List of Arkansas rivers
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List of river
s in Arkansas
(U.S. state
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For a list of dams and reservoirs in Arkansas, see List of Arkansas dams and reservoirs
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
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...
s in Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
(U.S. state
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).
For a list of dams and reservoirs in Arkansas, see List of Arkansas dams and reservoirs
By drainage basinDrainage basinA 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.Red River
- Mississippi RiverMississippi RiverThe 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...
- Red River
- Black River (LA)
- Tensas River (LA)
- Bayou MaconBayou MaconBayou Macon is a river in Arkansas and Louisiana, United States. It begins in Desha County, Arkansas, and flows south, between the Boeuf River to its west and the Mississippi River to its east, before joining the Tensas River south of Delhi, Louisiana. Bayou Macon is about long.L. D...
- Bayou Macon
- Ouachita RiverOuachita RiverThe Ouachita River is a river that runs south and east through the U.S. states of Arkansas and Louisiana, joining the Tensas River to form the Black River near Jonesville, Louisiana.-Course:...
- Boeuf RiverBoeuf RiverThe Boeuf River is a tributary of the Ouachita River in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Louisiana. The river is about long.The Boeuf River's name comes from the French word , which means "bull"....
- Bayou D'Arbonne (LA)
- Cornie Bayou
- Bayou BartholomewBayou BartholomewBayou Bartholomew is the longest bayou in the world meandering approximately between two states. It contains over 100 aquatic species making it the second most diverse stream in North America. Known for its excellent bream, catfish, and crappie fishing, portions of the bayou are considered some of...
- Saline RiverSaline River (Ouachita River)The Saline River is a tributary of the Ouachita River in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Arkansas.The Saline River begins in the eastern foothills of the Ouachita Mountains in Saline and Garland counties and is one of the last free-flowing rivers in the Ouachita River Basin...
- Hurricane Creek
- Moro Creek
- Smackover Creek
- Little Missouri RiverLittle Missouri River (Arkansas)The Little Missouri River, or Little Mo, is a waterway that runs from the Ouachita Mountains of southwest Arkansas into the rolling hills area in the surrounding countryside.- Overview :...
- Terre Noire Creek
- Terre Rouge Creek
- Antoine RiverAntoine RiverThe Antoine River is a tributary of the Little Missouri River in southwestern Arkansas in the United States. Via the Little Missouri, Ouachita and Red rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. According to the GNIS, it has also been known as Antoine Creek...
- Caddo RiverCaddo RiverThe Caddo River is a tributary of the Ouachita River in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The river is about long altogther.-Course:The Caddo River flows out of the Ouachita Mountains through Montgomery, Pike, and Clark counties in Arkansas before flowing into DeGray Lake and then to its terminus at the...
- Boeuf River
- Tensas River (LA)
- Loggy Bayou (LA)
- Flat River (LA)
- Red Chute Bayou (LA)
- Bodcau Bayou and Creek
- Red Chute Bayou (LA)
- Bayou DorcheatDorcheat BayouDorcheat Bayou, also known as Bayou Dorcheat, is a stream in the USA that extends from Nevada County in southwestern Arkansas through Columbia County and into Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana before emptying into Lake Bistineau east of the village of Doyline. To its south, Lake Bistineau...
- Flat River (LA)
- Sulphur RiverSulphur RiverThe Sulphur River is a river in northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas in the United States.-Geography:The Sulphur River begins at the confluence of its north and south forks along the Delta–Lamar county line...
- McKinney Bayou
- Little RiverLittle River (Red River)The Little River is a tributary of the Red River, about long, in southeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Arkansas in the United States. Via the Red, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.-Course:...
- Saline RiverSaline River (Little River)The Saline River is an tributary of the Little River in southwestern Arkansas in the United States. Via the Little and Red rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River....
- Cossatot RiverCossatot RiverThe Cossatot River is an river in the U.S. state Arkansas.Cossatot comes from the French cassé-tête which translates roughly to skull crusher...
- Little Cossatot River
- Rolling Fork
- Mountain ForkMountain ForkMountain Fork, also known as the Mountain Fork of the Little River, is a tributary of the Little River in western Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma in the United States...
