United States * Crooked Cree ...

** Little Knife River * Garrison Creek * Douglas Creek (submerged under

Lake Sakakawea Lake Sakakawea is a large reservoir in the north central United States, impounded in 1953 by Garrison Dam, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam located in the Missouri River basin in central North Dakota. Named for the Shoshone-Hidatsa woman Saka ...

) ** East Branch Douglas Creek ** Middle Branch Douglas Creek ** West Branch Douglas Creek * Little Missouri River ** Cherry Creek *** Rough Creek **

Crosby Creek Crosby may refer to: Places ;Canada *Crosby, Ontario, part of the township of Rideau Lakes, Ontario *Crosby, Ontario, a neighbourhood in the city of Markham, Ontario ;England *Crosby, Cumbria *Crosby, Lincolnshire *Crosby, Merseyside **Crosby (UK ...

Beicegel Creek Beicegel Creek is a stream in North Dakota, in the United States. It flows into Little Missouri River. Beicegel Creek derives its name from the Beisigl brothers, local cattlemen. See also *List of rivers of North Dakota This is a list of rivers ...

** Beaver Creek *** Elk Creek ** Knutson Creek ** Davis Creek ** Sand Creek ** Deep Creek *** West Fork Deep Creek *** East Fork Deep Creek ** Cannonball Creek ** Beaver Creek ** Boxelder Creek *** Cabin Creek ** Willow Creek ** North Fork Little Missouri River ** Prairie Creek *

** East Fork Shell Creek ** West Shell Creek * Bear Den Creek * Little Knife River * White Earth River ** Paulsen Creek * Little Muddy River

Yellowstone River The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long, in the Western United States. Considered the principal tributary of upper Missouri, via its own tributaries it drains an area with headwaters across the mountains an ...
Basin

Yellowstone River The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long, in the Western United States. Considered the principal tributary of upper Missouri, via its own tributaries it drains an area with headwaters across the mountains an ...

** Charbonneau Creek ** Horse Creek ** Fox Creek **

Burns Creek Burns Creek, a watercourse of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Burns Creek rises on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, about northeas ...

** Box Elder Creek ** Clear Creek ** Cedar Creek ** O'Fallon Creek *** Sandstone Creek ** Powder River *** Mispah Creek *** Little Powder River *** Clear Creek **** Buffalo Creek **** Piney Creek *****

Little Piney Creek Little Piney Creek is a stream in the Phelps, Texas and Dent counties of the Ozarks of southern Missouri. It is a tributary of the Gasconade River. Coordinates of the stream source are: and of the confluence with the Gasconade are: . The stream ...

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***** French Creek *** Wild Horse Creek *** Crazy Woman Creek **** South Fork Crazy Woman Creek **** Middle Fork Crazy Woman Creek **** North Fork Crazy Woman Creek *** Dry Fork Powder River *** Salt Creek *** South Fork Powder River *** North Fork Powder River *** Middle Fork Powder River **** Red Fork Powder River **** Buffalo Creek ** Tongue River *** Pumpkin Creek *** Ash Creek *** Foster Creek ***

Lay Creek Lay Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Colorado. Some say Lay Creek has the name of a pioneer settler named Lay, while others believe the creek took its name from the nearby military command known as Camp Lay. See also *List of rivers of Color ...

*** Liscom Creek *** Beaver Creek *** Otter Creek *** Hanging Woman Creek ***

*** Goose Creek **** Soldier Creek **** Big Goose Creek ****

Little Goose Creek Little Goose Creek is a creek originating on the east slope of the Big Horn Mountains in north-central Wyoming. Route After dropping over and entering a steep canyon, the creek flows out of the Big Horn Mountains and into the Powder River Basin ...

*** Wolf Creek ** Rosebud Creek *** Little Rosebud Creek *** West Rosebud Creek *** Lame Deer Creek *** Muddy Creek *** Davis Creek ** Armells Creek *** East Fork Armells Creek *** West Fork Armells Creek ** Sarpy Creek **

Bighorn River The Bighorn River is a tributary of the Yellowstone, approximately long, in the states of Wyoming and Montana in the western United States. The river was named in 1805 by fur trader François Larocque for the bighorn sheep he saw along its ban ...

