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Minnesota has 6,564 natural rivers and streams that cumulatively flow for . The
Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the main stem, primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind only the Missouri River, Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Ita ...
begins its journey from its
headwaters The headwater of a river or stream is the geographical point of its beginning, specifically where surface runoff water begins to accumulate into a flowing channel of water. A river or stream into which one or many tributary rivers or streams flo ...
at
Lake Itasca Lake Itasca ( ) is a small glacial lake, approximately in area. It is located in Itasca State Park, in south-eastern Clearwater County, in the Headwaters area of north-central Minnesota, and is notable for being the headwater of the Mississip ...
and crosses the
Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...
border downstream. It is joined by the
Minnesota River The Minnesota River () 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 rises in southwestern ...
at Fort Snelling, by the St. Croix River near
Hastings Hastings ( ) is a seaside town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to th ...
, by the Chippewa River at Wabasha, and by many smaller streams. The Red River, in the bed of glacial
Lake Agassiz Lake Agassiz ( ) was a large proglacial lake that existed in central North America during the late Pleistocene, fed by meltwater from the retreating Laurentide Ice Sheet at the end of the last glacial period. At its peak, the lake's area wa ...
, drains the northwest part of the state northward toward Canada's
Hudson Bay Hudson Bay, sometimes called Hudson's Bay (usually historically), is a large body of Saline water, saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of . It is located north of Ontario, west of Quebec, northeast of Manitoba, and southeast o ...
.


By drainage basin (watershed)

This list is arranged by
drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which 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.Note: In North America, the term watershed is commonly used to mean a drainage basin, though in other English-speaking countries, it is used only in its original sense, that of a drainage divide. The rivers and streams that flow through other states or Minnesota and other states are indicated, as well as the length of major rivers.


Great Lakes drainage basin


Lake Superior drainage basin

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Lake Superior Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface areaThe Caspian Sea is the largest lake, but is saline, not freshwater. Lake Michigan–Huron has a larger combined surface area than Superior, but is normally considered tw ...
** Pigeon River (Minnesota, Ontario), *** Swamp River *** Stump River, **** Lower Stump River, *** Royal River **** Crocodile River ** Reservation River, ** Flute Reed River, ** Brule River, *** Greenwood River, *** South Brule River ** Kadunce River, ** Kimball Creek, ** Durfee Creek ** Devil Track River, *** Little Devil Track River, ** Fall River, ** Cascade River, *** North Branch Cascade River ** Poplar River, *** Tait River, ** Onion River, *** West Branch Onion River **
Temperance River The Temperance River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 7, 2012 river in northern Minnesota. It drains into Lake Superior along its north shore just south of Toft ...
, *** Sawbill Creek, **** Kelso River, *** Vern River, ** Cross River, ** Two Island River, ** Caribou River, ** Little Manitou River, ** Manitou River, *** South Branch Manitou River ** Little Marais River, - ** Baptism River, *** East Branch Baptism River *** West Branch Baptism River ** Beaver River, *** East Branch Beaver River *** West Branch Beaver River (Lake Superior) ** Split Rock River, *** East Split Rock River *** West Split Rock River ** Gooseberry River, *** Skunk Creek, *** Little Gooseberry River, ** Encampment River ** Stewart River *** Little Stewart River **
Knife River The Knife River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 120 mi (193 km) long, in North Dakota in the United States. Knife is an English translation of the Native American name. It rises in west central North Dakota, in ...
, *** Little Knife River, *** West Branch Knife River *** Little Knife River, located in Lake County ** Little Sucker River, ** Big Sucker Creek, ** French River, ** Talmadge River, ** Lester River, ** Tischer Creek, ** Oregon Creek, ** Chester Creek, ** Brewery Creek, ** Clarkhouse Creek, ** St. Louis River (Minnesota, Wisconsin), *** Buckingham Creek, *** Coffee Creek, *** Miller Creek, *** Merritt Creek, *** Keene Creek, *** Kingsbury Creek, *** Pokegama River, *** Knowlton Creek, *** Stewart Creek, *** U.S. Steel Creek, *** Little Pokegama River *** Sargent Creek, *** Red River, *** Mission Creek, *** Little River, *** Midway River, *** Pine River, *** Cloquet River, **** Us-kab-wan-ka River, **** Beaver River, **** Otter River, **** Little Cloquet River, **** West Branch Cloquet River **** Langley River, ***** Little Langley River, *** Artichoke River, *** Ahmik River, *** McCarty River, *** East Savanna River, *** Floodwood River, **** West Branch Floodwood River *** Whiteface River, **** Little Whiteface River (South), **** Little Whiteface River (North), **** Paleface River, **** North Branch Whiteface River **** South Branch Whiteface River *** East Swan River, **** West Swan River, *** West Two River, *** East Two River, *** Embarrass River, *** Partridge River, **** South Branch Partridge River ***
East River The East River is a saltwater Estuary, tidal estuary or strait in New York City. The waterway, which is not a river despite its name, connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long Island, ...
, *** North River, ** Nemadji River, *** South Fork Nemadji River **** Net River, ***** Little Net River, ***North Fork Nemadji River **** Blackhoof River,


Mississippi River drainage basin

The Mississippi River is the longest river flowing through Minnesota. It originates in Lake Itasca and flows through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.