- Saline River
- Black River (LA)
- Red River
Arkansas River
- Mississippi RiverMississippi RiverThe 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 RiverArkansas RiverThe Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. The Arkansas generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's initial basin starts in the Western United States in Colorado, specifically the Arkansas...
- Bayou Meto
- Little Maumelle River
- Maumelle River
- Fourche La Fave RiverFourche La Fave RiverThe Fourche La Fave River is a tributary of the Arkansas River, approximately long, in western Arkansas in the United States. It drains part of the northern Ouachita Mountains west of Little Rock.-Course:...
- South Fourche La Fave River
- Cadron Creek
- Point Remove Creek
- Petit Jean River
- Illinois Bayou
- Big Piney CreekBig Piney CreekBig Piney Creek is a body of water located in Ozark National Forest in the state of Arkansas. It is a tributary of the Arkansas River and therefore part of the Mississippi River watershed. Managed by the United States Forest Service, it flows for through Pope, Johnson and Newton counties...
- Mulberry RiverMulberry River (Arkansas)The Mulberry River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in northwestern Arkansas in the United States. Via the Arkansas River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. It has been designated a National Wild and Scenic River....
- Poteau RiverPoteau RiverThe Poteau River is a river in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Oklahoma and is the only river in Oklahoma that flows north. Poteau is the French word for "post" and it is believed the river was named because French explorers used a post or stake to mark the mouth of the river. The city of Poteau,...
- James Fork
- Lee CreekLee Creek (Arkansas)Lee Creek is a river in Arkansas and Oklahoma which starts near West Fork in Washington County, Arkansas and flows south to the Arkansas River passing through Crawford County, Arkansas and Sequoyah County, Oklahoma...
- Illinois RiverIllinois River (Oklahoma)The Illinois River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Oklahoma.It rises in the Ozark Mountains in the northwest corner of Arkansas, in Washington County southwest of Fayetteville, near the town of Hogeye. It flows west into northeast Oklahoma, then southwest...
- Flint Creek
- Sager CreekSager CreekSager Creek is a creek which runs through downtown Siloam Springs, Arkansas, in the United States. It is a tributary of Flint Creek, which flows to the Illinois River, which in turn flows to the Arkansas River and thus is part of the Mississippi River watershed...
- Sager Creek
- Flint Creek
- Neosho River (OK)
- Elk River (OK)
- Big Sugar CreekBig Sugar CreekBig 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
- Tanyard CreekTanyard CreekTanyard Creek is a stream that flows from Lake Windsor to Little Sugar Creek in Bella Vista, a city in northwest Arkansas. The entire stream is located within Benton County....
- Tanyard Creek
- Big Sugar Creek
- Elk River (OK)
- Arkansas River
White River
- Mississippi RiverMississippi RiverThe 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 RiverWhite 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...
- La Grue Bayou
- Big Creek
- Cache RiverCache 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...
- Bayou De ViewBayou De ViewBayou De View is an waterway that flows through parts of Woodruff, Monroe and Prairie counties in northeastern Arkansas. The bayou is part of the Cache and White River basins, ultimately flowing into the Mississippi River....
- Bayou De View
- Bayou des ArcBayou des ArcBayou des Arc is a river in Arkansas. It is a tributary of the White River, into which it flows near the city of Des Arc in Prairie County, Arkansas. It rises in northwest White County, Arkansas, near the town of Rose Bud....
- Little Red River
- Village Creek
- Black RiverBlack 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...
- Strawberry RiverStrawberry River (Arkansas)The Strawberry River is a tributary of the Black River, about long, in northern Arkansas in the United States. Via the Black and White rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River....
- Little Strawberry RiverStrawberry River (Arkansas)The Strawberry River is a tributary of the Black River, about long, in northern Arkansas in the United States. Via the Black and White rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River....
- Little Strawberry River
- Spring RiverSpring 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 RiverEleven Point RiverThe 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...
- Eleven Point River
- Fourche RiverFourche RiverThe Fourche River is a minor tributary of the Black River located in Northeast Arkansas and ending in Randolph County, Arkansas near Pocahontas, where it enters the Black River. The Fourche River flows for in Missouri and Arkansas...
