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

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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 annua ...
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* Sumas River **Saar Creek ** Chilliwack River *** Silesia Creek *** Depot Creek ***

Little Chilliwack River The Little Chilliwack River is a small river in Whatcom County, Washington. It is a tributary of the Chilliwack River, entering the river just below the Canada–United States border. Course The river originates at a ridge between it and Silesia ...

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 The Lummi River is the current name for a river channel that was, prior to the beginning of the 20th century, the main outflow channel for the Nooksack River. It then emptied into Lummi Bay rather than Bellingham Bay, as the current channel of the ...

Nooksack River The Nooksack River is a river in western Whatcom County of the northwestern U.S. state of Washington, draining extensive valley systems within the North Cascades around Mount Shuksan, Mount Baker and the Twin Sisters, and a portion of Fras ...

**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 Ham ...

***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 ...

*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 The Skagit River ( ) is a river in southwestern British Columbia in Canada and northwestern Washington in the United States, approximately 150 mi (240 km) long. The river and its tributaries drain an area of 1.7 million acres (690,000 ...

**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 ele ...

*** Blum Creek *** 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 ****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 ** Goodell Creek **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 The Snohomish River is a river in Snohomish County, Washington, formed by the confluence of the Skykomish and Snoqualmie rivers near Monroe. It flows northwest entering Port Gardner Bay, part of Puget Sound, between Everett and Marysville. ...

**Quilceda Creek ** Pilchuck River ***Little Pilchuck Creek **French Creek ** Skykomish River *** Woods Creek **** West Fork Woods Creek *** Youngs Creek *** Sultan River ****

Chaplain Creek A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution (such as a hospital, prison, military unit, intelligence ...

**** 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 o ...

****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 diverte ...

* Pipers Creek * Lake Washington Ship Canal/ Lake Washington **

Taylor Creek Taylor Creek or Taylors Creek may refer to: Watercourses ;In United States *Taylor Creek (Lake Tahoe), California * Taylor Creek (Okeechobee, Florida), see Okeechobee, Florida *Taylor Creek (Ohio River), Kentucky * Taylors Creek, Kentucky *Taylor C ...

** Ravenna Creek ** Thornton Creek **

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, a ...

**** Issaquah Creek *****East Fork Issaquah Creek **

Juanita Creek Juanita Creek is a creek in King County, Washington that flows through the city of Kirkland. The creek runs about before entering Lake Washington's Juanita Bay at Juanita Beach Park. See also * List of rivers of Washington References * * ...

** Forbes Creek **

Yarrow Creek ''Achillea millefolium'', commonly known as yarrow () or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Other common names include old man's pepper, devil's nettle, sanguinary, milfoil, soldier's woundwort, and thousand seal. ...

** Kelsey Creek ** Coal Creek **May Creek ** Cedar River ***Taylor Creek *** Rex River *

Duwamish River

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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 ma ...

* Ashnola River * Baker River * Bear River * Beckler River * Big Quilcene River * Black River (historical) * Black River *

* Bogachiel River * Bone River * Bumping River *

Calawah River The Calawah River is a tributary of the Bogachiel River in Clallam County in the U.S. state of Washington, on its Olympic Peninsula. Its two major tributaries are the South and North Forks Calawah River. The river drains an unpopulated portion o ...

* Canyon River * Carbon River * Cedar River (Lake Washington) * Cedar River (Willapa Bay) *

* Chehalis River *

Chelan River The Chelan River is a tributary of the Columbia River, in the U.S. state of Washington. Just long, it is the shortest river in Washington. Lake Chelan Dam is located at the river's source: the outlet of Lake Chelan. Nearly the entire river's ...

Chewuch River The Chewuch River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington. Its name comes from the word ''/cwáx/'' �wáxin the Columbia-Moses language meaning "creek". The river valley was also the site of the Thirty Mile Fire which killed four fire fighte ...

* Chilliwack 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. Course The Chinook River originates just north of the Astoria–Megler Bridge, near Scarboro Hill in the Willapa Hills. The river flo ...

* Chiwaukum Creek * Chiwawa River * Chumstick Creek * Cispus River * Clallam River * 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 Pierce County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 921,130, up from 7 ...

* Clover Creek * Coal Creek * Columbia River * Colville River * Cowlitz River * Crab Creek * Deep River * Depot Creek *

Deschutes River Deschutes River may refer to: * Deschutes River (Oregon) **Little Deschutes River (Oregon) The Little Deschutes River is a tributary of the Deschutes River (Oregon), Deschutes River in the central part of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is about lon ...

* 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 ...

Dosewallips River The Dosewallips River ( ) is a river situated on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. It rises near Mount Anderson in the Olympic Mountains within Olympic National Park and drains to Hood Canal and thence to the Pacific Ocean. ...

* Duckabush River * Dungeness River *