List of Missouri rivers
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River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

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Missouri
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By Drainage Basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...

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

Arkansas River

  • Mississippi River
    Mississippi River
    The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...

    • Arkansas River (AR,OK)
      • Neosho River (OK)
        • Elk River
          Elk River (Oklahoma)
          The Elk River is a tributary of the Neosho River in southwestern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States. Its tributaries also drain a small portion of northwestern Arkansas...

          • Indian Creek
          • Big Sugar Creek
            Big Sugar Creek
            Big Sugar Creek is a waterway in the Ozark Mountains of southwest Missouri. The creek starts near the Arkansas state line. Only about of this is floatable during the spring and summer. The gradient is near 9 feet per mile from Highway 90 to Cyclone and 6 feet per mile to Pineville, Missouri. Big...

          • Little Sugar Creek
        • Spring River
          Spring River (Missouri)
          The Spring River is a waterway located in southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma. It begins in northern Barry County, Missouri south of Aurora, flows north of Verona and turns west across Lawrence and Jasper counties, passing through Carthage, before crossing into...

          • Shoal Creek
            Shoal Creek (Missouri)
            Shoal Creek is an stream in southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas. It begins in northern Barry County, Missouri and flows west through Newton and Jasper counties in Missouri before emptying into the Spring River near Riverton in Cherokee County, Kansas....

            • Capps Creek
              Capps Creek
              Capps Creek is a stream in Newton County, Missouri. It is a tributary of Shoal Creek, and its water flows from there into the Spring River, then the Neosho River, the Arkansas River, and ultimately the Mississippi River...


White River

  • Mississippi River
    Mississippi River
    The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...

    • White River
      White River (Arkansas)
      The White River is a 722-mile long river that flows through the U.S. states of Arkansas and Missouri.-Course:The source of the White River is in the Boston Mountains of northwest Arkansas, in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest southeast of Fayetteville...

      • Cache River
        Cache River (Arkansas)
        The Cache River is a tributary of the White River, 213 mi long, in northeastern Arkansas in the United States. Its headwaters also drain a small portion of southeastern Missouri...

      • Black River
        Black River (Arkansas)
        The Black River is a tributary of the White River, about 300 mi long , in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States. Via the White River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed...

        • Spring River
          Spring River (Arkansas)
          The Spring River is a 57-mile long river which flows through the U.S. states of Missouri and Arkansas.The Spring River consists of two branches, the South Fork of the Spring River and the Spring River proper....

          • Eleven Point River
            Eleven Point River
            The Eleven Point River is a river in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, United States. It originates near Willow Springs, Missouri. It more than doubles in flow when Greer Spring Branch runs into it, adding over of water per day to the river. The name derives from the Mississippi Valley...

        • Current River
          Current River (Missouri)
          The Current River forms in the southeastern portion of the Ozarks of Missouri and becomes a 7th order stream as it flows southeasterly out of the Ozarks into northeastern Arkansas where it becomes a tributary of the Black River, which is a tributary of the White River, a tributary of the...

          • Little Black River
          • Jacks Fork
      • North Fork River
        North Fork River (Missouri - Arkansas)
        The North Fork River or the North Fork of White River is a tributary of the White River, into which it flows near Norfork, Arkansas.It rises in Wright County, Missouri, southeast of the city of Mountain Grove, and flows generally southwards through Douglas and Ozark counties...

        • Bennetts River
        • Bryant Creek
      • Little North Fork White River
      • Beaver Creek
      • James River
        James River (Missouri)
        The James River is a river in southern Missouri. Its source is near the town of Diggins in Webster County. It begins on a northwesterly course, then turns southwest near Northview and passes near Springfield...

        • Crane Creek
        • Wilsons Creek
          • Jordan Creek
          • Fassnight Creek
      • Kings River
      • Roaring River
        Roaring River (Missouri)
        The Roaring River is a river in Barry County, Missouri, in the Ozarks. It is a tributary of the White River, into which it flows in Eagle Rock, Missouri. This section of the White River is a reservoir called Table Rock Lake....


Mississippi River between the White and Missouri rivers

  • Mississippi River
    Mississippi River
    The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...