Upper Mississippi River (below St. Anthony Falls) drainage basin

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Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the main stem, primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind only the Missouri River, Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Ita ...
, ; within Minnesota **''
Missouri River The Missouri River is a river in the Central United States, Central and Mountain states, Mountain West regions of the United States. The nation's longest, it rises in the eastern Centennial Mountains of the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Moun ...
'' (Missouri, Iowa, South Dakota), *** Little Sioux River (Minnesota, Iowa), ****'' Ocheyedan River'' (Minnesota, Iowa), ****West Fork Little Sioux River ***''
Big Sioux River The Big Sioux River is a tributary of the Missouri River in eastern South Dakota and northwestern Iowa in the United States. It flows generally southwardly for ,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataTh ...
'' (Iowa, South Dakota), **** Rock River (Iowa, Minnesota), ***** Little Rock River (Iowa, Minnesota) *****East Branch Rock River **** Split Rock Creek (Minnesota, South Dakota), ***** Pipestone Creek, **** Flandreau Creek (Minnesota, South Dakota), **** Beaver Creek (Big Sioux River tributary) ** Des Moines River (Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri), ***East Fork Des Moines River (Minnesota, Iowa) ***Heron Lake Outlet **** Jack Creek, ****Diversion Creek ***** Okabena Creek *** Lime Creek (Minnesota, Iowa), *** Beaver Creek (Des Moines River tributary) **''
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 i ...
'' (Iowa), *** Cedar River (Minnesota, Iowa), **** Shell Rock River (Minnesota, Iowa), *****'' Winnebago River (Iowa)'', ******'' Lime Creek (Minnesota, Iowa)'', ****''
Little Cedar River (Iowa and Minnesota) The Little Cedar River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 river of Iowa and Minnesota. The Little Cedar rises in Mower County, Minnesota, and flows prim ...
(Iowa, Minnesota)'', **** Little Cedar River (Dodge County, Minnesota), ** Wapsipinicon River (Minnesota, Iowa), **'' Upper Iowa River'' (Iowa), *** Pine Creek (Minnesota, Iowa) *** Little Iowa River ***North Branch Upper Iowa River ** Winnebago Creek, ** Crooked Creek, ***North Fork Crooked Creek ***South Fork Crooked Creek ** Root River, *** North Branch Root River *** Middle Branch Root River ***Trout Run *** South Branch Root River **** Camp Creek (Root River tributary) ****Etna Creek ****South Branch Etna Creek ****Canfield Creek ****Forestville Creek ****Willow Creek *** Rush Creek ****Ferguson Creek ****Ahrensfeld Creek ****Borson Spring **** Pine Creek (Rush Creek tributary) *****Coolridge Creek *****Hemingway Creek *** South Fork Root River **** Badger Creek ****Beaver Creek ** Pine Creek, ** Whitewater River, ***North Fork Whitewater River ****Middle Fork Whitewater River ***South Fork Whitewater River ** Zumbro River, ***North Fork Zumbro River ***Middle Fork Zumbro River ****North Branch Middle Fork Zumbro River ****South Branch Middle Fork Zumbro River ***South Fork Zumbro River ** Wells Creek, ** Hay Creek, ** Cannon River, ***North Cannon River, a
distributary A distributary, or a distributary channel is a stream channel that branches off and flows a main stream channel. It is the opposite of a ''tributary'', a stream that flows another stream or river. Distributaries are a result of river bifurc ...
*** Little Cannon River (Cannon River tributary), *** Straight River, *** Little Cannon River (Sabre Lake), *** Belle Creek (Cannon River tributary) *** Trout Brook, ** Vermillion River, ***South Branch Vermillion River


St. Croix River drainage basin

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Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the main stem, primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind only the Missouri River, Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Ita ...
** St. Croix River (Minnesota, Wisconsin), *** Sunrise River, ****North Branch Sunrise River ****West Branch Sunrise River ****South Branch Sunrise River ***
Snake River The Snake River is a major river in the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States. About long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, which is the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. Begin ...
, **** Groundhouse River, *****South Fork Groundhouse River *****West Fork Groundhouse River **** Ann River, ***** Little Ann River, ****
Knife River The Knife River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 120 mi (193 km) long, in North Dakota in the United States. Knife is an English translation of the Native American name. It rises in west central North Dakota, in ...
, *** Kettle River, **** Grindstone River, *****North Branch Grindstone River *****South Branch Grindstone River **** Pine River, **** Willow River, ***** Little Willow River, **** Moose Horn River, ***** Portage River, *****West Fork Moose Horn River **** Split Rock River, **** Dead Moose River, ****West Branch Kettle River *** Sand Creek, *** Lower Tamarack River, *** Upper Tamarack River, *** Brown's Creek (St. Croix River tributary),


