This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of

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This list is arranged by drainage basin. Respective tributaries are indented under each larger stream's name and are ordered downstream to upstream.

Fraser River The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver. The river's annual ...
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British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, for ...
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* Sumas River **Saar Creek **

Chilliwack River Chilliwack ( )( hur, Ts'elxwéyeqw) is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Chilliwack is surrounded by mountains and home to recreational areas such as Cultus Lake and Chilliwack Lake Provincial Parks. There are numerous outdoo ...

*** Silesia Creek *** Depot Creek *** Little Chilliwack River

Strait of Georgia The Strait of Georgia (french: Détroit de Géorgie) or the Georgia Strait is an arm of the Salish Sea between Vancouver Island and the extreme southwestern mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada and the extreme northwestern mainland coast ...
, Bellingham Bay, Samish Bay

*Dakota Creek *California Creek * Lummi River * Nooksack River **Tenmile Creek **Anderson Creek **South Fork Nooksack River ***Skookum Creek **Middle Fork Nooksack River **North Fork Nooksack River ***Canyon Creek ***Glacier Creek ***Dead Horse Creek ***

Wells Creek Wells Creek is a swift creek in Whatcom County, Washington. It is a tributary of the Nooksack River, joining the river just below Nooksack Falls. It is best known for having six major waterfalls along its course. Wells Creek was named for Ha ...

***Ruth Creek *

Whatcom Creek Whatcom Creek is a waterway in Bellingham, Washington, United States. Approximately long, it drains Lake Whatcom through Whatcom Falls Park and through the city of Bellingham to Bellingham Bay. The creek starts at the control dam for Lake Wha ...

*Padden Creek * Samish River

Puget Sound Puget Sound ( ) is a sound of the Pacific Northwest, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and part of the Salish Sea. It is located along the northwestern coast of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected m ...

Whidbey Basin

* Skagit River **Finney Creek **Grandy Creek ** Baker River ***Thunder Creek ***Rocky Creek ***Sulphur Creek *** Swift Creek ***

Shannon Creek Shannon Creek is a short tributary to the Baker River in Whatcom County, Washington, near the southwest border of North Cascades National Park. It rises in two forks a few miles south of Mount Shuksan; the glacier-fed north fork begins at elev ...

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Blum Creek Blum Creek is a small glacial tributary of the Baker River in Washington state, in the United States. It is sourced from the Hagan Glacier and another unnamed glacier on the north face of Mount Blum, and flows approximately from there to its mou ...

*** Sulphide Creek ***Crystal Creek ***Bald Eagle Creek **Jackman Creek ** Sauk River ***

Suiattle River The Suiattle River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington. Course The Suiattle River originates from the Suiattle Glacier on the east slopes of Glacier Peak in the Cascade Range. It flows generally northwest to join the Sauk River north of ...

****Big Creek ****Buck Creek ****Lime Creek ****Downey Creek ****Sulphur Creek ****Milk Creek ****Dusty Creek ****Chocolate Creek ***Dan Creek *** Clear Creek ****Helena Creek ***

White Chuck River The White Chuck River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a tributary of the Sauk River. Course The White Chuck River originates on the slopes of Glacier Peak in the Cascade Range, near White Chuck Cinder Cone. It flows generally ...

****Pugh Creek ****Camp Creek ***South Fork Sauk River ****Elliott Creek ***North Fork Sauk River ****Lost Creek **** Sloan Creek *****Cadet Creek **Illabot Creek ** Cascade River ***Jordan Creek ***Marble Creek ***Kindy Creek ***North Fork Cascade River ***South Fork Cascade River ****Middle Fork Cascade River **Diobsud Creek **

Bacon Creek Bacon Creek is a glacial stream in Whatcom County, Washington. It originates in a glacier on the southwest face of Bacon Peak, flows into a small tarn, then flows over the Berdeen Falls. At the base of the waterfall, the creek turns southeast and ...

Goodell Creek Goodell Creek is a tributary of the Skagit River in the U.S. state of Washington. Course For most of its length Goodell Creek flows through North Cascades National Park. It originates in the Picket Range of the North Cascades. Its headwaters drai ...

**Newhalem Creek **Stetattle Creek **Thunder Creek ***Colonial Creek **Ruby Creek ***Canyon Creek ****Slate Creek ***Granite Creek **Big Beaver Creek **Devils Creek **Three Fools Creek **Little Beaver Creek * Stillaguamish River **Pilchuck Creek **North Fork Stillaguamish ***Deer Creek *** Boulder River ***Squire Creek **South Fork Stillaguamish ***Jim Creek ***Canyon Creek *Tulalip Creek * Snohomish River **Quilceda Creek ** Pilchuck River ***Little Pilchuck Creek **French Creek **

Skykomish River The Skykomish River is a long river in the U.S. state of Washington which drains the west side of the Cascade Mountains in the southeast section of Snohomish County and the northeast corner of King County. The river starts with the confluenc ...

*** Woods Creek **** West Fork Woods Creek *** Youngs Creek *** Sultan River **** Chaplain Creek **** South Fork Sultan River *** Wallace River **** Olney Creek *** North Fork Skykomish River ****Salmon Creek ****Silver Creek ****Troublesome Creek ****West Cady Creek ****Goblin Creek ****Quartz Creek ****Pass Creek ***

South Fork Skykomish River The Skykomish River is a long river in the U.S. state of Washington which drains the west side of the Cascade Mountains in the southeast section of Snohomish County and the northeast corner of King County. The river starts with the confluence ...

