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East of the continental divide


Missouri River watershed

* Gallatin River * Madison River ** Firehole River ** Gibbon River *
Yellowstone River The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long, in the Western United States. Considered the principal tributary of upper Missouri, via its own tributaries it drains an area with headwaters across the mountains a ...
** Gardner River ** Lamar River *** Slough Creek **
Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River The Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River (sometimes called the Clark's Fork River) is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, 150 mi (241 km) long in the U.S. states of Montana and Wyoming. It rises in southern Montana, in the Gallatin ...
** Wind River/ Bighorn River *** Little Bighorn River *** Little Wind River ****
North Fork Popo Agie River The North Fork Popo Agie River serves as part of the boundary between the Wind River Indian Reservation and Fremont County Wyoming. The river's headwaters are at Lonesome Lake in the Wind River Range, and it flows eastward until its end near Lan ...
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Middle Fork Popo Agie River The Middle Fork Popo Agie River is a river in Wyoming in the United States. The river is long. The river is sometimes referred to as simply the 'Middle Fork'. The river is part of the Popo Agie Watershed and from its headwaters in the Wind River ...
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Little Popo Agie River The Little Popo Agie River runs through unincorporated portions of Fremont County Wyoming. The river's headwaters are at Christina Lake in the Wind River Range, and it flows a total of until its end near Hudson, Wyoming. The river is one of thr ...
***** Roaring Fork Creek *** Shoshone River ***
Greybull River The Greybull River is a tributary of the Big Horn River, approximately long in northern Wyoming in the United States. The river was reportedly named for a white buffalo that had been seen on its banks. Native Americans consider the appearan ...
*** Shoshone River ***
Gooseberry Creek (Wind River/Bighorn River) Gooseberry Creek flows into Schoharie Creek by Tannersville, New York . References {{authority control Rivers of New York (state) Rivers of Greene County, New York ...
*** Owl Creek *** Muddy Creek ***
Nowood River The Nowood River (also known as Nowood Creek) is a river in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The -river rises in the Bridger Mountains on the southeastern side of the Bighorn Basin. The stream runs north through the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains a ...
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Tensleep Creek Tensleep Creek is a stream that originates in the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The stream is 7.95miles in length. Lakes that are along the river are Misty Moon, Lake Marion and Lake Helen. Tensleep Creek is a tribu ...
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** Tongue River *** Big Goose Creek (near
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Little Goose Creek Little Goose Creek is a creek originating on the east slope of the Big Horn Mountains in north-central Wyoming. Route After dropping over and entering a steep canyon, the creek flows out of the Big Horn Mountains and into the Powder River Basi ...
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) *** Little Tongue River (
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) ** Powder River *** Clear Creek **** Rock Creek * Little Missouri 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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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 ...
* Niobrara River *
North Platte River The North Platte River is a major tributary of the Platte River and is approximately long, counting its many curves.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 21, 2011 In a ...
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Encampment River The Encampment River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed March 21, 2011 tributary of the North Platte River. The river's source is east of Buck Mountain in the Park Ran ...
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Medicine Bow River The Medicine Bow River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 21, 2011 tributary of the North Platte River, in southern Wyoming in the United States. Description ...
*** Rock Creek *** Little Medicine Bow River ** Sweetwater River **
Laramie River The Laramie River is a tributary of the North Platte River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 21, 2011 in the U.S. states of Colorado and Wyomin ...
*** Little Laramie River **** North Fork Little Laramie River ***** Libby Creek **** Middle Fork Little Laramie River ****
South Fork Little Laramie River The Little Laramie River, often referred to simply as the Little Laramie, is one of the largest tributaries of the Laramie River, flowing in the U.S. state of Wyoming.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline d ...
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North Laramie River The North Laramie River is a tributary of the Laramie River, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 21, 2011 in southeastern Wyoming in the United States. It rises ...
*** Chugwater Creek


South Platte River The South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River. Flowing through the U.S. states of Colorado and Nebraska, it is itself a major river of the American Midwest and the American Southwest/Mountain West. It ...
watershed

* Crow Creek * Lodgepole Creek


West of the continental divide


Colorado River The Colorado River ( es, Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The river drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. s ...
watershed

* Green River ** Big Sandy River **
Blacks Fork Blacks Fork (also referred to as Blacks Fork of the Green River) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. , accessed March 18, 2011 tributary of the Green River in Utah and Wyoming in the United ...
*** Smiths Fork ***
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** ''Yampa River'' ***
Little Snake River The Little Snake River is a tributary of the Yampa River, approximately long, in southwestern Wyoming and northwestern Colorado in the United States. It rises near the continental divide, in Routt National Forest in northern Routt County, C ...
**** Roaring Fork Little Snake River **** North Fork Little Snake River ** New Fork River


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 ...
watershed

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Snake River The Snake River is a major river of the greater Pacific Northwest region in the United States. At long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, in turn, the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Snake ...
**''Henrys Fork (ID)'' ***
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 ...
** Salt River *** Swift Creek *** Cottonwood Creek ** Greys River *** Little Greys River ** Hoback River *** Granite Creek *** South Fork Hoback River **
Gros Ventre River The Gros Ventre River (''pronounced GROW-VAUNT'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 4, 2011 tributary of the Snake River in the state of Wyoming, USA. During i ...
** Lewis River ** Heart River ** Wolverine Creek ** Plateau Creek


Great Salt Lake The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world. It lies in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah and has a substantial impact upon the local climate, particu ...
watershed

* Bear River (Great Salt Lake)