*** Tullock Creek *** Little Bighorn River *** Beauvais Creek *** Rotten Grass Creek *** Soap Creek ***

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Shoshone River The Shoshone River is a long river in northern Wyoming in the United States. Its headwaters are in the Absaroka Range in Shoshone National Forest. It ends when it runs into the Big Horn River near Lovell, Wyoming. Cities it runs near or thr ...

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**** North Fork Shoshone River ***** Elk Fork Shoshone River **** South Fork Shoshone River *** Dry Creek ***

**** Beaver Creek ***

Greybull River The Greybull River is a tributary of the Big Horn River, approximately long in northern Wyoming in the United States. The river was reportedly named for a white buffalo that had been seen on its banks. Native Americans consider the appearance ...

**** Meeteetse Creek ****

***** South Fork Wood River **** Francs Fork Greybull River ***

Nowood River The Nowood River (also known as Nowood Creek) is a river in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The -river rises in the Bridger Mountains on the southeastern side of the Bighorn Basin. The stream runs north through the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains an ...

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Paint Rock Creek Paint is any pigmented liquid, liquefiable, or solid mastic composition that, after application to a substrate in a thin layer, converts to a solid film. It is most commonly used to protect, color, or provide texture. Paint can be made in many ...

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Tensleep Creek Tensleep Creek is a stream that originates in the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The stream is 7.95miles in length. Lakes that are along the river are Misty Moon, Lake Marion and Lake Helen. Tensleep Creek is a tributa ...

**** Otter Creek **** Deep Creek *** Fifteenmile Creek **** Middle Fork Fifteenmile Creek ***** South Fork Fifteenmile Creek *** Nowater Creek *** Gooseberry Creek *** Cottonwood Creek **** Grass Creek **** Prospect Creek ***

Kirby Creek Kirby may refer to: Buildings * Kirby Building, a skyscraper in Dallas, Texas, United States * Kirby Hall, an Elizabethan country house near Corby, Northamptonshire, England * Kirby House (disambiguation), various houses in England and the Unite ...

*** Owl Creek *** Wind River **** Muddy Creek **** Badwater Creek **** Poison Creek **** Fivemile Creek **** Muskrat Creek ****

Little Wind River The Little Wind River arises in the central Wind River Range in Wyoming and flows southeast through the towns of Fort Washakie and Ethete Ethete ( arp, Koonoutoseii') is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. ...

***** Beaver Creek ***** Popo Agie River ****** North Popo Agie River ****** Middle Popo Agie River ****** Little Popo Agie River *****

***** South Fork Little Wind River ***** North Fork Little Wind River **** Dry Creek **** Bull Lake Creek **** Crow Creek **** Dinwoody Creek **** East Fork Wind River ***** Wiggins Fork Wind River **** Horse Creek **** Du Noir Creek ** Fly Creek ** Arrow Creek ** Pryor Creek *** Hay Creek ** Blue Creek **

Clarks Fork Yellowstone River The Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River (sometimes called the Clark's Fork River) is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, 150 mi (241 km) long in the U.S. states of Montana and Wyoming. It rises in southern Montana, in the Gallatin N ...

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**** Red Lodge Creek *** Bear Creek *** Bennett Creek *** O'Hara Creek ***

Sunlight Creek Sunlight Creek is a tributary of Clarks Fork Yellowstone River part of the Yellowstone River watershed, located in Park County, Wyoming, Park County, Wyoming, United States in the Shoshone National Forest. Course Sunlight Creek begins in the Abs ...

*** Crandall Creek ** Stillwater River *** Rosebud Creek **** West Rosebud Creek **** East Rosebud Creek ***

Limestone Creek Limestone Creek is long with a Drainage basin, drainage area of , and is a tributary to the Tennessee River. The river rises in Lincoln County, Tennessee, Lincoln County, Tennessee, and flows south into Madison County, Alabama, Madison County, A ...

