List of rivers of Missouri
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This page is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Missouri.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Mississippi River
Arkansas River
Neosho River (KS, OK)
Elk River
Buffalo Creek
Indian Creek
Big Sugar Creek
Little Sugar Creek
Spring River
Shoal Creek
Capps Creek
White River
Cache River
Black River
Spring River
Warm Fork Spring River
Anthony Branch
Eleven Point River
Current River
Sinking Creek
Little Black River
Jacks Fork
Logan Creek
Adair Creek
North Fork River
Bennetts Bayou
Bennetts River
Bryant Creek
Brush Creek
Hunter Creek
Whites Creek
Fox Creek
Rippee Creek
Spring Creek
Clifty Creek
Little North Fork White River
Beaver Creek
Cowskin Creek
Prairie Creek
Little Beaver Creek
James River
Crane Creek
Finley Creek
Pierson Creek
Wilsons Creek
Jordan Creek
Fassnight Creek
Kings River
Osage Creek
Roaring River
Mississippi River between the White and Missouri rivers
St. Francis River
Little River
Castor River
Whitewater River
Mingo Creek
Stanley Creek
Big Lake Creek
Seitz Branch
Persimmon Branch
Julian Branch
Hubble Creek
Bounds Creek
Peters Branch
Clark Creek
Peachtree Fork
Big Creek
Kinney Branch
Little St.
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