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

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This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.

Great Lakes Drainage

Lake Michigan Lake Michigan ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume () and depth () after Lake Superior and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the ...

* Menominee River ** Wausaukee River ** Pike River ** Pemebonwon River **Little Popple River ** Pine River *** Popple River ** Brule River * Peshtigo River ** Little Peshtigo River ** Thunder River **Rat River ***Indian River * Oconto River **Little River * Pensaukee River *Little Suamico River * Suamico River **Potter Creek * Fox 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, ...

** Fond du Lac River ** Wolf River ***Pine River ***Rat River *** Waupaca River ****Crystal River **** Tomorrow River ***Little Wolf River *** Embarrass River ****Pigeon River *** Shioc River *** Red River *** Evergreen River ***Lily River ***Hunting River **White River **Mecan River **Grand River ** Montello River *Red River * Mink River * Ahnapee River * Kewaunee River * East Twin River * West Twin River ** Devils River ** Neshota River * Little Manitowoc River * Manitowoc River ** Branch River ** Killsnake River *Pigeon River **Meeme River * Sheboygan River ** Onion River ** Mullet River * Black River * Milwaukee River ** Kinnickinnic River ** Menomonee River ***Little Menomonee River ** Ulao Creek ** Cedar Creek * Root River *Pike River * Barnes Creek

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 ...

* Presque Isle River * Black River * Montreal River ** West Branch Montreal River * Bad River **White River **Potato River **Marengo River ***Brunsweiler River **Tyler Forks **Iron River *Kakagon River *Fish Creek *Boyd Creek * Whittlesey Creek *Bono Creek *Sioux River **Little Sioux River *Onion River *Raspberry River *Sand River * Siskiwit River *Bark River *Cranberry River * Flag River *Iron River * Bois Brule River **Little Bois Brule River *Poplar River *Middle River * Amnicon River **Little Amnicon River * Nemadji River **Black River * St. Louis River ** Pokegama River **Little Pokegama River ** Red River

Mississippi River Drainage

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 ...

**''Illinois River (IL)'' *** Fox River ****White River **** Mukwonago River ***

Des Plaines River The Des Plaines River ( ) is a river that flows southward for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 13, 2011 through southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois''American H ...

****Root River ** Rock River ***''Kishwaukee River (IL)'' **** Piscasaw Creek *** Pecatonica River **** Sugar River ***** Little Sugar River ***** West Branch Sugar River **** East Branch Pecatonica River ***** Yellowstone River *** Yahara River *** Bark River **** Scuppernong River *** Crawfish River **** Beaver Dam River ***** Calamus Creek **** Maunesha River *** Johnson Creek ***Oconomowoc River ****Coney River *** Ashippun River ***Rubicon River ***East Branch Rock River **** Kohlsville River ** Apple River ** Galena River ** Sinsinawa River ** Little Menominee River ** Menominee River ** Platte River *** Little Platte River ** Grant River ***Little Grant River ** Wisconsin River *** Kickapoo River **** Weister Creek ***Big Green River ****Little Green River ***Blue River ***Pine River ***Otter Creek ****Flint Creek ***** Harker Creek *** Baraboo River **** Narrows Creek *** Dell Creek *** Lemonweir River ****Little Lemonweir River ***

Yellow River The Yellow River, also known as Huanghe, is the second-longest river in China and the List of rivers by length, sixth-longest river system on Earth, with an estimated length of and a Drainage basin, watershed of . Beginning in the Bayan H ...

****Little Yellow River *** Plover River ***Little Eau Claire River *** Little Eau Pleine River *** Big Eau Pleine River *** Eau Claire River *** Big Rib River ****Little Rib River *** Trappe River ****Little Trappe River ***Pine River *** Prairie River ***Copper River *** New Wood River *** Spirit River *** Somo River ****Little Somo River *** Tomahawk River ****Little Rice River **** Willow River **** Squirrel River *** Pelican River *** Eagle River ****Deerskin River ** Leitner Creek ** Bad Axe River ** La Crosse River *** Little La Crosse River ** Black River ***Popple River *** Little Black River ** Trempealeau River ** Buffalo River ** Chippewa River *** Eau Galle River *** Red Cedar River **** Hay River ****Chetek River ****Yellow River *****Vermillion River ******Sweeny Pond ****Brill River *** Eau Claire River ****Wolf River ***

*** Jump River ****Little Jump River ****Mondeaux River *** Flambeau River **** North Fork Flambeau River ***** Swamp Creek **** South Fork Flambeau River *****Elk River ******Little Elk River **** Turtle River *****Little Turtle River ****Bear River **** Manitowish River *****Trout River ***

Thornapple River The Thornapple River (Ottawa dialect, Ottawa: ''Sowanquesake'', "Forked River") (Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID #) is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed Ma ...