    • St. Francis River
      St. Francis River
      The Saint Francis River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about long, in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States...

      • Little River
        • Castor River
          Castor River (Missouri)
          The Castor River rises in southeastern Missouri near Fredericktown. The river flows south to Bollinger County and empties into the Headwater Diversion Channel, which flows into the Mississippi River just south of Cape Girardeau. The river below the Diversion Channel flows south until it reaches...

        • Whitewater River
      • Little St. Francis River
    • Headwater Diversion Channel
      Headwater Diversion Channel
      The Headwater Diversion Channel is a canal in southeast Missouri. Flowing west to east, it diverts the headwaters of the Castor and Whitewater rivers and Crooked Creek directly into the Mississippi River south of Cape Girardeau. It was built between 1910 and 1916 by the Little River Drainage District...

      • Whitewater River
      • Castor River
        Castor River (Missouri)
        The Castor River rises in southeastern Missouri near Fredericktown. The river flows south to Bollinger County and empties into the Headwater Diversion Channel, which flows into the Mississippi River just south of Cape Girardeau. The river below the Diversion Channel flows south until it reaches...

    • Old River
    • River aux Vases
    • Meramec River
      • Big River
        Big River (Missouri)
        The Big River is a tributary of the Meramec River in east-central Missouri. The river rises in western Iron County, near the summit of Johnson Mountain and the locale of Enough; it flows through Washington County, Saint Francois County, and Jefferson County...

      • Bourbeuse River
        Bourbeuse River
        The Bourbeuse River is a river located in east-central Missouri, in the Ozarks region, and is one of two major tributaries of the Meramec River, the other being the Big River...

        • Little Bourbeuse River
      • Little Meramec River
      • Huzzah Creek
        • Courtois Creek
          Courtois Creek
          Courtois Creek is a stream in southern Missouri, U.S.A. It shares its name with the nearby town of Courtois. According to the information in the Ramsay Place Names File at the University of Missouri, the creek was "doubtless named for some French settler, but his identity has not been...

      • Dry Fork
    • River des Peres
      River des Peres
      The River des Peres is a metropolitan river in St. Louis, Missouri. It is the backbone of sanitary and stormwater systems in the city of St. Louis and portions of St. Louis County...


Missouri River

  • Mississippi River
    Mississippi River
    The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...

    • Missouri River
      Missouri River
      The Missouri River flows through the central United States, and is a tributary of the Mississippi River. It is the longest river in North America and drains the third largest area, though only the thirteenth largest by discharge. The Missouri's watershed encompasses most of the American Great...

      • Loutre River
        Loutre River
        The Loutre River is a tributary of the Missouri River in the United States. The Loutre River, beginning as Little Loutre Creek in Audrain County, is fed along its path by many small creeks and streams. It flows into the Missouri River from the north in Montgomery County opposite the town of Hermann...

      • Gasconade River
        Gasconade River
        The Gasconade River is about long and is located in central and south-central Missouri in the United States.The Gasconade River begins in the Ozarks southeast of Hartville in Wright County and flows generally north-northeastwardly through Wright, Laclede, Pulaski, Phelps, Maries, Osage and...

        • Big Piney River
          Big Piney River
          The Big Piney River is a tributary of the Gasconade River in central Missouri in the United States. Via the Gasconade and Missouri rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River basin....

        • Roubidoux Creek
          Roubidoux Creek
          Roubidoux Creek is a scenic tributary to the Gasconade River in south central Missouri named after French explorer Joseph Robidoux. It is long. Due to its colder water temperatures, it is listed as a trout stream. Roubidoux Spring is a landmark that is nestled three and a half miles south of the...

        • Osage Fork Gasconade River
      • Auxvasse Creek
      • Middle River
      • Osage River
        Osage River
        The Osage River is a tributary of the Missouri River in central Missouri in the United States. The Osage River is one of the larger rivers in Missouri. The river drains a mostly rural area of . The watershed includes an area of east-central Kansas and a large portion of west-central and central...