Minnesota River drainage basin

The Minnesota River is the longest river that is entirely within Minnesota. *
Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the main stem, primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind only the Missouri River, Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Ita ...
**
Minnesota River The Minnesota River () 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 rises in southwestern ...
, ***
Credit River The Credit River is a river in southern Ontario, which flows from headwaters above the Niagara Escarpment near Orangeville and Caledon East to empty into Lake Ontario at Port Credit, Mississauga. It drains an area of approximately . The total l ...
, *** Sand Creek, *** High Island Creek, *** Rush River, ****South Branch Rush River ****Middle Branch Rush River ****North Branch Rush River ***
Blue Earth River The Blue Earth River () is a tributary of the Minnesota River, long, in southern Minnesota in the United States. Two of its headwaters tributaries, the Middle Branch Blue Earth River and the West Branch Blue Earth River, also flow for short di ...
, **** Le Sueur River, ***** Maple River, ***** Cobb River, ****** Little Cobb River, ***** Little Le Sueur River, **** Watonwan River, ***** Perch Creek, *****South Fork Watonwan River *****North Fork Watonwan River **** Elm Creek, ****East Branch Blue Earth River ****Middle Branch Blue Earth River ****West Branch Blue Earth River *** Little Cottonwood River, *** Cottonwood River, **** Sleepy Eye Creek, **** Plum Creek, *** Redwood River, *** Hawk Creek, *** Yellow Medicine River, ****
Spring Creek A spring creek is a type of free flowing river whose name derives from its origin: an underground Spring (hydrology), spring or set of springs which produces sufficient water to consistently feed a unique river. The water flowing in a spring cree ...
, ****North Branch Yellow Medicine River ****South Branch Yellow Medicine River *** Chippewa River, **** Shakopee Creek, ****East Branch Chippewa River **** Little Chippewa River, *** Lac qui Parle River, ****West Branch Lac qui Parle River *** Pomme de Terre River, *** Yellow Bank River, ****North Fork Yellow Bank River ****South Fork Yellow Bank River *** Whetstone River, *** Little Minnesota River,


Upper Mississippi River, Headwaters region (above St. Anthony Falls) drainage basin

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Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the main stem, primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind only the Missouri River, Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Ita ...
** Rice Creek, **
Rum River The Rum River is a slow, meandering stream that connects Minnesota's Mille Lacs Lake with the Mississippi River. It runs for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 5, ...
, *** West Branch Rum River ** Crow River, *** North Fork Crow River, **** Middle Fork Crow River, **** Skunk River *** South Fork Crow River, **** Buffalo Creek, ** Elk River, ***
St. Francis River The St. Francis River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about long, in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States. The river drains a mostly rural area and forms part of the Missouri-Arkansas state line along th ...
, ****West Branch St. Francis River ***
Snake River The Snake River is a major river in the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States. About long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, which is the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. Begin ...
** Clearwater River, ** Sauk River, *** Ashley Creek, ** Watab River, ***North Fork Watab River ***South Fork Watab River **
Platte River The Platte River () is a major American 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, w ...
, *** Skunk River, ** Two River, *** North Two River, *** South Two River, ** Little Two River, ** Swan River, *** Little Swan River, ***Spring Branch Swan River ** Little Elk River, ***South Branch Little Elk River ** Nokasippi River, *** Little Nokasippi River, ** Crow Wing River, *** Gull River, ***
Long Prairie River The Long Prairie River is a tributary of the Crow Wing River, long, in central Minnesota in the United States. Via the Crow Wing River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of in a generally rural region. Hi ...
, *** Partridge River, **** Little Partridge River, *** Leaf River, ****
Redeye River The Redeye River is a tributary of the Leaf River (Minnesota), Leaf River, long, in central Minnesota in the United States. Via the Leaf and Crow Wing River, Crow Wing Rivers, it is part of the drainage basin, watershed of the Mississippi River, ...
, **** Wing River, *** Cat River, *** Shell River, **** Fish Hook River, ***** Straight River ***** Portage River ***** Potato River **** Blueberry River, ***** Kettle River, < ** Rabbit River, ** Pine River, *** Little Pine River, ***South Fork Pine River ** Little Willow River, ** Ripple River, ** Rice River, ** Willow River, *** Hill River **** Little Hill River *** Moose River ***North Fork Willow River ***South Fork Willow River ** Sandy River *** Prairie River **** Tamarack River ***** Little Tamarack River ** West Savanna River ** Swan River, ** Prairie River ***West Fork Prairie River ** Vermilion River, ** Deer River ** Ball Club River ** Leech Lake River *** Bear River ***
Leech Lake Leech Lake (translated from the Ojibwe language ''Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag'': Lake abundant with bloodsuckers) is a lake located in north central Minnesota, United States. It is southeast of Bemidji, Minnesota, Bemidji, located mainly within the L ...
**** Boy River ***** Swift River **** Shingobee River **** Kabekona River ***** Necktie River **** Steamboat River ** First River ** Pigeon River ** Third River ** Turtle River *** North Turtle River *** Gull River ** Schoolcraft River, ** Little Mississippi River