Sweet Grass Creek Sweet Grass Creek is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in south central Montana in the United States. It rises in the Gallatin National Forest, in the Crazy Mountains in eastern Park County. It fl ...

** Otter Creek ** Boulder River *** West Boulder River *** East Boulder River *** East Fork Boulder River **

*** Swamp Creek ** Duck Creek **

Shields River The Shields River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, long, in Meagher and Park Counties Montana in the United States. It rises in the Gallatin National Forest in the Crazy Mountains in northern Park County. It flows west, then south, be ...

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*** Cottonwood Creek *** Flathead Creek **

Gardiner River The Gardiner River is a river in Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin, and is a left tributary of the Mattagami River The Mattagami River is a river in Northern Ontario, Canada. The Mattaga ...

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Lava Creek Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface. Lava may be erupted at a volcano or through a fracture in the crust, on land or und ...

*** Winter Creek *** Obsidian Creek ** Hellroaring Creek **

Lamar River The Lamar River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, approximately long, in northwestern Wyoming in the United States. The river is located entirely within Yellowstone National Park. History Prior to the 1884–85 Geological Survey of the ...

*** Slough Creek ***

Soda Butte Creek Soda Butte Creek is an approximately long major tributary of the Lamar River in Yellowstone National Park. It is named for a now-extinct geyser (Soda Butte) near its mouth. Soda Butte and the creek were named by A. Bart Henderson, a Cooke City m ...

*** Cache Creek *** Miller Creek ** Tower Creek **

Raven Creek Raven Creek is a tributary of Fishing Creek (North Branch Susquehanna River), Fishing Creek in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Sugarloaf Township, Benton Township, and Fishing Creek T ...

** Thorofare Creek ** North Fork Yellowstone River ** South Fork Yellowstone River

North Dakota-
Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
Border to
Great Falls Great may refer to: Descriptions or measurements * Great, a relative measurement in physical space, see Size * Greatness, being divine, majestic, superior, majestic, or transcendent People * List of people known as "the Great" *Artel Great (born ...

* Little Muddy Creek * Big Muddy Creek **

Smoke Creek Smoke is a suspension of airborne particulates and gases emitted when a material undergoes combustion or pyrolysis, together with the quantity of air that is entrainment (engineering), entrained or otherwise mixed into the mass. It is commo ...

** Lake Creek * Poplar River ** Boxelder Creek ** West Fork Poplar River *** Police Creek ***

Hell Creek The Hell Creek Formation is an intensively studied division of mostly Upper Cretaceous and some lower Paleocene rocks in North America, named for exposures studied along Hell Creek, near Jordan, Montana. The formation stretches over portions of ...

*** Butte Creek *** Middle Fork Poplar River **** Lost Child Creek **** Coal Creek *** East Fork Poplar River * Wolf Creek * Little Porcupine Creek * Milk River **

*** Middle Fork Porcupine Creek ** Willow Creek **

*** Willow Creek *** Snake Creek ** Beaver Creek ** Frenchman Creek ** Whitewater Creek **

Little Cottonwood Creek Little Cottonwood Creek is one of the principal streams entering Salt Lake Valley from the east. The creek rises near the summit of the Wasatch Mountains, a short distance south of the ski resort town of Alta, and flows in a westerly direction thr ...

** Cottonwood Creek *** Black Coulee *** Woody Island Coulee **

*** East Fork Battle Creek ** Lodge Creek ** Clear Creek ** Boxelder Creek ** Big Sandy Creek ***

** Verdigris Coulee ** North Fork Milk River *** Lonely Valley Creek ** Middle Fork Milk River ** South Fork Milk River * Big Dry Creek ** Woody Creek ** Little Dry Creek *

Musselshell River The Musselshell River is a tributary of the Missouri River, long from its origins at the confluence of its North and South Forks near Martinsdale, Montana to its mouth on the Missouri River. It is located east of the Continental divide entire ...

