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By drainage basin


Gulf of Mexico

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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 fl ...
** Ohio River *** Lusk Creek *** Saline River ***
Wabash River The Wabash River (French: Ouabache) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 river that drains most of the state of Indiana in the United States. It flows from ...
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Little Wabash River :''Note: The Little River of northeastern Indiana is also sometimes known as the Little Wabash River.'' The Little Wabash River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed Ma ...
***** Skillet Fork ***** Elm River ***** Fox River ***** Salt Creek **** Bonpas Creek ****
Embarras River (Illinois) The Embarras River ( ) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the Wabash River in southeastern Illinois in the United States. The waters of the ...
***** North Fork Embarras River ***** Little Embarras River **** Little Vermilion River **** Vermilion River ***** Middle Fork Vermilion River ***** Salt Fork Vermilion River ******
Saline Branch The Saline Branch, or ''Saline Branch Ditch'', is a tributary of the Vermilion River in east central Illinois. It drains a parcel of east-central Champaign County, including most of the city of Urbana, Illinois and the University of Illinois ca ...
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Boneyard Creek Boneyard Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 19, 2011 waterway that drains much of the cities of Champaign and Urbana, Illinois. It is a tributary of the ...
** Cache River *** Cypress Creek **
Big Muddy River The Big Muddy River is a river in southern Illinois. It joins the Mississippi River just south of Grand Tower. The Big Muddy has been dammed near Benton, forming Rend Lake. The Big Muddy has a mud bottom for most of its length. Hydrography T ...
*** Beaucoup Creek *** Little Muddy River *** Casey Creek (Casey Fork) ** Marys River *** Little Marys River **
Kaskaskia River The Kaskaskia River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 13, 2011 in central and southern Illinois in the Un ...
*** Shoal Creek *** West Okaw River ** Palmer Creek ** Wood River ** Illinois River *** Macoupin Creek *** Big Sandy Creek ***
La Moine River La Moine River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Illinois River in western Illinois in the United States. Its watershed covers approxima ...
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Sangamon River The Sangamon River is a principal tributary of the Illinois River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 in central Illinois in the United Stat ...
**** Salt 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 b ...
**** Sugar Creek ***** Lick Creek *** Spoon River ***
Mackinaw River The Mackinaw River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Illinois River in the U.S. state of Illinois. Its watershed covers approximately ...
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Little Mackinaw River The Little Mackinaw River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a tributary of the Mackinaw River, which it joins ...
**** Panther Creek ***** Red River ***
Big Bureau Creek The Big Bureau Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 26, 2011 tributary of the Illinois River in north central Illinois. It rises approximately north of Mendot ...
*** Little Vermilion River *** Vermilion River **** Rooks Creek *** Fox River **** Indian Creek **** Somonauk Creek *** Mazon River ***
Des Plaines River The Des Plaines River () is a river that flows southward for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 13, 2011 through southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois''American Her ...
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DuPage River The DuPage River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Des Plaines River in the U.S. state of Illinois. Course The river begins as two i ...
**** Salt Creek ***** Addison Creek **** Buffalo Creek **** Hickory Creek *** Kankakee River **** Rock Creek **** Iroquois River ** Henderson Creek ** Edwards River ** Rock River ***
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 ...
*** Pine Creek *** Kyte River *** Leaf River *** Stillman Creek ***
Kishwaukee River The Kishwaukee River, locally known as simply The Kish, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Illinois.. United States Board on G ...
**** Killbuck Creek **** South Branch Kishwaukee River ***** Owens Creek *****
East Branch South Branch Kishwaukee River East Branch South Branch Kishwaukee River, in northern Illinois, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the Kishwaukee River, by way of the Sout ...
**** Beaver Creek **** Piscasaw Creek ***** Mokeler Creek **** Coon Creek **** Rush Creek **** North Branch Kishwaukee River ***
Pecatonica River The Pecatonica River is a tributary of the Rock River, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois in the United States ...
**** Sugar River **** Yellow Creek ** Plum River ** Apple River ** Galena River ** Sinsinawa River ** Little Menominee River **
Menominee River The Menominee River is a river in northwestern Michigan and northeastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed Dece ...