Hudson Bay drainage basin

The Red River of the North is the second longest river flowing through Minnesota. It forms the border with North Dakota and flows north to Manitoba, Canada. *''
Nelson River The Nelson River is a river of north-central North America, in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. The river drains Lake Winnipeg and runs before it ends in Hudson Bay near Port Nelson, Manitoba, Port Nels ...
(Manitoba, Canada)'', **''
Lake Winnipeg Lake Winnipeg () is a very large, relatively shallow lake in North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Its southern end is about north of the city of Winnipeg. Lake Winnipeg is Canada's sixth-largest freshwater lake and the third- ...
(Manitoba, Canada)'' ***''
Winnipeg River Winnipeg River is a Canadian river that flows roughly northwest from Lake of the Woods in the province of Ontario to Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba. This river is long from the Norman Dam in Kenora to its mouth at Lake Winnipeg. Its drainage basin, w ...
(Manitoba, Canada)'', ****
Lake of the Woods Lake of the Woods (; ) is a lake occupying parts of the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba and the U.S. state of Minnesota. Lake of the Woods is over long and wide, containing more than 14,552 islands and of shoreline. It is fed by t ...
***''
Red River of the North The Red River (), also called the Red River of the North () to differentiate it from the Red River of the South, Red River in the south of the continent, is a river in the north-central United States and central Canada. Originating at the confl ...
'' (Manitoba, Minnesota, North Dakota),


Red River of the North drainage basin

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Red River of the North The Red River (), also called the Red River of the North () to differentiate it from the Red River of the South, Red River in the south of the continent, is a river in the north-central United States and central Canada. Originating at the confl ...
'' (Manitoba, Minnesota, North Dakota) (length: , in Minnesota ** Roseau River (Manitoba, Minnesota), *** Lost River ***South Fork Roseau River ** Joe River (Manitoba, Minnesota), ** Two Rivers, *** North Branch Two Rivers **** Little Joe River *** South Branch Two Rivers ****Middle Branch Two Rivers ** Tamarac River, **
Snake River The Snake River is a major river in the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States. About long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, which is the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. Begin ...
, *** Middle River ***South Branch Snake River ** Grand Marais Creek, ** Red Lake River, *** Gentilly River *** Black River **** Little Black River *** Clearwater River, **** Lost River ***** Poplar River ***** Hill River *** Thief River, **** Lost River **** Mud River **** Moose River *** Red Lake **** Sandy River **** Mud River ****
Blackduck River The Blackduck River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 tributary of Red Lake in northwestern Minnesota in the United States The United States of ...
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North Cormorant River The North Cormorant River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 8, 2011 tributary of the Blackduck River of Minnesota in the United States The United States o ...
*****
South Cormorant River The South Cormorant River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 8, 2011 tributary of the Blackduck River of Minnesota in the United States. It joins the Blackduck Rive ...
**** Battle River ***** North Branch Battle River ***** South Branch Battle River **** Tamarac River ***** Little Tamarac River ***** Lost River ** Sand Hill River, ** Marsh River, ** Wild Rice River, *** South Branch Wild Rice River *** White Earth River ** Buffalo River, *** South Branch Buffalo River ** Otter Tail River, *** Pelican River *** Dead River ***
Toad River The Toad River is a river in the Canadian boreal forest, within the borders of the province of British Columbia. The Toad River was named for the numerous large toads seen along its banks by fur traders of the early 19th century. John McLeod of ...
*** Egg River ** Bois de Sioux River, *** Rabbit River ****South Fork Rabbit River *** Mustinka River, **** Twelvemile Creek *****West Branch Twelvemile Creek *****West Fork Twelvemile Creek *****East Fork Twelvemile Creek


