The following is a list of rivers and creeks in Iowa. The

river 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 ...

s are listed by multiple arrangements: *those that form part of the boundaries of the U.S. state of

Iowa Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...

; *ordered by drainage basin, with tributaries indented under each larger river's name; *ordered alphabetically.

Rivers on the boundary

Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem), second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest Drainage system (geomorphology), drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson B ...

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Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rock ...

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

) * Missouri River (

Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...

) * Big Sioux River (

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large po ...

) * Des Moines River ( of the boundary with

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

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Ordered by drainage basin

This list is arranged by

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, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. All Iowa rivers are part of the Mississippi River Watershed, which in Iowa consists of the Upper Mississippi River Drainage Basin and the Missouri River Drainage Basin.

Upper Mississippi River drainage basin

**''Fabius River (MO)'' ***

North 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 ...

** Wyaconda River ** Fox River *** Little Fox River ** Des Moines River *** Competine Creek ***

White Breast Creek White Breast Creek is an important tributary of the Des Moines River in Iowa. It flows U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 26, 2011 from southwest to northeast, rising in ...

*** South River *** Middle River *** North River *** Raccoon River **** North Raccoon River **** South Raccoon River *****

Middle Raccoon River The Raccoon River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 26, 2011 tributary of the Des Moines River in central Iowa in the United States. As measured using the longes ...

*** Beaver Creek ***

Pea's Creek Ledges State Park is a state park of Iowa, USA, located approximately south of the city of Boone. The park contains a sandstone gorge carved by Pea's Creek, a tributary of the Des Moines River. The gorge is deep in places, with concretions ju ...

**** Davis Creek ***

Boone River The Boone River is a tributary of the Des Moines River in north-central Iowa in the United States. It is longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 26, 2011 and drains an ...

**** White Fox Creek *** Lizard Creek *** East Fork Des Moines River ** Skunk River *** Cedar Creek *** North Skunk River *** South Skunk River **** Thunder Creek **** Ioway Creek ** Flint River **

Iowa River The Iowa River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the state of Iowa in the United States. It is about longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 13, 2011 and ...

*** Cedar River ****

Wolf Creek Wolf Creek may refer to: Bodies of water Missouri * Wolf Creek (Beaver Creek tributary) * Wolf Creek (Cane Creek tributary) * Wolf Creek (Cave Creek tributary) * Wolf Creek (Elkhorn Creek tributary) * Wolf Creek (South Grand River tributary) * ...

**** Black Hawk Creek **** Beaver Creek **** West Fork Cedar River ***** Shell Rock River ******

Winnebago River The Winnebago River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 river in northern Iowa. It is a tributary of the Shell Rock River, part of the Cedar River watersh ...

******* Lime Creek **** Little Cedar River *** English River **** North English River ***** Middle English River ***** Deep River **** South English River *** South Fork Iowa River *** East Branch Iowa River *** West Branch Iowa River ** Duck Creek **

Wapsipinicon River The Wapsipinicon River (, locally known as the Wapsi) 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 starting n ...

*** Buffalo Creek *** Little Wapsipinicon River (south) *** Little Wapsipinicon River (north) ** Elk River **

Maquoketa River The Maquoketa 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 northeastern Iowa in the United States. I ...

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North Fork Maquoketa River The Maquoketa 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 northeastern Iowa in the United States. I ...

** Tete Des Morts Creek ** Catfish Creek ** Bee Branch Creek ** Little Maquoketa River *** Cloie Branch ** Turkey River *** Little Turkey River (Clayton County, Iowa) ***

Volga River The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catch ...

*** Little Turkey River (Fayette County, Iowa) **

Yellow River The Yellow River or Huang He (Chinese: , Mandarin: ''Huáng hé'' ) is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest river system in the world at the estimated length of . Originating in the Bayan Ha ...

*** Bear Creek *** Norfolk Creek **

Upper Iowa River The Upper Iowa River 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 the upper Midwest of the United States. Its headwaters rise ...

*** French Creek *** Bear Creek **** Waterloo Creek *** Canoe Creek **** Pine Creek (Canoe Creek) *** Trout River *** Pine Creek (Upper Iowa River tributary) **''Minnesota River (MN)'' *** Blue Earth River

Missouri River drainage basin

* Missouri River ** Chariton River *** South Fork Chariton River ** Grand River *** Thompson River **** Weldon River ***** Little River ** Platte River ** Nodaway River *** East Nodaway River **** East Fork East Nodaway River *** West Nodaway River **** Middle Nodaway River **** West Fork Middle Nodaway River ***** Rutt Branch **

Tarkio River The Tarkio River (also known as the Big Tarkio River) is a non-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 approximately is sa ...

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 Nishnabotn ...

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East 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 ...

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West 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 ...

**** Walnut Creek **** Silver Creek **** East Branch West Nishnabotna River **** West Fork West Nishnabotna River ** Keg Creek ** Mosquito Creek ** Boyer River *** Willow River *** East Boyer River **

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 porti ...

*** East Soldier River **** 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 ***

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 ...

**** Little Ocheyedan River *** West Fork Little Sioux River ** Floyd River *** West Branch Floyd River **** Little Floyd River ** Perry Creek ** Big Sioux River *** Broken Kettle Creek *** 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 Un ...

Ordered alphabetically

* Bear Creek (Upper Iowa River tributary) * Bear Creek (Yellow River tributary) * Beaver Creek (Cedar River tributary) *

Beaver Creek (Polk County, Iowa) Beaver Creek is a tributary of the Des Moines River that rises at the northern border of Boone County in the U.S. state of Iowa, and then flows generally south and southeast through western Boone County, northeastern Dallas County, and finally n ...

, a tributary of the Des Moines River * Bee Branch Creek * Big Sioux River * Black Hawk Creek * Blue Earth River *

* Boyer River * Broken Kettle Creek * Buck Creek (Mississippi River tributary) * Canoe Creek * Catfish Creek * Cedar River * Chariton River * Cloie Branch * Competine Creek * Davis Creek * Deep River * Des Moines River * Elk River * English River * Flint River * Floyd River * Fox River * French Creek * Grand River *

* Ioway Creek * Lime Creek * Little Cedar River * Little Fox River * Little Maquoketa River * Little Ocheyedan River * Little River *

* Little Turkey River (Clayton County, Iowa) * Little Turkey River (Fayette County, Iowa) * Little Wapsipinicon River (north) * Little Wapsipinicon River (south) * Maple River *

* Middle River *

* Missouri River * Mosquito Creek *

* Nodaway River * Norfolk Creek *

* North River *

* Perry Creek * Pine Creek (Canoe Creek) * Pine Creek (Upper Missouri River tributary) * Platte River * Raccoon River * Rock Creek (Missouri River tributary) * Rock Creek (Wapsipinicon River tributary) * Rock River * Rutt Branch * Shell Rock River * Skunk River *

* South River *

* Tete Des Morts Creek * Thompson River * Thunder Creek * Trout River * Turkey River *

* Waterloo Creek * Weldon River *West Fork of the Little Sioux River *

* White Fox Creek *

* Wyaconda River *

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