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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 ...
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By tributary


Minnesota River The Minnesota River ( dak, Mnísota Wakpá) is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 332 miles (534 km) long, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It drains a watershed of in Minnesota and about in South Dakota and Iowa. It ris ...
watershed

* Little Minnesota River ** Jorgenson River *
Whetstone River The Whetstone River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 5, 2012 tributary of the Minnesota River, in northeastern South Dakota and a very small portion of wester ...
*North Fork
Yellow Bank River The Yellow Bank River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed October 5, 2012 tributary of the Minnesota River in western Minnesota in the United States. It is formed by ...
*South Fork Yellow Bank River *West Branch
Lac qui Parle River The Lac qui Parle River is a tributary of the Minnesota River, 118 miles (190 km) long, in southwestern Minnesota in the United States. A number of tributaries of the river, including its largest, the West Branch Lac qui Parle River, also f ...


Missouri River

* Little Missouri River * Grand River **Black Horse Butte Creek **Cedar Boy Creek **Cottonwood Creek **Cottonwood Creek **Cyclone Creek **Dirt Lodge Creek ***Little Soldier Creek **Firesteel Creek **Flat Creek ***East Flat Creek **High Bank Creek **Hump Creek ** Lodgepole Creek **Louse Creek **Meadow Creek ** North Fork Grand River ***Billy Young Creek ***Buffalo Creek ***Crooked Creek ****Petes Creek ***Deer Creek ***Horse Creek ***Lone Tree Creek ***Slick Creek **Plum Creek **Rock Creek **Soldier Creek **Stink Creek ***Iron Dog Creek ** South Fork Grand River ***Bar H Creek ***Bog Creek ***Boxelder Creek ***Box Spring Creek ***Brush Creek ***Bull Creek ***Butcher Creek ***Clarks Fork Creek ***Coal Creek ***Defenball Creek ***Duck Creek ***Eggland Creek ***Fisher Creek ***Graves Creek ***Hay Creek ***Horse Creek ***Jerry Creek ***Jones Creek ***Little Grand River ***Little Nasty Creek ***Middle Creek ***Olson Creek ***Pine Spring Creek ***Prairie Dog Creek ***Rush Creek ***Sand Creek ***Sheep Creek ***Slick Creek ***Skull Creek ***Snake Creek ***Timber Draw Creek ***White Hill Creek **Thunder Hawk Creek ***East Thunder Hawk Creek **White Shirt Creek * Moreau River ** Little Moreau River **North Fork Moreau River **South Fork Moreau River *
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 ...
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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 e ...
*** Iron Creek ****Toll Gate Creek ** French Creek **
Fall River Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The City of Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 United States Census, making it the List of municipaliti ...
** Rapid Creek *** Castle 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 ...
*** Owl Creek ***
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 flo ...
*** Spearfish Creek ** Cherry Creek * Bad River * American Creek * White River ** Wounded Knee Creek ** Little White River *''Niobrara River'' (Nebraska) **
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 ...
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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 ...
** Elm River *** Maple River * Vermillion River ** Baptist Creek ** Little Vermillion River **
Spirit Mound Creek Spirit Mound Creek is a tributary of the Vermillion River, located in the southeastern South Dakota county of Clay. It passes through the Spirit Mound Historic Prairie. See also *List of rivers of South Dakota This is a list of rivers in the st ...
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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 ...
* Big Sioux River ** Indian River ** Skunk 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 ...


Red River of the North watershed

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Bois de Sioux River The Bois de Sioux River () drains Lake Traverse, the southernmost body of water in the Hudson Bay watershed of North America. It is a tributary of the Red River of the North and defines part of the western border of the U.S. state of Minnesota, ...


Alphabetically

* American Creek * Bad River * Baptist 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 ...
* Big Sioux River *
Bois de Sioux River The Bois de Sioux River () drains Lake Traverse, the southernmost body of water in the Hudson Bay watershed of North America. It is a tributary of the Red River of the North and defines part of the western border of the U.S. state of Minnesota, ...
* Castle Creek * Cherry 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 ...
* Elm River *
Fall River Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The City of Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 United States Census, making it the List of municipaliti ...
* French Creek * Grand River * Indian 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 Chesap ...
* Jorgenson River *
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 ...
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Lac qui Parle River The Lac qui Parle River is a tributary of the Minnesota River, 118 miles (190 km) long, in southwestern Minnesota in the United States. A number of tributaries of the river, including its largest, the West Branch Lac qui Parle River, also f ...
, West Branch * Little Minnesota River * Little Missouri River * Little Moreau River * Little Vermillion River * Little White River * Maple River * Missouri River * Moreau River * North Fork Grand River * Owl 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 ...
* Rapid Creek *
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 flo ...
* Skunk Creek * South Fork Grand River * Spearfish Creek *
Spirit Mound Creek Spirit Mound Creek is a tributary of the Vermillion River, located in the southeastern South Dakota county of Clay. It passes through the Spirit Mound Historic Prairie. See also *List of rivers of South Dakota This is a list of rivers in the st ...
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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 ...
* Vermillion River *
Whetstone River The Whetstone River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 5, 2012 tributary of the Minnesota River, in northeastern South Dakota and a very small portion of wester ...
* White River * Wounded Knee Creek *
Yellow Bank River The Yellow Bank River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed October 5, 2012 tributary of the Minnesota River in western Minnesota in the United States. It is formed by ...
, North Fork and South Fork


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:'' A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - ...
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