Geography Tool Shed : Gulf of Mexico

United States Rivers

Gulf of Mexico

States	Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas
Watershed Length^*	422,741 miles
GNIS	558730

Tributaries

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Name	Length (miles)	Watershed Length (miles)
Alafia River	25	74
Alaqua Creek	33	33
Anclote River	29	29
Apalachicola River	109	4,157
Aransas River	63	178
Atchafalaya River	142	26,952
Aucilla River	89	122
Bastrop Bayou	27	61
Bay Minette Creek	17	17
Bayou du Large	35	35
Bayou Grand Caillou	41	41
Bayou Lafourche	104	104
Bayou Terrebonne	47	47
Big Boggy Creek	24	24
Biloxi River	58	172
Black Creek	19	19
Blackwater River	57	190
Brazos River	937	10,855
Broad River	18	29
Buffalo Bayou	65	256
Bullfrog Creek	19	19
Calcasieu River	226	1,265
Caloosahatchee River	55	82
Caney Creek	134	213
Cedar Bayou	47	47
Cedar Lake Creek	25	25
Chocolate Bayou	38	38
Chocolate Bayou	32	32
Choctawhatchee River	143	969
Clear Creek	43	43
Colorado River	898	7,390
Copano Creek	31	31
Cow Creek	16	34
Double Bayou - East Fork	27	27
East Bay River	18	31
East Carancahua Creek	39	39
East Fowl River	8	26
Ecofina Creek	45	88
Ecofina River	44	44
Escambia River	59	1,015
Fenholloway River	39	71
Fish River	30	30
Fourmile Creek	9	22
Garcitas Creek	50	104
Grand Bayou Blue	14	61
Guadalupe River	425	2,933
Hillsborough River	53	64
Jaboncillos Creek	52	52
Jourdan River	16	96
Lavaca River	118	738
Little Manatee River	37	56
Live Oak Bayou	36	97
Los Olmos Creek	67	157
Manatee River	36	106
Mermentau River	57	358
Mission River	27	304
Mississippi River	2,314	309,424
Mobile River	47	13,019
Myakka River	71	82
Neches River	410	3,123
New Bayou	15	58
New River	56	56
Nueces River	449	4,563
Ochlockonee River	218	601
Oyster Creek	136	136
Pascagoula River	81	3,245
Peace River	109	333
Pearl River	435	2,306
Perdido River	66	205
Petronila Creek	40	104
Pithlachascotee River	23	23
Placedo Creek	34	34
Rio Grande	1,947	10,805
Rocky Creek	23	23
Sabine River	520	2,970
San Bernard River	144	389
Sandy Creek	15	15
San Fernando Creek	46	302
San Jacinto River	30	813
Sopchoppy River	40	40
Spring Run	13	13
Spring Warrior Creek	13	13
Steinhatchee River	35	35
St. Marks River	39	51
Suwannee River	248	1,618
Taylor Bayou	19	54
Tchefuncte River	111	1,450
Tensaw River	42	42
Tres Palacios River	60	76
Trinity River	474	5,303
Vermilion River	66	84
Waccasassa River	26	26
West Carancahua Creek	32	32
West Pascagoula River	17	50
West Pearl River	39	476
Wetappo Creek	25	25
Withlachooche River	141	186
Wolf River	74	133
Yellow River	118	312

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* Note: Watershed is mostly rivers/streams 15+ miles in length.

Data from United States Geological Survey