Lake of the Woods drainage basin

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Lake of the Woods Lake of the Woods (; ) is a lake occupying parts of the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba and the U.S. state of Minnesota. Lake of the Woods is over long and wide, containing more than 14,552 islands and of shoreline. It is fed by t ...
** Warroad River ***East Branch Warroad River ***West Branch Warroad River ** Rainy River, *** Winter Road River *** Baudette River ****West Fork Baudette River *** Rapid River ****East Fork Rapid River ***** Barton Brook ***** Wing River ****North Branch Rapid River *** Black River ****West Fork Black River ****South Fork Black River *** Big Fork River, **** Bear River **** Sturgeon River **** Rice River **** Popple River ***** Dunbar River **** Bowstring River ***** Turtle River *** Little Fork River, **** Beaver Brook **** Cross River ***** Deer River **** Ester Brook **** Nett Lake River ***** Lost River **** Rapid River **** Valley River **** Willow River **** Sturgeon River ***** Bear River ****** Bearskin River ***** Dark River *****East Branch Sturgeon River ***** Shannon River **** Rice River ***
Rainy Lake Rainy Lake ( French: '; Ojibwe: ') is a freshwater lake with a surface area of that straddles the border between the United States and Canada. The Rainy River issues from the west side of the lake. Today it is harnessed to make hydroelectricit ...
/Kabetogama Lake/Namakan Lake/Crane Lake **** Rat Root River *****East Branch Rat Root River **** Ash River, ***** Black Duck River **** Moose River **** Johnson River **** Vermilion River ***** Pelican River ****** Elbow River ***** Vermilion Lake ****** Armstrong River ****** East Two River ****** West Two River ****** Pike River ******* Sand River **** Echo River ***** Hunting Shack River **** Loon River ***** Little Indian Sioux River ****** Little Pony River ****** Korb River ****''Namakan River (Ontario)'' *****Lac la Croix/Crooked Lake ****** Hustler River ****** Boulder River ******* Dahlgren River ******** Stuart River ******* Nina Moose River ******** Oyster River ******** Moose River ******** Portage River ****** Bottle River ****** Beartrap River ****** Basswood River ******* Horse River *******Basswood Lake/Fall Lake ******** Range River ******** Shagawa River ********* Burntside River ********** Dead River ******** Bear Island River ********* Beaver River ******** Kawishiwi River ********* South Kawishiwi River **********Birch Lake *********** Keeley Creek *********** Birch River ********** Isabella River *********** Little Isabella River *********** Island River ************ Dumbbell River *********** Perent River **********
Snake River The Snake River is a major river in the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States. About long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, which is the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. Begin ...
********** Stony River *********** Sand River *********** Greenwood River ********** Dunka River *********Little Saganaga Lake/Gillis Lake ********** Frost River ********** Chub River *********Louse River ********* Phoebe River ********
Knife River The Knife River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 120 mi (193 km) long, in North Dakota in the United States. Knife is an English translation of the Native American name. It rises in west central North Dakota, in ...
*********Knife Lake ******'' Maligne River'' (Alberta) ******* Saganaga Lake ******** Sea Gull River ******** Granite River ********* Pine River ********** Cross River *********** Tucker River *********** Long Island River