** Flatwillow Creek *** Box Elder Creek **** McDonald Creek *** Elk Creek ** American Fork Musselshell River **

South Fork Musselshell River The South Fork Musselshell River is a tributary of the Musselshell River in south central Montana in the United States. It rises in the Lewis and Clark National Forest in the Crazy Mountains in southern Meagher County. It flows northeast, joini ...

North Fork Musselshell River The North Fork Musselshell River is a tributary of the Musselshell River, approximately 35 miles (56 km) long, in Montana in the United States. It rises in the Lewis and Clark National Forest in the Little Belt Mountains in northeastern Me ...

* Armells Creek * Cow Creek * Birch Creek *

Judith River The Judith River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 124 mi (200 km) long, running through central Montana in the United States. It rises in the Little Belt Mountains and flows northeast past Utica and Hobson. It is ...

** Wolf Creek *** Dry Wolf Creek ** Warm Springs Creek **

** Big Spring Creek ** Louse Creek ** Ross Fork Creek ** Middle Fork Judith River *** Lost Fork Judith River ** South Fork Judith River * Arrow Creek ** Cowboy Creek ** Surprise Creek *

Marias River The Marias River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 210 mi (338 km) long, in the U.S. state of Montana. It is formed in Glacier County, in northwestern Montana, by the confluence of the Cut Bank Creek and the Two Medi ...

** Teton River *** Deep Creek **** Willow Creek ** Pondera Coulee ** Willow Creek ** Dry Fork Marias River **

Cut Bank Creek The Cut Bank Creek is a tributary of the Marias River in the Missouri river basin watershed, approximately 75 mi (123 km) long, in northwestern Montana in the United States, which having deeply eroded steep cliff banks eponymously gives ...

*** Greasewood Creek **

Two Medicine River The Two Medicine River is a tributary of the Marias River, approximately 60 mi (97 km) long, in northwestern Montana in the United States. It rises in the Rocky Mountain Front in Glacier National Park at the continental divide and fl ...

*** Birch Creek ****

Dupuyer Creek Dupuyer Creek is a tributary of Birch Creek (Pondera County, Montana), Birch Creek in northwestern Montana in the United States. It rises at the confluence of the South Fork, Middle Fork and North Fork in the Lewis and Clark National Forest east ...

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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 ...

* Highwood Creek * Belt Creek

Great Falls to Three Forks

Sun River The Sun River (also called the Medicine River) is a tributary of the Missouri River in the Great Plains, approximately 130 mi (209 km) long, in Montana in the United States. It rises in the Rocky Mountains in two forks, the North Fork ...

** Muddy Creek ** Elk Creek ** North Fork Sun River **

South Fork Sun River South is one of the cardinal directions or 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 Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...

*** West Fork Sun River * Smith River **

Hound Creek A hound is a type of hunting dog used by hunters to track or chase prey. Description Hounds can be contrasted with gun dogs that assist hunters by identifying prey and/or recovering shot quarry. The hound breeds were the first hunting dogs. ...

** Tenderfoot Creek ** Whitetail Deer Creek *

Dearborn River The Dearborn River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 70 mi (113 km) long, in central Montana in the United States. It rises in the Lewis and Clark National Forest, near Scapegoat Mountain in the Lewis and Clark Ran ...

** South Fork Dearborn River ** Middle Fork Dearborn River ** Cuniff Creek * Little Prickly Pear Creek * Prickly Pear Creek ** Tenmile Creek * Deep Creek * Crow Creek * Sixteen Mile Creek ** South Fork Sixteen Mile Creek ** Middle Fork Sixteen Mile Creek

Headwaters

Gallatin River The Gallatin River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 120 mi (193 km long), in the U.S. states of Wyoming and Montana. It is one of three rivers, along with the Jefferson River, Jefferson and Madison River, Madison, ...

East Gallatin River The East Gallatin River flows in a northwesterly direction through the Gallatin valley, Gallatin County, Montana. Rising from the confluence of Rocky Creek and several other small streams, the East Gallatin begins about one mile (1.6 km) eas ...

*** Dry Creek ***

Bridger Creek Bridger Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Bridger Creek has the name of Jim Bridger, an explorer. See also *List of rivers of South Dakota This is a list of rivers in the state of South Dakota in the United States. By tributa ...