Gulf of St. Lawrence

*''Lake Michigan'' ** Waukegan River **
Chicago River The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of that runs through the city of Chicago, including its center (the Chicago Loop). Though not especially long, the river is notable because it is one of the reasons for ...
*** North Branch Chicago River **** Skokie River *** South Branch Chicago River **** Bubbly Creek or South Fork South Branch Chicago River **
Calumet River The Calumet River is a system of heavily industrialized rivers and canals in the region between the south side of Chicago, Illinois, and the city of Gary, Indiana. Historically, the Little Calumet River and the Grand Calumet River were one, the ...
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Grand Calumet River The Grand Calumet River is a river that flows primarily into Lake Michigan. Originating in Miller Beach in Gary, it flows through the cities of Gary, East Chicago and Hammond, as well as Calumet City and Burnham on the Illinois side. The maj ...
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Little Calumet River The Calumet River is a system of heavily industrialized rivers and canals in the region between the south side of Chicago, Illinois, and the city of Gary, Indiana. Historically, the Little Calumet River and the Grand Calumet River were one, the ...
****Midlothian Creek ****
Thorn Creek Thorn Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the Little Calumet River that travels through Will County, Illinois, Will and Cook County, Illin ...
***** Butterfield Creek


Alphabetically

* Addison Creek * Apple River * Beaucoup Creek * Beaver Creek *
Big Bureau Creek The Big Bureau Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 26, 2011 tributary of the Illinois River in north central Illinois. It rises approximately north of Mendot ...
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Big Muddy River The Big Muddy River is a river in southern Illinois. It joins the Mississippi River just south of Grand Tower. The Big Muddy has been dammed near Benton, forming Rend Lake. The Big Muddy has a mud bottom for most of its length. Hydrography T ...
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Boneyard Creek Boneyard Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 19, 2011 waterway that drains much of the cities of Champaign and Urbana, Illinois. It is a tributary of the ...
* Bonpas Creek * Bubbly Creek * Buffalo Creek * Butterfield Creek * Cache River *
Calumet River The Calumet River is a system of heavily industrialized rivers and canals in the region between the south side of Chicago, Illinois, and the city of Gary, Indiana. Historically, the Little Calumet River and the Grand Calumet River were one, the ...
* Casey Creek, also known as Casey Fork *
Chicago River The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of that runs through the city of Chicago, including its center (the Chicago Loop). Though not especially long, the river is notable because it is one of the reasons for ...
* Coon Creek * Cypress Creek *
Des Plaines River The Des Plaines River () is a river that flows southward for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 13, 2011 through southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois''American Her ...
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DuPage River The DuPage River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Des Plaines River in the U.S. state of Illinois. Course The river begins as two i ...
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East Branch South Branch Kishwaukee River East Branch South Branch Kishwaukee River, in northern Illinois, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the Kishwaukee River, by way of the Sout ...
* Edwards River * Elm River *
Embarras River (Illinois) The Embarras River ( ) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the Wabash River in southeastern Illinois in the United States. The waters of the ...
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Fox River (Illinois River tributary) The Fox River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Illinois River, flowing from southeastern Wisconsin to Ottawa, Illinois in the United S ...
, northern Illinois * Fox River (Little Wabash tributary), southern Illinois * Galena River *
Grand Calumet River The Grand Calumet River is a river that flows primarily into Lake Michigan. Originating in Miller Beach in Gary, it flows through the cities of Gary, East Chicago and Hammond, as well as Calumet City and Burnham on the Illinois side. The maj ...
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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 ...
* Henderson Creek * Hickory Creek * Illinois River * Indian Creek * Iroquois River * Jackson Creek * Kankakee River *
Kaskaskia River The Kaskaskia River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 13, 2011 in central and southern Illinois in the Un ...
* Killbuck Creek *
Kishwaukee River The Kishwaukee River, locally known as simply The Kish, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Illinois.. United States Board on G ...
* Kyte River *
La Moine River La Moine River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Illinois River in western Illinois in the United States. Its watershed covers approxima ...
* Leaf River * Lick Creek *
Little Calumet River The Calumet River is a system of heavily industrialized rivers and canals in the region between the south side of Chicago, Illinois, and the city of Gary, Indiana. Historically, the Little Calumet River and the Grand Calumet River were one, the ...