Alphabetically

Below is a list of 495 of the 6,564 rivers in Minnesota in alphabetical order. Sections of rivers marked with an * have been designated trout streams by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. A–C * Ahmik River * Ann River * Armstrong River * Artichoke River * Ash River* * Ashley Creek * Badger Creek* * Ball Club River * Baptism River* * Barton Brook * Basswood River *
Battle Creek Battle Creek is a city in northwestern Calhoun County, Michigan, United States, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo River, Kalamazoo and Battle Creek River, Battle Creek rivers. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a tota ...
* Battle River * Baudette River * Bear Creek * Bear Island River * Bear River (Big Fork River tributary) * Bear River (Leech Lake River tributary) * Bear River (Sturgeon River tributary) * Bearskin River * Beartrap River * Beaver Brook, tributary of Little Fork River * Beaver Creek (Big Sioux River tributary) * Beaver Creek (Des Moines River tributary) * Beaver River (Bear Island River tributary) * Beaver River (Cloquet River tributary) * Beaver River (Lake Superior)* * Belle Creek (Cannon River tributary)* * Big Fork River * Big Sucker Creek *Big Trout Creek (Winona County) * Birch River * Black Duck River * Black River (Rainy River tributary) * Black River (Red Lake River tributary) *
Blackduck River The Blackduck River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 tributary of Red Lake in northwestern Minnesota in the United States The United States of ...
* Blackhoof River* *
Blue Earth River The Blue Earth River () is a tributary of the Minnesota River, long, in southern Minnesota in the United States. Two of its headwaters tributaries, the Middle Branch Blue Earth River and the West Branch Blue Earth River, also flow for short di ...
* Blueberry River * Bois de Sioux River * Bottle River * Boulder River * Bowstring River * Boy River * Brown's Creek (St. Croix River tributary)* * Brule River* * Buffalo Creek * Buffalo River * Bullard Creek* * Burntside River * Camp Creek (Root River tributary)* * Canfield Creek* * Cannon River * Caribou River* * Cascade River* * Cat River * Cedar River * Chippewa River * Chub River * Clearwater River (Mississippi River tributary) * Clearwater River (Red Lake River tributary) * Cloquet River* * Cobb River * Cottonwood River *
Credit River The Credit River is a river in southern Ontario, which flows from headwaters above the Niagara Escarpment near Orangeville and Caledon East to empty into Lake Ontario at Port Credit, Mississauga. It drains an area of approximately . The total l ...
* Crocodile River * Crooked Creek (Mississippi River tributary) * Crooked Creek (Houston County, Minnesota)* * Cross River (Gunflint Lake) * Cross River (Lake Superior)* * Cross River (Little Fork River tributary) * Crow River * Crow Wing River D–H * Dahlgren River * Dark River * Dead Moose River * Dead River (Burntside River tributary) * Dead River (Otter Tail River tributary) * Deer River (Cross River tributary) * Deer River (Mississippi River tributary) * Des Moines River * Devil Track River* * Diversion Creek * Dumbbell River * Dunbar River * Dunka River *
East River The East River is a saltwater Estuary, tidal estuary or strait in New York City. The waterway, which is not a river despite its name, connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long Island, ...
* East Branch Baptism River * East Branch Beaver River* * East Branch Blue Earth River * East Branch Chippewa River * East Branch Rat Root River * East Branch Rock River * East Branch Sturgeon River * East Branch Warroad River * East Fork Des Moines River * East Fork Rapid River * East Fork Twelvemile Creek * East Savanna River * East Split Rock River * East Swan River* * East Two River (St. Louis River tributary) * East Two River (Vermilion Lake) * Echo River * Egg River * Elbow River * Elk River * Elm Creek * Embarrass River * Encampment River* * Ester Brook * Fall River* * First River * Fish Hook River * Flandreau Creek * Floodwood River * Flute Reed River* * French River * Frost River * Gentilly River * Gooseberry River* * Grand Marais Creek * Granite River * Greenwood River (Brule River tributary)* * Greenwood River (Stony River tributary) * Grindstone River * Groundhouse River * Gull River (Crow Wing River tributary) * Gull River (Turtle River tributary) * Hawk Creek * Hay Creek* * Heron Lake Outlet * High Island Creek * Hill River (Lost River tributary) * Hill River (Willow River tributary) * Horse River * Hunting Shack River * Hustler River I–L * Isabella River * Island River * Jack Creek * Joe River * Johnson River * Kabekona River * Kadunce River * Kawishiwi River * Keeley Creek * Kelso River * Kettle River (Blueberry River tributary) * Kettle River (Minnesota), tributary of St. Croix River * Kimball Creek * Knife River (Lake Superior)* *
Knife River The Knife River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 120 mi (193 km) long, in North Dakota in the United States. Knife is an English translation of the Native American name. It rises in west central North Dakota, in ...
, tributary of Birch Lake * Knife River (Snake River tributary) * Korb River * Lac qui Parle River * Langley River * Le Sueur River * Leaf River * Leech Lake River * Lester River* * Lime Creek (Des Moines River tributary) * Lime Creek (Winnebago River tributary) * Little Ann River * Little Black River * Little Cannon River (Cannon River tributary)* * Little Cannon River (Sabre Lake) * Little Cedar River (Dodge County, Minnesota), a tributary of the Cedar River entirely in Dodge County *
Little Cedar River (Iowa and Minnesota) The Little Cedar River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 river of Iowa and Minnesota. The Little Cedar rises in Mower County, Minnesota, and flows prim ...
, a tributary of the Cedar River rising in Mower County, Minnesota * Little Chippewa River * Little Cloquet River * Little Cobb River * Little Cottonwood River * Little Devil Track River * Little Elk River * Little Fork River * Little Gooseberry River * Little Hill River * Little Indian Sioux River * Little Iowa River * Little Isabella River* * Little Joe River * Little Knife River (Lake County, Minnesota) * Little Knife River (St. Louis County, Minnesota) * Little Langley River * Little Le Sueur River * Little Manitou River* * Little Marais River * Little Minnesota River * Little Mississippi River * Little Net River* * Little Nokasippi River * Little Partridge River * Little Pine River * Little Pony River * Little River * Little Rock River * Little Sioux River * Little Stewart River* * Little Sucker River * Little Swan River * Little Tamarac River * Little Tamarack River *Little Trout Valley (Winona County)* * Little Two River * Little Whiteface River (North), located east of Meadowlands * Little Whiteface River (South), located south of Meadowlands * Little Willow River (Mississippi River tributary) * Little Willow River (Willow River tributary) * Long Island River *