- Current RiverCurrent 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
- Strawberry River
- North Fork River
- Bennetts River
- Buffalo RiverBuffalo National RiverThe Buffalo River, located in northern Arkansas, was the first National River to be designated in the United States. The Buffalo River is slightly more than in length, with the lower flowing within the boundaries of an area managed by the National Park Service, where it is designated the '. The...
- Little Buffalo River
- Crooked Creek
- Kings River
- White River
St. Francis River
- Mississippi RiverMississippi RiverThe 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 RiverSt. Francis RiverThe Saint Francis River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about long, in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States...
- L'Anguille RiverL'Anguille RiverL'Anguille River is a tributary of the St. Francis River, approximately 110 mi long, in northeastern Arkansas in the United States. Via the St...
- Tyronza River
- Little River
- L'Anguille River
- St. Francis River
Alphabetically
- Antoine RiverAntoine RiverThe Antoine River is a tributary of the Little Missouri River in southwestern Arkansas in the United States. Via the Little Missouri, Ouachita and Red rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. According to the GNIS, it has also been known as Antoine Creek...
- Arkansas RiverArkansas RiverThe Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. The Arkansas generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's initial basin starts in the Western United States in Colorado, specifically the Arkansas...
- Bayou De ViewBayou De ViewBayou De View is an waterway that flows through parts of Woodruff, Monroe and Prairie counties in northeastern Arkansas. The bayou is part of the Cache and White River basins, ultimately flowing into the Mississippi River....
- Bayou des ArcBayou des ArcBayou des Arc is a river in Arkansas. It is a tributary of the White River, into which it flows near the city of Des Arc in Prairie County, Arkansas. It rises in northwest White County, Arkansas, near the town of Rose Bud....
- Bayou MaconBayou MaconBayou Macon is a river in Arkansas and Louisiana, United States. It begins in Desha County, Arkansas, and flows south, between the Boeuf River to its west and the Mississippi River to its east, before joining the Tensas River south of Delhi, Louisiana. Bayou Macon is about long.L. D...
- Bennetts River
- Big Piney CreekBig Piney CreekBig Piney Creek is a body of water located in Ozark National Forest in the state of Arkansas. It is a tributary of the Arkansas River and therefore part of the Mississippi River watershed. Managed by the United States Forest Service, it flows for through Pope, Johnson and Newton counties...
- Big Sugar CreekBig Sugar CreekBig 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 RiverBlack 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...
- Boeuf RiverBoeuf RiverThe Boeuf River is a tributary of the Ouachita River in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Louisiana. The river is about long.The Boeuf River's name comes from the French word , which means "bull"....
- Buffalo RiverBuffalo National RiverThe Buffalo River, located in northern Arkansas, was the first National River to be designated in the United States. The Buffalo River is slightly more than in length, with the lower flowing within the boundaries of an area managed by the National Park Service, where it is designated the '. The...
(Buffalo National River) - Cache RiverCache 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...
- Caddo RiverCaddo RiverThe Caddo River is a tributary of the Ouachita River in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The river is about long altogther.-Course:The Caddo River flows out of the Ouachita Mountains through Montgomery, Pike, and Clark counties in Arkansas before flowing into DeGray Lake and then to its terminus at the...
- Cossatot RiverCossatot RiverThe Cossatot River is an river in the U.S. state Arkansas.Cossatot comes from the French cassé-tête which translates roughly to skull crusher...
- Current RiverCurrent 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...
- Dorcheat BayouDorcheat BayouDorcheat Bayou, also known as Bayou Dorcheat, is a stream in the USA that extends from Nevada County in southwestern Arkansas through Columbia County and into Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana before emptying into Lake Bistineau east of the village of Doyline. To its south, Lake Bistineau...
- Eleven Point RiverEleven Point RiverThe 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...
- Flint Creek
- Fourche La Fave RiverFourche La Fave RiverThe Fourche La Fave River is a tributary of the Arkansas River, approximately long, in western Arkansas in the United States. It drains part of the northern Ouachita Mountains west of Little Rock.-Course:...