        • Maries River
          • Little Maries River
        • Tavern Creek
        • Grandglaize Creek
          Grandglaize Creek
          Grandglaize Creek is a creek and tributary to the Osage River that forms the Grand Glaize Arm of the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. The creek flows for before reaching the Lake of the Ozarks, and the Grand Glaize Arm extends another before reaching the Osage River within the lake.The creek as...

          • Wet Glaize Creek
          • Dry Auglaize Creek
        • Niangua River
          Niangua River
          The Niangua River is a tributary of the Osage River in the Ozarks region of southern and central Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.-Course:...

          • Little Niangua River
            Little Niangua River
            The Little Niangua River is a tributary of the Niangua River in the Ozarks region of central Missouri in the United States. Via the Niangua, Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.- Description:...

        • South Grand River
          • Big Creek
        • Pomme de Terre River
          Pomme de Terre River (Missouri)
          The Pomme de Terre River is a tributary of the Osage River in southwestern Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.Pomme de terre is French for potato.-Course:...

          • Little Pomme de Terre River
        • Sac River
          Sac River
          The Sac River is a river in southwest Missouri. It is long, with headwaters in Lawrence and Greene counties; the headwaters join near Greenfield, then flow north through the Ozarks, to the Osage River, ending just above Osceola in Truman Reservoir....

          • Little Sac River
            • North Dry Sac River
            • South Dry Sac River
        • Little Osage River
          Little Osage River
          The Little Osage River is an tributary of the Osage River in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.-Course:...

          • Marmaton River
            Marmaton River
            The Marmaton River is a tributary of the Little Osage River in southeastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States...

            • Green River
        • Marais des Cygnes River
          Marais des Cygnes River
          The Marais des Cygnes River is a principal tributary of the Osage River, about long, in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River...

      • Moreau River
      • Lamine River
        Lamine River
        The Lamine River is a tributary of the Missouri River in central Missouri in the United States. It is formed in northern Morgan County about southeast of Otterville by the confluence of Flat Creek and Richland Creek, and flows generally northwardly through Cooper and Pettis counties...

        • Blackwater River
          Blackwater River (Missouri)
          The Blackwater River is a tributary of the Lamine River in west-central Missouri in the United States. Via the Lamine and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.-Course:...

           (55 miles)
      • Little Chariton River
      • Chariton River
        Chariton River
        The Chariton River is a tributary to the Missouri River in southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri.It has been called Missouri's "Grand Divide" because streams west of the Chariton flow into the Missouri and streams east of it flow into the Mississippi River....

      • Grand River
        Grand River (Missouri)
        The Grand River is a river that stretches from northernmost tributary origins between Creston and Winterset in Iowa approximately to its mouth on the Missouri River near Brunswick, Missouri....

        • Locust Creek
        • Medicine Creek
        • Thompson River
          Thompson River (Missouri)
          The Thompson River is the largest tributary of the Grand River in the central United States, flowing from southern Iowa into Missouri. The river is long, and its drainage basin is roughly , of which are in Missouri....

          • Weldon River
            • Little River
      • Crooked River
        Crooked River (Missouri)
        The Crooked River is a tributary of the Missouri River in west-central Missouri in the United States. The river was the site of the Battle of Crooked River during the Mormon War of 1838...

      • Fishing River
        Fishing River
        The Fishing River is a tributary of the Missouri River in western Missouri in the United States. It rises in the northeastern extremity of Kansas City in Clay County and flows generally eastward and southeastward through Clay and southeastern Ray counties, past the town of Mosby...

      • Little Blue River
        Little Blue River (Missouri)
        Little Blue River is a stream in Jackson County, Missouri, USA, that gave its name to the Battle of Little Blue River during the American Civil War. It rises in the southern Jackson County town of Grandview and empties into the Missouri River just west of the town of Sibley. Despite its name, it...

      • Blue River
        Blue River (Missouri)
        The Blue River is a stream that flows through Johnson County, Kansas and Jackson County, Missouri in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The river rises in Johnson County near the border of the states of Kansas and Missouri...

        • Brush Creek
      • Platte River
        Platte River (Missouri)
        The Platte River is a tributary of the Missouri River, about long, in southwestern Iowa and northwestern Missouri in the United States. It is sometimes known as the Little Platte River to distinguish it from the larger Platte River, also a tributary of the Missouri, in nearby Nebraska; the Platte...