Long Prairie River The Long Prairie River is a tributary of the Crow Wing River, long, in central Minnesota in the United States. Via the Crow Wing River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of in a generally rural region. Hi ...
* Loon River *
Lost River (Clearwater River tributary) The Lost River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 tributary of the Clearwater River of northwestern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Clearwater Ri ...
* Lost River (Nett Lake) * Lost River (Roseau River tributary) * Lost River (Tamarac River tributary) * Lost River (Thief River tributary) *Louse River * Lower Stump River * Lower Tamarack River M–O * Manitou River* * Maple River * Marsh River * McCarty River * Middle River * Middle Branch Blue Earth River * Middle Branch Root River* * Middle Branch Rush River * Middle Branch Two Rivers * Middle Fork Crow River * Middle Fork Whitewater River* * Middle Fork Zumbro River * Midway River* *
Minnesota River The Minnesota River () 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 rises in southwestern ...
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Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the main stem, primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States. It is the second-longest river in the United States, behind only the Missouri River, Missouri. From its traditional source of Lake Ita ...
* Money Creek (Root River tributary)* * Moose Horn River * Moose River (Namakan Lake) * Moose River (Nina Moose River tributary) * Moose River (Thief Lake) * Moose River (Willow River tributary) * Mud River (Red Lake) * Mud River (Thief River tributary) * Mustinka River * Necktie River * Nemadji River* * Net River* * Nett Lake River * Nina Moose River * Nokasippi River * North River * North Branch Battle River * North Branch Cascade River * North Branch Grindstone River * North Branch Middle Fork Zumbro River * North Branch Rapid River * North Branch Root River* * North Branch Rush River * North Branch Sunrise River * North Branch Two Rivers * North Branch Upper Iowa River * North Branch Whiteface River * North Branch Yellow Medicine River * North Cannon River *
North Cormorant River The North Cormorant River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 8, 2011 tributary of the Blackduck River of Minnesota in the United States The United States o ...
* North Fork Crooked Creek * North Fork Crow River * North Fork Watab River * North Fork Watonwan River * North Fork Whitewater River* * North Fork Willow River * North Fork Yellow Bank River * North Fork Zumbro River * North Turtle River * North Two River * Ocheyedan River * Okabena Creek * Onion River* * Otter River * Otter Tail River * Oyster River P–R * Paleface River * Partridge River (Crow Wing River tributary) * Partridge River (St. Louis River tributary) * Pelican River (Otter Tail River tributary) * Pelican River (Vermilion River tributary) * Perch Creek * Perent River * Phoebe River *
Pigeon River (Minnesota–Ontario) The Pigeon River forms part of the Canada–United States border between the state of Minnesota and the province of Ontario, west of Lake Superior. In pre-industrial times, the river was a waterway of great importance for canoeing, transportation a ...
, tributary of Lake Superior * Pigeon River (Mississippi River tributary) * Pike River * Pine Creek (Mississippi River tributary) * Pine Creek (Upper Iowa River tributary) * Pine Creek (Rush Creek tributary)* *
Pine River (Kettle River tributary) The Pine River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 5, 2012 tributary of the Kettle River in eastern Minnesota, United States. It begins at the outlet of Big Pin ...
* Pine River (Minnesota–Ontario), tributary of Granite River * Pine River (Mississippi River tributary) * Pine River (Saint Louis River tributary)* * Pipestone Creek *
Platte River The Platte River () is a major American 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, w ...
* Plum Creek * Pokegama River * Pomme de Terre River * Poplar River (Lake Superior)* * Poplar River (Lost River tributary) * Popple River * Portage River (Fish Hook River tributary) * Portage River (Moose Horn River tributary) * Portage River (Nina Moose River tributary) * Potato River * Prairie River (Big Sandy Lake) * Prairie River (Mississippi River tributary) * Rabbit River (Bois de Sioux) * Rabbit River (Mississippi River tributary) * Rainy River * Range River * Rapid River (Little Fork River tributary) * Rapid River (Rainy River tributary) * Rat Root River * Red Lake River * Red River *
Red River of the North The Red River (), also called the Red River of the North () to differentiate it from the Red River of the South, Red River in the south of the continent, is a river in the north-central United States and central Canada. Originating at the confl ...
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Redeye River The Redeye River is a tributary of the Leaf River (Minnesota), Leaf River, long, in central Minnesota in the United States. Via the Leaf and Crow Wing River, Crow Wing Rivers, it is part of the drainage basin, watershed of the Mississippi River, ...
* Redwood River * Reservation River * Rice Creek * Rice River (Big Fork River tributary) * Rice River (Little Fork River tributary) * Rice River (Mississippi River tributary) * Riceford Creek* * Ripple River * Rock River * Rollingstone Creek* * Root River * Roseau River * Royal River *
Rum River The Rum River is a slow, meandering stream that connects Minnesota's Mille Lacs Lake with the Mississippi River. It runs for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 5, ...
* Rush Creek (Root River tributary)* * Rush River S * St. Croix River *
St. Francis River The St. Francis River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about long, in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States. The river drains a mostly rural area and forms part of the Missouri-Arkansas state line along th ...