****Barclay Creek ****Index Creek ****Money Creek **** Miller River ***** West Fork Miller River ***** East Fork Miller River ******Camp Robber Creek ****Maloney Creek **** Beckler River ***** Rapid River ******Meadow Creek ******North Fork Rapid River *****Fourth of July Creek *****Evergreen Creek **** Foss River *****West Fork Foss River *****East Fork Foss River **** Tye River *****Martin Creek *****Deception Creek *****Surprise Creek *****Scenic Creek *****Tunnel Creek ** Snoqualmie River ***Cherry Creek *** Tolt River ****North Fork Tolt River ****South Fork Tolt River ***Griffin Creek ***Patterson Creek *** Raging River ***Tokul Creek *** South Fork Snoqualmie River ****Boxley Creek ****Hansen Creek *** North Fork Snoqualmie River ****Tate Creek ****Sunday Creek ****Lennox Creek *** Middle Fork Snoqualmie River ****Granite Creek **** Pratt River ****Rainy Creek **** Taylor River *****Quartz Creek ****Dingford Creek ****Burnboot Creek

Central Basin

*Shell Creek *Shelleberger Creek *Deer Creek *

Boeing Creek Boeing Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Washington, located in the city of Shoreline, just north of Seattle. It is about long and empties into Puget Sound. The creek is heavily modified along its course, and in many places has been div ...

* Pipers Creek *

Lake Washington Ship Canal The Lake Washington Ship Canal, which runs through the city of Seattle, connects the fresh water body of Lake Washington with the salt water inland sea of Puget Sound. The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks accommodate the approximately difference in ...

Lake Washington Lake Washington is a large freshwater lake adjacent to the city of Seattle. It is the largest lake in King County and the second largest natural lake in the state of Washington, after Lake Chelan. It borders the cities of Seattle on the west, ...

** Taylor Creek ** Ravenna Creek **

Thornton Creek Thornton Creek is of urban creeks and tributaries from southeast Shoreline through northeast Seattle to Lake Washington. Its watershed, the largest in Seattle, exhibits relatively dense biodiversity for an urban setting;Brokaw it is home to fr ...

McAleer Creek McAleer Creek is an urban creek approximately six miles long, flowing from Lake Ballinger in southern Snohomish County to Lake Washington. It drains an approximately watershed.

*** Lyon Creek ** Sammamish River *** Swamp Creek ****Scriber Creek *** North Creek ****Penny Creek ****Mill Creek ****Sitka Creek ***Bear Creek ****Cottage Lake Creek ***

Lake Sammamish Lake Sammamish is a freshwater lake east of Seattle in King County, Washington, United States. The lake is long and wide, with a maximum depth of and a surface area of . It lies east of Lake Washington and west of the Sammamish Plateau, ...

**** Issaquah Creek *****East Fork Issaquah Creek ** Juanita Creek ** Forbes Creek ** Yarrow Creek ** Kelsey Creek ** Coal Creek **May Creek ** Cedar River ***Taylor Creek ***

Rex River The Rex River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington. It originates near the crest of the Cascade Mountains and flows northwest to join the Cedar River in the Chester Morse Lake reservoir. The Cedar River flows to Lake Washington Lake ...

Duwamish River

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* American River *

Amon Creek Amon Creek is the largest tributary of the Lower Yakima River in Benton County, Washington. From the source of its East Fork to its mouth at the Yakima, it flows about , passing through Kennewick and Richland. The East Fork as well as the main ...

Ashnola River The Ashnola River is a tributary of the Similkameen River, rising in the northeastern part of the North Cascades in Washington, United States, and flowing north into British Columbia, Canada, to join the Similkameen River about halfway along tha ...

* Baker River * Bear River * Beckler River *

Big Quilcene River The Big Quilcene River is a river on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. Etymology The name "Quilcene" comes from the Twana language, Twana word /qʷəʔlsíd/, referring to a tribal group and the name of a ...

* Black River (historical) * Black River *

* Bogachiel River * Bone River * Bumping River * Calawah River * Canyon River * Carbon River * Cedar River (Lake Washington) * Cedar River (Willapa Bay) * Chaplain Creek * Chehalis River * Chelan River * Chewuch River *

Chinook River The Chinook River is a short stream located near the mouth of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington (U.S. state), Washington. Course The Chinook River originates just north of the Astoria–Megler Bridge, near Scarboro Hill in the Wil ...

* Chiwaukum Creek *

Chiwawa River The Chiwawa River is a tributary of the Wenatchee River, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is completely contained within Chelan County. Much of the Chiwawa River's drainage basin is designated national forest and wilderness. The upper Chiwa ...

* Chumstick Creek * Cispus River *

Clallam River The Clallam River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington. The river is over long. Nearby and similar rivers include the Pysht River and Hoko River. Course The Clallam River originates in the Olympic Mountains near Ellis Mountain. It flows gen ...

* Cle Elum River * Clear Creek * Clearwater River (Queets River) *

Clearwater River (White River) The Clearwater River is a river located in the Clearwater Wilderness, in the Cascade Range in Pierce County, Washington. The river drains the wilderness area and is a tributary of the White River. See also *List of rivers in Washington This is ...

* Clover Creek * Coal Creek *

Columbia River The Columbia River ( Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia ...

* Colville River * Cowlitz River * Crab Creek * Deep River * Depot Creek *

Deschutes River Deschutes River may refer to: *Deschutes River (Oregon) **Little Deschutes River (Oregon), a tributary of the Deschutes River in Oregon *Deschutes River (Washington) The Deschutes River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington. Its headwater ...

* Dewatto River *

Dickey River The Dickey River is a stream on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. It has three main forks, the East Fork, West Fork, and Middle Fork Dickey Rivers. The main stem is formed by the confluence of the East and West Forks. The rive ...

* Dosewallips River * Duckabush River * Dungeness River *