        • Little Platte River
        • One Hundred and Two River
          One Hundred and Two River
          The One Hundred and Two River is a tributary of the Platte River of Missouri that is approximately long, in northwestern Missouri in the United States, with its source tributaries rising in southwestern Iowa....

      • Nodaway River
        Nodaway River
        The Nodaway River is a river in southwest Iowa and northwest Missouri.-Etymology:The river's name first appears in the journal of Lewis and Clark, who camped at the mouth of the river on July 8, 1804, but who provide no derivation of the name. There exist several proposed etymologies...

      • Squaw Creek
      • Tarkio River
        Tarkio River
        The Tarkio River is a non-navigable river that stretches for approximately from Cass County, Iowa to its mouth on the Missouri River in Holt County, Missouri....

      • Nishnabotna River
        Nishnabotna River
        The Nishnabotna River is a tributary of the Missouri River in southwestern Iowa, northwestern Missouri and southeastern Nebraska in the United States. It flows for most of its length as two parallel streams in Iowa, the East Nishnabotna River and the West Nishnabotna River...


Mississippi River north of the Missouri River

  • Mississippi River
    Mississippi River
    The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...

    • Cuivre River
      Cuivre River
      The Cuivre River is a river in the east central part of the state of Missouri, north of the Missouri River terminus. A good part of its course marks the borders between Lincoln and St. Charles counties before emptying into the Mississippi River north of St. Louis. The Cuivre River State Park near...

    • Salt River
    • South River
    • North River
      North River (Missouri)
      The North River is an river in northeastern Missouri, the United States. It rises in Knox County at and flows southeast and east through Shelby and Marion counties, emptying into the Mississippi River between West Quincy and Hannibal...

    • Fabius River
      Fabius River
      The Fabius River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in northeastern Missouri in the United States. It is formed near its mouth by the confluence of the North Fabius River and the South Fabius River. The North Fabius River also flows through southeastern Iowa...

      • North Fabius River
        Fabius River
        The Fabius River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in northeastern Missouri in the United States. It is formed near its mouth by the confluence of the North Fabius River and the South Fabius River. The North Fabius River also flows through southeastern Iowa...

        • Middle Fabius River
          Fabius River
          The Fabius River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in northeastern Missouri in the United States. It is formed near its mouth by the confluence of the North Fabius River and the South Fabius River. The North Fabius River also flows through southeastern Iowa...

      • South Fabius River
        Fabius River
        The Fabius River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in northeastern Missouri in the United States. It is formed near its mouth by the confluence of the North Fabius River and the South Fabius River. The North Fabius River also flows through southeastern Iowa...

        • Little Fabius River
    • Wyaconda River
      • Little Wyaconda River
    • Fox River
      • Little Fox River
    • Des Moines River
      Des Moines River
      The Des Moines River is a tributary river of the Mississippi River, approximately long to its farther headwaters, in the upper Midwestern United States...


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  • Baker Creek
  • Bennetts River
  • Big Piney River
    Big Piney River
    The Big Piney River is a tributary of the Gasconade River in central Missouri in the United States. Via the Gasconade and Missouri rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River basin....

  • Big River
    Big River (Missouri)
    The Big River is a tributary of the Meramec River in east-central Missouri. The river rises in western Iron County, near the summit of Johnson Mountain and the locale of Enough; it flows through Washington County, Saint Francois County, and Jefferson County...

     (142 miles)
  • Big Sugar Creek
    Big Sugar Creek
    Big Sugar Creek is a waterway in the Ozark Mountains of southwest Missouri. The creek starts near the Arkansas state line. Only about of this is floatable during the spring and summer. The gradient is near 9 feet per mile from Highway 90 to Cyclone and 6 feet per mile to Pineville, Missouri. Big...

  • Black River
    Black River (Arkansas)
    The Black River is a tributary of the White River, about 300 mi long , in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States. Via the White River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed...