* St. Louis River * Sand Creek (Minnesota River tributary) * Sand Creek (St. Croix River tributary) * Sand Hill River * Sand River (Pike River tributary) * Sand River (Stony River tributary) * Sandy River (Mississippi River tributary) * Sandy River (Red Lake) * Sauk River * Sawbill Creek * Schoolcraft River * Sea Gull River * Shagawa River * Shakopee Creek * Shannon River * Shell River * Shell Rock River * Shingobee River * Skunk Creek * Skunk River (Crow River tributary) * Skunk River (Platte River tributary) * Sleepy Eye Creek * Snake River (Elk River tributary) * Snake River (Isabella River tributary) * Snake River (Red River of the North tributary) *
Snake River (St. Croix River tributary) The Snake River is a tributary of the St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota), St. Croix River in east-central Minnesota in the United States. It is one of three streams in Minnesota with this name. Its name is a translation from the Ojibwe lan ...
* South Branch Battle River * South Branch Buffalo River * South Branch Grindstone River * South Branch Little Elk River * South Branch Manitou River* * South Branch Middle Fork Zumbro River * South Branch Partridge River * South Branch Root River* * South Branch Rush River * South Branch Snake River * South Branch Sunrise River * South Branch Two Rivers * South Branch Vermillion River * South Branch Whiteface River * South Branch Wild Rice River * South Branch Yellow Medicine River * South Brule River *
South Cormorant River The South Cormorant River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 8, 2011 tributary of the Blackduck River of Minnesota in the United States. It joins the Blackduck Rive ...
* South Kawishiwi River * South Fork Black River * South Fork Crooked Creek * South Fork Crow River * South Fork Groundhouse River * South Fork Nemadji River * South Fork Pine River * South Fork Rabbit River * South Fork Root River* * South Fork Roseau River * South Fork Watab River * South Fork Watonwan River * South Fork Whitewater River* * South Fork Willow River * South Fork Yellow Bank River * South Fork Zumbro River * South Two River * Split Rock River (tributary of Lake Superior)* * Split Rock River (Kettle River tributary) *
Spring Creek A spring creek is a type of free flowing river whose name derives from its origin: an underground Spring (hydrology), spring or set of springs which produces sufficient water to consistently feed a unique river. The water flowing in a spring cree ...
* Spring Branch Swan River *Spring Valley Creek (Fillmore and Mower Counties)* * Stanchfield Creek * Steamboat River * Stewart River* * Stony River *
Straight River (central Minnesota) The Straight River is a tributary of the Fish Hook River, long, in the north-central region of the U.S. state of Minnesota. Via the Fish Hook, Shell, and Crow Wing Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an are ...
(tributary of Fish Hook River) * Straight River (southern Minnesota) (tributary of Cannon River)* * Stuart River * Stump River * Sturgeon River (Big Fork River tributary) * Sturgeon River (Little Fork River tributary) * Sunrise River * Swamp River * Swan River (central Minnesota) * Swan River (northern Minnesota) * Swift River T–Z * Tait River * Talmadge River* * Tamarac River (Red Lake) * Tamarac River (Red River of the North tributary) * Tamarack River *
Temperance River The Temperance River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 7, 2012 river in northern Minnesota. It drains into Lake Superior along its north shore just south of Toft ...
* * Thief River * Third River * Thompson Creek (Root River tributary)* *
Toad River The Toad River is a river in the Canadian boreal forest, within the borders of the province of British Columbia. The Toad River was named for the numerous large toads seen along its banks by fur traders of the early 19th century. John McLeod of ...
*Trout Brook ( Anoka and Wright Counties) * Trout Brook (Dakota and Goodhue Counties)* *Trout Brook (Pine County) * Trout Brook (Ramsey County, Minnesota) *Trout Brook ( Wabasha County, Minnesota)* *Trout Brook, Mazeppa Creek (Wabasha and Goodhue Counties)* *Trout Brook (
Washington County, Minnesota Washington County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 267,568, making it the fifth-most populous county in Minnesota. Its county seat is Stillw ...
)* *Trout Creek (Todd County) *Trout Creek (Itasca County) *Trout Creek (Winona County) *Trout Ponds Creek (Winona)* *Trout Run (Winona County, Whitewater Watershed)* *Trout Run (Filmore and Winona Counties)* * Tucker River * Turtle River (Bowstring River tributary) * Turtle River (Mississippi River tributary) * Twelvemile Creek * Two Island River* * Two River (Mississippi River tributary) * Two Rivers (Red River of the North tributary) * Upper Iowa River * Upper Tamarack River * Us-kab-wan-ka River* * Valley Creek * Valley River * Vermilion River (Itasca County) * Vermillion River (Dakota County)* * Vern River * Wapsipinicon River * Warroad River * Watab River * Watonwan River * Watson Creek (Minnesota)* * Wells Creek * West Branch Baptism River * West Branch Beaver River * West Branch Blue Earth River * West Branch Cloquet River * West Branch Floodwood River * West Branch Kettle River * West Branch Knife River * West Branch Lac qui Parle River * West Branch Onion River * West Branch Rum River * West Branch St. Francis River * West Branch Sunrise River *
West Branch Twelvemile Creek West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, Germanic word pass ...
* West Branch Warroad River * West Fork Baudette River * West Fork Black River * West Fork Groundhouse River * West Fork Little Sioux River * West Fork Moose Horn River * West Fork Prairie River * West Fork Twelvemile Creek * West Savanna River * West Split Rock River * West Swan River * West Two River (St. Louis River tributary) * West Two River (Vermilion Lake) * Whetstone River * White Earth River * Whiteface River * Whitewater River* * Wild Rice River * Wildcat Creek (Minnesota)* * Whitney Brook * Willow River (Kettle River tributary) * Willow River (Little Fork River tributary) * Willow River (Mississippi River tributary) * Wing River (Leaf River tributary) * Wing River (Rapid River tributary) * Winnebago Creek* * Winter Road River * Wisel Creek* * Yellow Bank River * Yellow Medicine River * Zumbro River


See also

* :Rivers of Minnesota by county * List of lakes in Minnesota * List of longest streams of Minnesota


References

* *USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of Minnesota (DOI: 1974), published: 1976 *


External links


Minnesota Streamflow Data from the USGS
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