List of Missouri rivers
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List of river
s in Missouri
(U.S. state
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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 Missouri
Missouri
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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.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 River (AR,OK)
- Neosho River (OK)
- Elk RiverElk 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 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
- Spring RiverSpring 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 CreekShoal 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 CreekCapps CreekCapps 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...
- Capps Creek
- Shoal Creek
- Elk River
- Neosho River (OK)
- Arkansas River (AR,OK)
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
- 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
- Jacks Fork
- Spring River
- North Fork RiverNorth 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 RiverJames 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 RiverRoaring 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....
- Cache River
- White River
Mississippi River between the White and Missouri rivers
- 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...
- Little River
- Castor RiverCastor 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
- Castor River
- Little St. Francis River
- Little River
- Headwater Diversion ChannelHeadwater Diversion ChannelThe 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 RiverCastor 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 RiverBig 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 RiverBourbeuse RiverThe 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 CreekCourtois CreekCourtois 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...
- Courtois Creek
- Dry Fork
- Big River
- River des PeresRiver des PeresThe 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...
- St. Francis River
Missouri 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...
- Missouri RiverMissouri RiverThe 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 RiverLoutre RiverThe 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 RiverGasconade RiverThe 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 RiverBig Piney RiverThe 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 CreekRoubidoux CreekRoubidoux 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
- Big Piney River
- Auxvasse Creek
- Middle River
- Osage RiverOsage RiverThe 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 CreekGrandglaize CreekGrandglaize 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 RiverNiangua RiverThe 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 RiverLittle Niangua RiverThe 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:...
- Little Niangua River
- South Grand River
- Big Creek
- Pomme de Terre RiverPomme 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 RiverSac RiverThe 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 Sac River
- Little Osage RiverLittle Osage RiverThe 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 RiverMarmaton RiverThe Marmaton River is a tributary of the Little Osage River in southeastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States...
- Green River
- Marmaton River
- Marais des Cygnes RiverMarais des Cygnes RiverThe 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...
- Maries River
- Moreau River
- Lamine RiverLamine RiverThe 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 RiverBlackwater 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)
- Blackwater River
- Little Chariton River
- Chariton RiverChariton RiverThe 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 RiverGrand 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 RiverThompson 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
- Weldon River
- Crooked RiverCrooked 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 RiverFishing RiverThe 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 RiverLittle 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 RiverBlue 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 RiverPlatte 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 RiverOne Hundred and Two RiverThe 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 RiverNodaway RiverThe 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 RiverTarkio RiverThe 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 RiverNishnabotna RiverThe 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...
- Loutre River
- Missouri River
Mississippi River north of the Missouri 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...
- Cuivre RiverCuivre RiverThe 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 RiverNorth 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 RiverFabius RiverThe 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 RiverFabius RiverThe 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 RiverFabius RiverThe 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
- South Fabius RiverFabius RiverThe 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
- North Fabius River
- Wyaconda River
- Little Wyaconda River
- Fox River
- Little Fox River
- Des Moines RiverDes Moines RiverThe Des Moines River is a tributary river of the Mississippi River, approximately long to its farther headwaters, in the upper Midwestern United States...
- Cuivre River
Alphabetically
- Baker Creek
- Bennetts River
- Big Piney RiverBig Piney RiverThe 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 RiverBig 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 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...
(300 miles) - Blackwater RiverBlackwater 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 RiverBlue 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 RiverBourbeuse RiverThe 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 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...
(213 miles) - Capps CreekCapps CreekCapps 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 RiverCastor 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 RiverChariton RiverThe 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 CreekCourtois CreekCourtois 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 RiverCrooked 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 RiverCuivre RiverThe 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 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...
(225 miles) - Des Moines RiverDes Moines RiverThe 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 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...
- Elk RiverElk 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 RiverFabius RiverThe 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 RiverFishing RiverThe 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 RiverGasconade RiverThe 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 RiverGrand 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 CreekGrandglaize CreekGrandglaize 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 RiverJames 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 RiverLamine RiverThe 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 RiverLittle 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 RiverLittle Niangua RiverThe 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 RiverLittle Osage RiverThe 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 RiverLoutre RiverThe 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 RiverMarais des Cygnes RiverThe 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 RiverMarmaton RiverThe 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 RiverMissouri RiverThe 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 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...
- Moreau River
- Niangua RiverNiangua RiverThe 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 RiverNishnabotna RiverThe 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 RiverNodaway RiverThe 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 RiverNorth 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 RiverOne Hundred and Two RiverThe 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 RiverOsage RiverThe 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 RiverPlatte 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 RiverPomme 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 PeresRiver des PeresThe 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 RiverRoaring 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 CreekRoubidoux CreekRoubidoux 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 RiverSac RiverThe 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 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...
(470 miles) - Salt River
- Shoal CreekShoal 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 RiverTarkio RiverThe 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 RiverThompson 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 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...
(722 miles) - Whitewater River
- Wilsons Creek
- Wyaconda River