     (300 miles)
  • Blackwater River
    Blackwater River (Missouri)
    The Blackwater River is a tributary of the Lamine River in west-central Missouri in the United States. Via the Lamine and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.-Course:...

     (55 miles)
  • Blue River
    Blue River (Missouri)
    The Blue River is a stream that flows through Johnson County, Kansas and Jackson County, Missouri in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The river rises in Johnson County near the border of the states of Kansas and Missouri...

  • Bourbeuse River
    Bourbeuse River
    The Bourbeuse River is a river located in east-central Missouri, in the Ozarks region, and is one of two major tributaries of the Meramec River, the other being the Big River...

     (147 miles)
  • Brush Creek
  • Cache River
    Cache River (Arkansas)
    The Cache River is a tributary of the White River, 213 mi long, in northeastern Arkansas in the United States. Its headwaters also drain a small portion of southeastern Missouri...

     (213 miles)
  • Capps Creek
    Capps Creek
    Capps Creek is a stream in Newton County, Missouri. It is a tributary of Shoal Creek, and its water flows from there into the Spring River, then the Neosho River, the Arkansas River, and ultimately the Mississippi River...

  • Castor River
    Castor River (Missouri)
    The Castor River rises in southeastern Missouri near Fredericktown. The river flows south to Bollinger County and empties into the Headwater Diversion Channel, which flows into the Mississippi River just south of Cape Girardeau. The river below the Diversion Channel flows south until it reaches...

  • Chariton River
    Chariton River
    The Chariton River is a tributary to the Missouri River in southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri.It has been called Missouri's "Grand Divide" because streams west of the Chariton flow into the Missouri and streams east of it flow into the Mississippi River....

     (280 miles)
  • Courtois Creek
    Courtois Creek
    Courtois Creek is a stream in southern Missouri, U.S.A. It shares its name with the nearby town of Courtois. According to the information in the Ramsay Place Names File at the University of Missouri, the creek was "doubtless named for some French settler, but his identity has not been...

  • Crane Creek
  • Crooked River
    Crooked River (Missouri)
    The Crooked River is a tributary of the Missouri River in west-central Missouri in the United States. The river was the site of the Battle of Crooked River during the Mormon War of 1838...

     (60 miles)
  • Cuivre River
    Cuivre River
    The Cuivre River is a river in the east central part of the state of Missouri, north of the Missouri River terminus. A good part of its course marks the borders between Lincoln and St. Charles counties before emptying into the Mississippi River north of St. Louis. The Cuivre River State Park near...

  • Current River
    Current River (Missouri)
    The Current River forms in the southeastern portion of the Ozarks of Missouri and becomes a 7th order stream as it flows southeasterly out of the Ozarks into northeastern Arkansas where it becomes a tributary of the Black River, which is a tributary of the White River, a tributary of the...

     (225 miles)
  • Des Moines River
    Des Moines River
    The Des Moines River is a tributary river of the Mississippi River, approximately long to its farther headwaters, in the upper Midwestern United States...

     (525 miles)
  • Eleven Point River
    Eleven Point River
    The Eleven Point River is a river in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, United States. It originates near Willow Springs, Missouri. It more than doubles in flow when Greer Spring Branch runs into it, adding over of water per day to the river. The name derives from the Mississippi Valley...

  • Elk River
    Elk River (Oklahoma)
    The Elk River is a tributary of the Neosho River in southwestern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States. Its tributaries also drain a small portion of northwestern Arkansas...

     (80 miles)
  • Fabius River
    Fabius River
    The Fabius River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in northeastern Missouri in the United States. It is formed near its mouth by the confluence of the North Fabius River and the South Fabius River. The North Fabius River also flows through southeastern Iowa...

     (230 miles)
  • Fishing River
    Fishing River
    The Fishing River is a tributary of the Missouri River in western Missouri in the United States. It rises in the northeastern extremity of Kansas City in Clay County and flows generally eastward and southeastward through Clay and southeastern Ray counties, past the town of Mosby...

  • Fox River
  • Gasconade River
    Gasconade River
    The Gasconade River is about long and is located in central and south-central Missouri in the United States.The Gasconade River begins in the Ozarks southeast of Hartville in Wright County and flows generally north-northeastwardly through Wright, Laclede, Pulaski, Phelps, Maries, Osage and...