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* Bear River (Great Salt Lake) *
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 Goose Creek (near
Sheridan Sheridan may refer to: People Surname *Sheridan (surname) *Philip Sheridan (1831–1888), U.S. Army general after whom the Sheridan tank is named *Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), Irish playwright (''The Rivals''), poet and politician ...
) * Big Sandy River * Bighorn River *
Blacks Fork Blacks Fork (also referred to as Blacks Fork of the Green River) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. , accessed March 18, 2011 tributary of the Green River in Utah and Wyoming in the United ...
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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 ...
* Chugwater Creek *
Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River The Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River (sometimes called the Clark's Fork River) is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, 150 mi (241 km) long in the U.S. states of Montana and Wyoming. It rises in southern Montana, in the Gallatin ...
* Clear Creek * Cottonwood Creek * Crow Creek * Dead Indian Creek *
Encampment River The Encampment River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed March 21, 2011 tributary of the North Platte River. The river's source is east of Buck Mountain in the Park Ran ...
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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 ...
* Firehole River * Gallatin River * Gardner River * Gibbon River *
Gooseberry Creek Gooseberry Creek flows into Schoharie Creek by Tannersville, New York . References

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* Granite Creek * Green River *
Greybull River The Greybull River is a tributary of the Big Horn River, approximately long in northern Wyoming in the United States. The river was reportedly named for a white buffalo that had been seen on its banks. Native Americans consider the appearan ...
* Greys River *
Gros Ventre River The Gros Ventre River (''pronounced GROW-VAUNT'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 4, 2011 tributary of the Snake River in the state of Wyoming, USA. During i ...
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Hams Fork Ham is pork from a leg cut that has been preserved by wet or dry curing, with or without smoking."Bacon: Bacon and Ham Curing" in ''Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 2, p. 39. As a processed meat, the term "h ...
* Heart River * Henrys Fork * Hoback River * Lamar River *
Laramie River The Laramie River is a tributary of the North Platte River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 21, 2011 in the U.S. states of Colorado and Wyomin ...
* Lewis River * Libby Creek * Little Bighorn River *
Little Goose Creek Little Goose Creek is a creek originating on the east slope of the Big Horn Mountains in north-central Wyoming. Route After dropping over and entering a steep canyon, the creek flows out of the Big Horn Mountains and into the Powder River Basi ...
(near
Sheridan Sheridan may refer to: People Surname *Sheridan (surname) *Philip Sheridan (1831–1888), U.S. Army general after whom the Sheridan tank is named *Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), Irish playwright (''The Rivals''), poet and politician ...
) * Little Greys River * Little Laramie River * Little Medicine Bow River * Little Missouri River *
Little Snake River The Little Snake River is a tributary of the Yampa River, approximately long, in southwestern Wyoming and northwestern Colorado in the United States. It rises near the continental divide, in Routt National Forest in northern Routt County, C ...
* Little Tongue River (near
Dayton Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Da ...
) * Little Wind River * Lodgepole Creek * Madison River *
Medicine Bow River The Medicine Bow River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 21, 2011 tributary of the North Platte River, in southern Wyoming in the United States. Description ...
* Middle Fork Little Laramie River * Middle Fork Little Snake River *
Middle Fork Popo Agie River The Middle Fork Popo Agie River is a river in Wyoming in the United States. The river is long. The river is sometimes referred to as simply the 'Middle Fork'. The river is part of the Popo Agie Watershed and from its headwaters in the Wind River ...
* Muddy Creek * New Fork River * Niobrara River * North Fork Little Laramie River * North Fork Little Snake River *
North Fork Popo Agie River The North Fork Popo Agie River serves as part of the boundary between the Wind River Indian Reservation and Fremont County Wyoming. The river's headwaters are at Lonesome Lake in the Wind River Range, and it flows eastward until its end near Lan ...
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North Laramie River The North Laramie River is a tributary of the Laramie River, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 21, 2011 in southeastern Wyoming in the United States. It rises ...
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North Platte River The North Platte River is a major tributary of the Platte River and is approximately long, counting its many curves.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 21, 2011 In a ...
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Nowood River The Nowood River (also known as Nowood Creek) is a river in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The -river rises in the Bridger Mountains on the southeastern side of the Bighorn Basin. The stream runs north through the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains a ...
* Owl Creek *
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* Plateau Creek * Powder River * Roaring Fork Creek * Roaring Fork Little Snake River * Rock Creek (Clear Creek) *
Rock Creek (Medicine Bow River tributary) Rock Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 21, 2011 river in the south central part of the U.S. state of Wyoming. It empties into the Medicine Bow River. The ...
* Salt River *
Shell Creek Shell Creek is a tributary of the Bighorn River, approximately long, in Wyoming in the United States. Lying entirely within Big Horn County, Shell Creek begins above the Shell Lakes in the Bighorn Mountains. Starting at an elevation of over , ...
* Shoshone River * Slough Creek * Smiths Fork *
Snake River The Snake River is a major river of the greater Pacific Northwest region in the United States. At long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, in turn, the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Snake ...
* South Fork Hoback River *
South Fork Little Laramie River The Little Laramie River, often referred to simply as the Little Laramie, is one of the largest tributaries of the Laramie River, flowing in the U.S. state of Wyoming.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline d ...
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South Platte River The South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River. Flowing through the U.S. states of Colorado and Nebraska, it is itself a major river of the American Midwest and the American Southwest/Mountain West. It ...
* Sweetwater River * Swift Creek *
Tensleep Creek Tensleep Creek is a stream that originates in the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The stream is 7.95miles in length. Lakes that are along the river are Misty Moon, Lake Marion and Lake Helen. Tensleep Creek is a tribu ...
* Tongue River * Wind River * Wolverine Creek *
Yellowstone River The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long, in the Western United States. Considered the principal tributary of upper Missouri, via its own tributaries it drains an area with headwaters across the mountains a ...


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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