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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 ...
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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 ...
( U.S. state).


By drainage basin

This list is arranged by
drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.


Mississippi River


Arkansas River

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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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Arkansas River The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. It generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's source basin lies in the western United ...
(AR, OK) ***
Neosho River The Neosho River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in eastern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States. Its tributaries also drain portions of Missouri and Arkansas. The river is about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National ...
(KS, OK) **** Elk River ***** Buffalo Creek ***** Indian Creek ***** Big Sugar Creek ***** Little Sugar Creek **** Spring River ***** Shoal Creek ****** Capps Creek


White River

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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 ...
** White River *** Cache River *** Black River **** Spring River *****
Eleven Point River The Eleven Point River is a river in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, United States. It originates near Willow Springs, Missouri. It more than doubles in flow when Greer Spring Branch runs into it, adding over of water per day to the r ...
**** Current River ***** Sinking Creek ***** Little Black River ***** Jacks Fork *** North Fork River **** Bennetts Bayou **** Bennetts River **** Bryant Creek ***** Brush Creek ***** Hunter Creek ****** Whites Creek ***** Fox Creek ***** Rippee Creek ***** Spring Creek **** Clifty Creek ***
Little North Fork White River The Little North Fork White River is a stream in southern Douglas and Ozark counties of the Ozarks of southern Missouri and entering northern Marion County, Arkansas within the Bull Shoals Reservoir. The stream headwaters are in south central ...
*** Beaver Creek ****
Cowskin Creek Cowskin Creek is a stream in northwest Douglas County, Missouri, Douglas and extreme southeastern Webster County, Missouri, Webster counties of Missouri. Cowskin has its headwaters in southeast Webster County west of Cedar Gap, Missouri, Cedar Ga ...
***** Prairie Creek **** Little Beaver Creek ***
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 Chesap ...
**** Crane Creek **** Finley Creek ****
Pierson Creek Pierson Creek is a stream in Woodbury County and Cherokee County, in the US state of Iowa. It is a tributary of the Little Sioux River. The headwaters are at and the confluence with the Little Sioux are at . The name of the stream was named a ...
**** Wilsons Creek *****Jordan Creek ***** Fassnight Creek *** Kings River **** Osage Creek *** Roaring River


Mississippi River between the White and Missouri rivers

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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 ...
** St. Francis River *** Little River **** Castor RiverThe majority of the Castor and Whitewater rivers have been diverted to drain directly to the Mississippi via the
Headwater Diversion Channel The Headwater Diversion Channel is a canal in southeast Missouri. Flowing west to east, it diverts the headwaters of the Castor and Whitewater rivers and Crooked Creek directly into the Mississippi River south of Cape Girardeau. It was built be ...
, but the lower portions of both rivers still drain to the Little River. **** Whitewater River ***
Little St. Francis River The Little St. Francis River is a stream in eastern St. Francois and northeastern Madison counties of southeastern Missouri. It is a tributary of the St. Francis River. The stream headwaters arise in eastern St. Francois County on the north fla ...
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Headwater Diversion Channel The Headwater Diversion Channel is a canal in southeast Missouri. Flowing west to east, it diverts the headwaters of the Castor and Whitewater rivers and Crooked Creek directly into the Mississippi River south of Cape Girardeau. It was built be ...
*** Whitewater River *** Castor River ** Old River ** River aux Vases **
Meramec River The Meramec River (), sometimes spelled Maramec River, is one of the longest free-flowing waterways in the U.S. state of Missouri, draining Blanc, Caldwell, and Hawk. "Location" while wandering Blanc, Caldwell, and Hawk. "Executive Summary" f ...
*** Big River *** Bourbeuse River **** Little Bourbeuse River *** Little Meramec River *** Huzzah Creek ****
Courtois Creek Courtois Creek () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 stream in southern Missouri, United States. It shares its name with the nearby town of Courtois and ...
***** Abbott Branch **** Shoal Creek *** Dry Fork **
River des Peres The River des Peres (French: ''rivière des Pères'') () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 metropolitan river in St. Louis, Missouri. It is the backb ...


Missouri River

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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 ...
** Missouri River *** Loutre River *** Gasconade River ****
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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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 *** Auxvasse Creek *** Middle River *** Osage River ****
Maries River The Maries River is a tributary of the Osage River in Pulaski, Maries, and Osage counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The headwaters of the Maries arise just to the north and west of Dixon in northern Pulaski County (). The stream flows ge ...
***** Little Maries River **** Tavern Creek ****
Grandglaize Creek Grandglaize Creek is a creek and tributary to the Osage River that forms the Grand Glaize Arm of the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. The creek flows for before reaching the Lake of the Ozarks, and the Grand Glaize Arm extends another before re ...
***** Wet Glaize Creek ***** Dry Auglaize Creek **** Niangua River ***** Little Niangua River **** South Grand River ***** Big Creek **** Pomme de Terre River *****
Little Sac River The Little Sac River is a stream in Greene, Polk and Dade counties the Ozarks of southwest Missouri, U.S.A. The stream source coordinates are: and the confluence coordinates are: . The Little Sac headwaters start with an intermittent stream ju ...
****** North Dry Sac River ****** South Dry Sac River ****
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. ...
***** Marmaton River ****** Green River ****
Marais des Cygnes River The Marais des Cygnes River ( , ) is a principal tributary of the Osage River, about long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 in eastern Kansas and western Miss ...
*** Moreau River *** Lamine River **** Blackwater River *** Little Chariton River **** East Fork Little Chariton River ***** Walnut Creek ***** Silver Creek ****** Turner Fork **** Middle Fork Little Chariton River *** Chariton River **** Bee Branch **** Elm Creek **** Mussel Fork **** Shoal Creek *** Grand River **** Locust Creek **** Medicine Creek **** Thompson River ***** Weldon River ****** Little River *** Crooked River ***
Fishing River The Fishing River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 tributary of the Missouri River in western Missouri in the United States. It rises in the northeaster ...
*** Little Blue River *** Blue River **** Brush Creek **** Round Grove Creek ***
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 itsel ...
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One Hundred and Two River The One Hundred and Two River is a tributary of the Platte River of MissouriU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 30, 2011 in northwestern Missouri in the United Stat ...
*** Nodaway River *** Squaw Creek ***
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 ...
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Nishnabotna River The Nishnabotna River () is a tributary of the Missouri River in southwestern Iowa, northwestern Missouri and southeastern Nebraska in the United States. It flows for most of its length as two parallel streams in Iowa, the East Nishnabotn ...


Mississippi River north of the Missouri River

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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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Cuivre River The Cuivre River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 river in the east central part of the state of Missouri, north of the Missouri River terminus. A good ...
** Salt River ***
Spencer Creek (Salt River) Spencer Creek is a stream in Ralls and Pike counties of the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Salt River. The stream headwaters arise in the western edge of Pike County adjacent to the south side of Missouri Route 154 about west ...
*** Black Creek (North Fork Salt River tributary) **** Hilton Branch ** South River ** North River **
Fabius River The Fabius River (pronounced ''FAY-bee-us'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Mississippi River in northeastern Missouri in the United ...
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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 ...
**** Middle Fabius River *** South Fabius River **** Little Fabius River ** Wyaconda River *** Little Wyaconda River ** Fox River *** Little Fox River ** Des Moines River


Alphabetically


See also

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List of rivers of 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:'' A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - ...
* State Line Slough (Missouri)


Notes


References


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


External links


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