     (265 miles)
  • Grand River
    Grand River (Missouri)
    The Grand River is a river that stretches from northernmost tributary origins between Creston and Winterset in Iowa approximately to its mouth on the Missouri River near Brunswick, Missouri....

     (226 miles)
  • Grandglaize Creek
    Grandglaize Creek
    Grandglaize Creek is a creek and tributary to the Osage River that forms the Grand Glaize Arm of the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. The creek flows for before reaching the Lake of the Ozarks, and the Grand Glaize Arm extends another before reaching the Osage River within the lake.The creek as...

  • Green River
  • Huzzah Creek
  • Jacks Fork
  • James River
    James River (Missouri)
    The James River is a river in southern Missouri. Its source is near the town of Diggins in Webster County. It begins on a northwesterly course, then turns southwest near Northview and passes near Springfield...

  • Kings River
  • Lamine River
    Lamine River
    The Lamine River is a tributary of the Missouri River in central Missouri in the United States. It is formed in northern Morgan County about southeast of Otterville by the confluence of Flat Creek and Richland Creek, and flows generally northwardly through Cooper and Pettis counties...

     (70 miles)
  • Little Black River
  • Little Blue River
    Little Blue River (Missouri)
    Little Blue River is a stream in Jackson County, Missouri, USA, that gave its name to the Battle of Little Blue River during the American Civil War. It rises in the southern Jackson County town of Grandview and empties into the Missouri River just west of the town of Sibley. Despite its name, it...

  • Little Bourbeuse River
  • Little Chariton River
  • Little Fabius River
  • Little Fox River
  • Little Maries River
  • Little Meramec River
  • Little Niangua River
    Little Niangua River
    The Little Niangua River is a tributary of the Niangua River in the Ozarks region of central Missouri in the United States. Via the Niangua, Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.- Description:...

     (40 miles)
  • Little Osage River
    Little Osage River
    The Little Osage River is an tributary of the Osage River in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.-Course:...

  • Little Platte River
  • Little Pomme de Terre River
  • Little River (Iowa–Missouri), tributary of Weldon River
  • Little River (St. Francis River)
  • Little Sac River
  • Little St. Francis River
  • Little Sugar Creek
  • Little Wyaconda River
  • Locust Creek
  • Loutre River
    Loutre River
    The Loutre River is a tributary of the Missouri River in the United States. The Loutre River, beginning as Little Loutre Creek in Audrain County, is fed along its path by many small creeks and streams. It flows into the Missouri River from the north in Montgomery County opposite the town of Hermann...

  • Marais des Cygnes River
    Marais des Cygnes River
    The Marais des Cygnes River is a principal tributary of the Osage River, about long, in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River...

     (140 miles)
  • Maries River
  • Marmaton River
    Marmaton River
    The Marmaton River is a tributary of the Little Osage River in southeastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States...

  • Meramec River
  • Middle River
  • Missouri River
    Missouri River
    The Missouri River flows through the central United States, and is a tributary of the Mississippi River. It is the longest river in North America and drains the third largest area, though only the thirteenth largest by discharge. The Missouri's watershed encompasses most of the American Great...

  • Mississippi River
    Mississippi River
    The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...

  • Moreau River
  • Niangua River
    Niangua River
    The Niangua River is a tributary of the Osage River in the Ozarks region of southern and central Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.-Course:...

  • Nishnabotna River
    Nishnabotna River
    The Nishnabotna River is a tributary of the Missouri River in southwestern Iowa, northwestern Missouri and southeastern Nebraska in the United States. It flows for most of its length as two parallel streams in Iowa, the East Nishnabotna River and the West Nishnabotna River...

  • Nodaway River
    Nodaway River
    The Nodaway River is a river in southwest Iowa and northwest Missouri.-Etymology:The river's name first appears in the journal of Lewis and Clark, who camped at the mouth of the river on July 8, 1804, but who provide no derivation of the name. There exist several proposed etymologies...