** Hyalite Creek ** Spanish Creek ** Storm Castle Creek ** West Fork Gallatin River ** Taylor Creek *

Madison River The Madison River is a headwater tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 183 miles (295 km) long, in Wyoming and Montana. Its confluence with the Jefferson and Gallatin rivers near Three Forks, Montana forms the Missouri River. The ...

** Cedar Creek ** Ruby Creek ** West Fork Madison River *** Lake Creek *** Elk River ** Duck Creek ** South Fork Madison River **

Firehole River The Firehole River is located in northwestern Wyoming, and is one of the two major tributaries of the Madison River. It flows north approximately from its source in Madison Lake on the Continental Divide to join the Gibbon River at Madison Junc ...

*** Little Firehole River **

Gibbon River The Gibbon River flows east of the Continental Divide in Yellowstone National Park, in northwestern Wyoming, the Northwestern United States. Along with the Firehole River, it is a major tributary of the Madison River, which itself is a tributary ...

Jefferson River The Jefferson River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long, in the U.S. state of Montana. The Jefferson River and the Madison River form the official beginning of the Missouri at Missouri Headwaters State Park near Three For ...

** South Boulder River ** Boulder River ***

Little Boulder River The Little Boulder River is a river of the Tasman Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows from its sources within Kahurangi National Park to reach the Aorere River south of Collingwood. See also *List of rivers of New Zealand This is a ...

** Whitetail Deer Creek ** Big Pipestone Creek ** Fish Creek **

Big Hole River The Big Hole River is a tributary of the Jefferson River, approximately long, in Beaverhead County, in southwestern Montana, United States. It is the last habitat in the contiguous United States for native fluvial Arctic grayling and is a h ...

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Divide Creek Divide Creek is a short creek near Kicking Horse Pass on the British Columbia/Alberta border (also the border between Yoho National Park and Banff National Park). After following the Continental Divide of the Americas for a short distance, the ...

***Wise River ****Pettengill Creek ***North Fork Big Hole River ***Big Lake Creek (Montana), Big Lake Creek ***Governor Creek (Montana), Governor Creek **Beaverhead River ***Ruby River ****Granite Creek (Montana), Granite Creek ****Sweetwater Creek (Montana), Sweetwater Creek ***Blacktail Deer Creek ***Rattlesnake Creek (Beaverhead River), Rattlesnake Creek ***Grasshopper Creek (Beaverhead River), Grasshopper Creek ***Horse Prairie Creek ****Trail Creek (Horse Creek), Trail Creek ***Red Rock River (Montana), Red Rock River ****Sage Creek (Red Rock River), Sage Creek ****Junction Creek (Montana), Junction Creek ****Long Creek (Red Rock River), Long Creek ****Odell Creek (Montana), Odell Creek ****Red Rock Creek (Montana), Red Rock Creek *****Hell Roaring Creek ******Brower's Spring

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Table of primary tributaries

Mouth to Kansas City The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more ...

Kansas City to Plattsmouth Plattsmouth is a city and county seat of Cass County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 6,502 at the 2010 census. History The Lewis and Clark Expedition passed the mouth of the Platte River, just north of what is now Main Street Pla ...

Platte River Basin

Plattsmouth to Pierre Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

Pierre to Bismarck

Bismarck to Williston

Yellowstone River The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long, in the Western United States. Considered the principal tributary of upper Missouri, via its own tributaries it drains an area with headwaters across the mountains an ... Basin

Great Falls to Three Forks

Headwaters

References

See also

Mouth to
Kansas City The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more ...

Kansas City to
Plattsmouth Plattsmouth is a city and county seat of Cass County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 6,502 at the 2010 census. History The Lewis and Clark Expedition passed the mouth of the Platte River, just north of what is now Main Street Pla ...

Plattsmouth to
Pierre Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

Yellowstone River The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long, in the Western United States. Considered the principal tributary of upper Missouri, via its own tributaries it drains an area with headwaters across the mountains an ...
Basin