* Little Embarras River *
Little Mackinaw River The Little Mackinaw River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a tributary of the Mackinaw River, which it joins ...
* Little Marys River * Little Menominee River * Little Muddy River *
Little Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary) The Little Vermilion River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Illinois River, which it joins near LaSalle, Illinois, opposite the north- ...
* Little Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary) *
Little Wabash River :''Note: The Little River of northeastern Indiana is also sometimes known as the Little Wabash River.'' The Little Wabash River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed Ma ...
* Lusk Creek *
Mackinaw River The Mackinaw River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Illinois River in the U.S. state of Illinois. Its watershed covers approximately ...
* Macoupin Creek * Marys River * Mazon River *
Menominee River The Menominee River is a river in northwestern Michigan and northeastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed Dece ...
* Middle Fork Vermilion 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 fl ...
* Mokeler Creek * North Branch Chicago River * North Branch Kishwaukee River * North Fork Embarras River * Ohio River * Owens Creek * Palmer Creek (Columbia, IL) * Panther Creek (Mackinaw watershed) *
Pecatonica River The Pecatonica River is a tributary of the Rock River, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois in the United States ...
* Pine Creek * Piscasaw Creek * Plum River * Red River * Rock Creek * Rock River * Rush Creek *
Saline Branch The Saline Branch, or ''Saline Branch Ditch'', is a tributary of the Vermilion River in east central Illinois. It drains a parcel of east-central Champaign County, including most of the city of Urbana, Illinois and the University of Illinois ca ...
* Saline River *
Salt Creek (Des Plaines River tributary) Salt Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 stream in northeastern Illinois. It is an important tributary of the Des Plaines River, part of the Illinois R ...
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Salt Creek (Little Wabash River tributary) Salt Creek is a tributary of the Little Wabash River, which it joins near Edgewood, Illinois, near the boundary between Effingham County, Illinois, Effingham and Clay County, Illinois, Clay counties. There are at least two other "Salt Creeks" in I ...
* Salt Creek (Sangamon River tributary) * Salt Fork Vermilion River *
Sangamon River The Sangamon River is a principal tributary of the Illinois River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 in central Illinois in the United Stat ...
* Shoal Creek * Sinsinawa River * Skillet Fork * Skokie River * Somonauk Creek * South Branch Chicago River * South Branch Kishwaukee River * Spoon River * Stillman Creek * Sugar Creek * Sugar River *
Thorn Creek Thorn Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the Little Calumet River that travels through Will County, Illinois, Will and Cook County, Illin ...
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Tyler Creek, (not to be confused with a creek of the same in Oregon) Tyler may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tyler (name), an English name; with lists of people with the surname or given name * Tyler, the Creator (born 1991), American rap artist and producer * John Tyler, 10th president of the United ...
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Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary) The Vermilion River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Illinois River in the state of Illinois, United States. The river flows north, in c ...
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Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary) The Vermilion River is a tributary of the Wabash River in the states of Illinois and Indiana, United States. There are two "Vermilion Rivers" in Illinois. The Wabash tributary flows south, while the other Vermilion River flows north to the Illi ...
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Wabash River The Wabash River (French: Ouabache) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 river that drains most of the state of Indiana in the United States. It flows from ...
* West Okaw River * Wood River * Yellow Creek


See also

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List of rivers in the United States The following list is a list of rivers of the United States. Alphabetical listing ''Listings of the rivers in the United States by letter of the alphabet:'' List of rivers in the United States: A, A - List of rivers in the United States: B, B ...
* Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal *
Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park The Hennepin Canal State Trail, also just called the Hennepin Canal, is an abandoned waterway in northwest Illinois, between the Mississippi River at Rock Island and the Illinois River near Hennepin. The entire canal is listed on the National R ...
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Illinois and Michigan Canal The Illinois and Michigan Canal connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. In Illinois, it ran from the Chicago River in Bridgeport, Chicago to the Illinois River at LaSalle-Peru. The canal crossed the Chicago Por ...
* Watersheds of Illinois {{Illinois Illinois rivers Rivers