- Fourche RiverFourche RiverThe Fourche River is a minor tributary of the Black River located in Northeast Arkansas and ending in Randolph County, Arkansas near Pocahontas, where it enters the Black River. The Fourche River flows for in Missouri and Arkansas...
- Illinois RiverIllinois River (Oklahoma)The Illinois River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Oklahoma.It rises in the Ozark Mountains in the northwest corner of Arkansas, in Washington County southwest of Fayetteville, near the town of Hogeye. It flows west into northeast Oklahoma, then southwest...
- James Fork
- Kings River
- L'Anguille RiverL'Anguille RiverL'Anguille River is a tributary of the St. Francis River, approximately 110 mi long, in northeastern Arkansas in the United States. Via the St...
- Lee CreekLee Creek (Arkansas)Lee Creek is a river in Arkansas and Oklahoma which starts near West Fork in Washington County, Arkansas and flows south to the Arkansas River passing through Crawford County, Arkansas and Sequoyah County, Oklahoma...
- Little Antoine River
- Little Black River
- Little Buffalo River
- Little Cossatot River
- Little Maumelle River
- Little Missouri RiverLittle Missouri River (Arkansas)The Little Missouri River, or Little Mo, is a waterway that runs from the Ouachita Mountains of southwest Arkansas into the rolling hills area in the surrounding countryside.- Overview :...
- Little Red River
- Little River (Red River)Little River (Red River)The Little River is a tributary of the Red River, about long, in southeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Arkansas in the United States. Via the Red, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.-Course:...
in southwestern Arkansas - Little River (St. Francis River) in northeastern Arkansas
- Little Strawberry RiverStrawberry River (Arkansas)The Strawberry River is a tributary of the Black River, about long, in northern Arkansas in the United States. Via the Black and White rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River....
- Little Sugar Creek
- Maumelle River
- Mississippi RiverMississippi RiverThe 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...
- Mountain ForkMountain ForkMountain Fork, also known as the Mountain Fork of the Little River, is a tributary of the Little River in western Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma in the United States...
- Mulberry RiverMulberry River (Arkansas)The Mulberry River is a tributary of the Arkansas River in northwestern Arkansas in the United States. Via the Arkansas River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. It has been designated a National Wild and Scenic River....
- North Fork River
- Ouachita RiverOuachita RiverThe Ouachita River is a river that runs south and east through the U.S. states of Arkansas and Louisiana, joining the Tensas River to form the Black River near Jonesville, Louisiana.-Course:...
- Petit Jean River
- Poteau RiverPoteau RiverThe Poteau River is a river in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Oklahoma and is the only river in Oklahoma that flows north. Poteau is the French word for "post" and it is believed the river was named because French explorers used a post or stake to mark the mouth of the river. The city of Poteau,...
- Red River
- Rolling Fork
- Sager CreekSager CreekSager Creek is a creek which runs through downtown Siloam Springs, Arkansas, in the United States. It is a tributary of Flint Creek, which flows to the Illinois River, which in turn flows to the Arkansas River and thus is part of the Mississippi River watershed...
- St. Francis RiverSt. Francis RiverThe Saint Francis River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about long, in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States...
- Saline River (Little River)Saline River (Little River)The Saline River is an tributary of the Little River in southwestern Arkansas in the United States. Via the Little and Red rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River....
in southwestern Arkansas - Saline River (Ouachita River)Saline River (Ouachita River)The Saline River is a tributary of the Ouachita River in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Arkansas.The Saline River begins in the eastern foothills of the Ouachita Mountains in Saline and Garland counties and is one of the last free-flowing rivers in the Ouachita River Basin...
in southern Arkansas - Spring RiverSpring 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....
- Strawberry RiverStrawberry River (Arkansas)The Strawberry River is a tributary of the Black River, about long, in northern Arkansas in the United States. Via the Black and White rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River....
- Sulphur RiverSulphur RiverThe Sulphur River is a river in northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas in the United States.-Geography:The Sulphur River begins at the confluence of its north and south forks along the Delta–Lamar county line...
- Tanyard Creek
- Tyronza River
- White RiverWhite 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...