  • North Dry Sac River
  • North Fork River
  • North River
    North River (Missouri)
    The North River is an river in northeastern Missouri, the United States. It rises in Knox County at and flows southeast and east through Shelby and Marion counties, emptying into the Mississippi River between West Quincy and Hannibal...

  • One Hundred and Two River
    One Hundred and Two River
    The One Hundred and Two River is a tributary of the Platte River of Missouri that is approximately long, in northwestern Missouri in the United States, with its source tributaries rising in southwestern Iowa....

  • Old River
  • Osage River
    Osage River
    The Osage River is a tributary of the Missouri River in central Missouri in the United States. The Osage River is one of the larger rivers in Missouri. The river drains a mostly rural area of . The watershed includes an area of east-central Kansas and a large portion of west-central and central...

  • Platte River
    Platte River (Missouri)
    The Platte River is a tributary of the Missouri River, about long, in southwestern Iowa and northwestern Missouri in the United States. It is sometimes known as the Little Platte River to distinguish it from the larger Platte River, also a tributary of the Missouri, in nearby Nebraska; the Platte...

  • Pomme de Terre River
    Pomme de Terre River (Missouri)
    The Pomme de Terre River is a tributary of the Osage River in southwestern Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.Pomme de terre is French for potato.-Course:...

     (113 miles)
  • River des Peres
    River des Peres
    The River des Peres is a metropolitan river in St. Louis, Missouri. It is the backbone of sanitary and stormwater systems in the city of St. Louis and portions of St. Louis County...

  • Roaring River
    Roaring River (Missouri)
    The Roaring River is a river in Barry County, Missouri, in the Ozarks. It is a tributary of the White River, into which it flows in Eagle Rock, Missouri. This section of the White River is a reservoir called Table Rock Lake....

  • Roubidoux Creek
    Roubidoux Creek
    Roubidoux Creek is a scenic tributary to the Gasconade River in south central Missouri named after French explorer Joseph Robidoux. It is long. Due to its colder water temperatures, it is listed as a trout stream. Roubidoux Spring is a landmark that is nestled three and a half miles south of the...

  • Sac River
    Sac River
    The Sac River is a river in southwest Missouri. It is long, with headwaters in Lawrence and Greene counties; the headwaters join near Greenfield, then flow north through the Ozarks, to the Osage River, ending just above Osceola in Truman Reservoir....

     (107 miles)
  • St. Francis River
    St. Francis River
    The Saint Francis River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about long, in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States...

     (470 miles)
  • Salt River
  • Shoal Creek
    Shoal Creek (Missouri)
    Shoal Creek is an stream in southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas. It begins in northern Barry County, Missouri and flows west through Newton and Jasper counties in Missouri before emptying into the Spring River near Riverton in Cherokee County, Kansas....

  • South Grand River
  • South River
  • Spring River (Arkansas)
    Spring River (Arkansas)
    The Spring River is a 57-mile long river which flows through the U.S. states of Missouri and Arkansas.The Spring River consists of two branches, the South Fork of the Spring River and the Spring River proper....

    , of Missouri and Arkansas (57 mile)
  • Spring River (Missouri)
    Spring River (Missouri)
    The Spring River is a waterway located in southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas, and northeastern Oklahoma. It begins in northern Barry County, Missouri south of Aurora, flows north of Verona and turns west across Lawrence and Jasper counties, passing through Carthage, before crossing into...

    , of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma
  • Squaw Creek
  • Tarkio River
    Tarkio River
    The Tarkio River is a non-navigable river that stretches for approximately from Cass County, Iowa to its mouth on the Missouri River in Holt County, Missouri....

  • Thompson River
    Thompson River (Missouri)
    The Thompson River is the largest tributary of the Grand River in the central United States, flowing from southern Iowa into Missouri. The river is long, and its drainage basin is roughly , of which are in Missouri....

  • Weldon River
  • White River
    White River (Arkansas)
    The White River is a 722-mile long river that flows through the U.S. states of Arkansas and Missouri.-Course:The source of the White River is in the Boston Mountains of northwest Arkansas, in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest southeast of Fayetteville...

     (722 miles)
  • Whitewater River
  • Wilsons Creek
  • Wyaconda River

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