**** Little Thornapple River ***Brunet River *** Couderay River ***North Fork Chief River ***Teal River ***Token Creek ***Moose River ** Rush River ** Trimbelle River ** Wind River ** Big River ** St. Croix River *** Kinnickinnic River *** Willow River *** Apple River **** Straight River *** Trade River *** Wood River *** Clam River ***Yellow River *** Upper Tamarack River ****Spruce River *** Namekagon River **** Totagatic River ***** Ounce River ***Moose River ***Eau Claire River

Alphabetically

*Ahnapee River *Amnicon River *Apple River (Illinois), tributary of Mississippi River *Apple River (Wisconsin), tributary of St. Croix River *Ashippun River *Bad Axe River *Bad River *Baraboo River *Bark River (Lake Superior) *Bark River (Rock River tributary) *Barnes Creek *Bear River *Beaver Dam River *Big Eau Pleine River *Big Green River *Big Rib River *Big River *Black River (Gogebic County), tributary of Lake Superior via upper Michigan *Black River (Mississippi River tributary) *Black River (Nemadji River tributary) *Black River (Wisconsin–Lake Michigan), tributary of Lake Michigan *Blue River *Bois Brule River *Bono Creek *Boyd Creek *Branch River *Brill River *Brule River *Brunet River *Brunsweiler River *Buffalo River *Calamus Creek *Cedar Creek *Chetek River *Chief River *Chippewa River *Clam River *Coney River *Copper River *Couderay River *Cranberry River *Crawfish River *Crystal River *Deerskin River *Dell Creek *Des Plaines River *Devils River *Eagle River *East Branch Pecatonica River *East River *East Twin River *Eau Claire River (Chippewa River tributary) *Eau Claire River (St. Croix River tributary) *Eau Claire River (Wisconsin River tributary) *Eau Galle River *Elk River *Embarrass River *Evergreen River *Fisher River *Flag River *Flambeau River *Flint Creek *Fond du Lac River *Fox River (Illinois River tributary) *Fox River (Wisconsin), tributary of Green Bay *Galena River *Grand River *Grant River *Harker Creek *Hay River *Indian River *Iron River (Bad River tributary) *Iron River (Lake Superior) *Johnson Creek *Jump River *Kakagon River *Kewaunee River *Kickapoo River *Killsnake River *Kinnickinnic River (Milwaukee River tributary) *Kinnickinnic River (St. Croix River tributary) * Kinnickinnic River (South fork) *Kohlsville River *La Crosse River *Leitner Creek *Lemonweir River *Lily River *Little Amnicon River *Little Black River *Little Boise Brule River *Little Deerskin River *Little Eau Claire River *Little Eau Pleine River *Little Elk River *Little Grant River *Little Green River *Little Jump River *Little Lemonweir River *Little Manitowoc River *Little Menominee River *Little Menomonee River *Little Moose River *Little Oconomowoc River *Little Peshtigo River *Little Platte River *Little Plover River *Little Pokegama River *Little Popple River *Little Rib River *Little Rice River *Little River (Oconto River tributary) *Little Sioux River *Little Somo River *Little Suamico River *Little Sugar River *Little Thornapple River *Little Trappe River *Little Turtle River *Little Wolf River *Little Yellow River *Manitowish River *Manitowoc River *Marengo River *Maunesha River *Mecan River *Meeme River *Menominee River, tributary of Lake Michigan *Menominee River (Illinois), tributary of Mississippi River *Menomonee River, tributary of Milwaukee River *Middle River *Milwaukee River *Mink River *Mississippi River *Mondeaux River *Montello River *Montreal River *Moose River (Chippewa River tributary) *Moose River (St. Croix River tributary) *Mukwonago River *Mullet River *Namekagon River *Nemadji River *Neshota River *New Wood River *North Fork Chief River *Oconomowoc River *Oconto River *Onion River (Lake Superior) *Onion River (Sheboygan River tributary) *Otter Creek *Ounce River *Pecatonica River *Pelican River (Wisconsin River tributary) *Pemebonwon River *Pensaukee River *Peshtigo River *Pewaukee River *Pigeon River (Embarrass River tributary) *Pigeon River (Wisconsin-Lake Michigan), tributary of Lake Michigan *Pike River (Lake Michigan) *Pike River (Menominee River tributary) *Pine River (Florence County), tributary of Menominee River *Pine River (Lincoln County), tributary of Wisconsin River *Pine River (Richland County), tributary of Wisconsin River *Pine River (Waushara County), tributary of Wolf River *Piscasaw Creek *Platte River *Plover River *Pokegama River *Poplar River *Popple River (Black River tributary) *Popple River (Pine River tributary) *Potato River *Potter Creek *Prairie River *Presque Isle River *Raspberry River *Rat River (Peshtigo River tributary) *Rat River (Wolf River tributary) *Red Cedar River *Red River (Lake Michigan) *Red River (St. Louis River tributary) *Red River (Wolf River tributary) *Rock River *Root River (Des Plaines River tributary) *Root River *Rubicon River *Rush River *St. Croix River *St. Germain River *St. Louis River *Sand River *Scuppernong River *Sheboygan River *Shioc River *Sinsinawa River *Sioux River *Siskiwit River *Somo River *Spirit River *Spruce River *Squirrel River *Straight River *Suamico River *Sugar River *Sweeny Pond River *Teal River *Thornapple River *Thunder River (Peshtigo River tributary) *Tomahawk River *Tomorrow River *Torch River *Totagatic River *Trade River *Trappe River *Trempealeau River *Trimbelle River *Trout River *Turtle River *Ulao Creek *Upper Tamarack River *Vermillion River *Waupaca River *Wausaukee River *Weister Creek *West Branch Montreal River *West Branch Sugar River *West Twin River *White River (Bad River tributary) *White River (Fox River tributary) *Whittlesey Creek *Willow River (St. Croix River tributary) *Willow River (Tomahawk River tributary) *Wind River *Wisconsin River *Wolf River (Eau Claire River tributary) *Wolf River (Fox River tributary), tributary of Winnebago Pool *Wood River *Yahara River *Yellow River (Chippewa River tributary) *Yellow River (Red Cedar River tributary) *Yellow River (St. Croix River tributary) *Yellow River (Wisconsin River tributary) *Yellowstone River

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System
*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Wisconsin (1974)
Wisconsin Watersheds & basins
{{Wisconsin Wisconsin rivers

Rivers A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it ru ...

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, ...