Geography Tool Shed : Mississippi River

United States Rivers

Mississippi River

States	Arkansas (322 mi), Illinois (592 mi), Iowa (322 mi), Kentucky (52 mi), Louisiana (505 mi), Minnesota (671 mi), Mississippi (410 mi), Missouri (494 mi), Tennessee (188 mi), Wisconsin (234 mi)
Length	2,314.3 miles
Watershed Length^*	309,424 miles
Mouth	Gulf of Mexico
GNIS	1629903

Tributaries

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Name	Distance from Mouth (miles)	Length (miles)	Watershed Length (miles)
Apple Creek	1,033	47	47
Apple River	1,512	55	67
Arkansas River	580	1,454	37,087
Bad Axe River	1,644	4	64
Bay Creek	1,231	52	52
Bayou Baton Rouge	236	21	21
Bayou Pierre	395	103	370
Bayou Sara	266	37	64
Bear Creek	1,302	44	119
Bear Creek	1,270	18	18
Big Black River	656	285	925
Big Muddy River	1,033	156	739
Big River	1,775	13	13
Black River	1,677	192	691
Bloody Run	1,603	18	18
Bobs Creek	1,199	24	24
Brazeau Creek	1,039	16	16
Bryants Creek	1,222	18	18
Buck Creek	1,587	22	22
Buck Run	1,304	18	18
Buffalo River	313	64	80
Buffalo River	1,723	70	119
Cahokia Canal	1,141	9	119
Camp Creek	1,354	18	18
Cannon River	1,765	119	354
Catfish Creek	1,544	3	30
Chippewa River	1,732	196	2,858
Cinque Hommes Creek	1,052	22	22
Clearwater River	1,883	43	43
Coles Creek	376	20	107
Coon Creek	1,834	24	24
Coon Creek	1,653	38	38
Copperas Creek	1,411	32	32
Crow River	1,848	25	506
Crow Wing River	1,959	115	859
Cuivre River	1,197	41	448
Dardenne Creek	1,188	40	58
Deep Bayou	601	17	17
Deer River	2,171	19	19
Des Moines River	1,323	540	4,609
Devils Creek	1,340	14	41
Duck Creek	1,452	21	21
Dugout Creek	1,358	15	15
Durgens Creek	1,293	23	23
East Indian Creek	1,714	16	16
Edwards River	1,395	74	141
Eliza Creek	1,397	24	24
Elk River	1,494	22	22
Elk River	1,853	84	241
Ellison Creek Diverson Ditch	1,364	11	37
Elm Creek	1,840	22	39
Establishment Creek	1,088	26	26
Fabius River	1,283	6	703
Flint Creek	1,368	35	35
Fountain Creek	1,116	30	30
Fox River	1,315	106	201
Galena River	1,531	50	64
Garvin Brook	1,703	19	37
Gilbert Creek	1,746	15	15
Grant River	1,561	45	115
Hadley-McCraney Diversion Ditch	1,258	5	45
Hatchie River	774	238	534
Hay Creek	1,763	25	25
Headwater Diversion Channel	1,006	33	345
Henderson Creek	1,373	65	202
Homochitto River	341	93	300
Honey Creek	1,362	28	28
Illinois River	1,179	273	7,457
Iowa River	1,397	324	3,822
Isabelle Creek	1,756	19	19
Joachim Creek	1,111	37	52
Johnson Creek	1,487	27	27
Kaskaskia River	1,075	305	1,679
Kiser Creek	1,251	21	21
La Crosse River	1,667	62	100
Leech Lake River	2,179	53	247
Little Elk River	1,936	29	47
Little Maquoketa River	1,553	30	70
Little Menominee River	1,538	14	14
Little Mississippi River	2,274	23	44
Little Rock Creek	1,906	34	34
Little Two River	1,922	16	16
Little Willow River	2,028	22	22
Lost Creek	1,349	21	21
Lower Cache River	969	38	100
Maquoketa River	1,516	150	699
Marys River	1,065	42	66
Mayfield Creek	952	64	89
Menominee River	1,541	12	12
Meramec River	1,120	229	1,011
Mill Creek	1,478	17	17
Mill Creek	1,280	24	39
Minnehaha Creek	1,816	37	37
Minnesota River	1,813	357	4,645
Minnesota Slough	1,641	8	32
Missouri River	1,154	2,320	150,103
Mormon Creek	1,661	16	16
Nokasippi River	1,950	47	84
Nonconnah Creek	735	30	30
North River	1,283	81	114
Obion Creek	924	67	130
Obion River	816	79	703
Ohio River	956	974	54,435
Paint Creek	1,610	33	33
Peruque Creek	1,193	44	44
Piasa Creek	1,166	30	43
Pine Creek	1,430	15	15
Pine Creek	1,665	24	24
Pine River	1,993	58	133
Platte River	1,916	62	134
Platte River	1,556	48	90
Plattin Creek	1,108	26	26
Plum River	1,503	47	104
Pope Creek	1,391	58	72
Prairie duPont Creek	1,134	21	21
Prairie River	2,142	63	126
Ramsey Creek	1,226	18	18
Rice Creek	1,831	29	29
Rice River	2,034	58	58
Ripple River	2,025	43	43
River aux Vases	1,078	32	32
Rock River	1,443	299	2,812
Root River	1,663	82	599
Rum River	1,840	160	402
Rush Creek	1,629	16	16
Rush Creek	1,507	31	43
Rush River	1,751	51	51
Saline Creek	1,078	33	76
Salt River	1,246	75	1,110
Sandy River	2,073	37	102
Sauk River	1,899	123	170
Schoolcraft River	2,254	36	36
Sexton Creek	1,003	12	41
Sinsinawa River	1,536	21	21
Skunk River	1,359	93	1,269
Smallpox Creek	1,530	16	16
South River	1,283	18	18
Spring Creek	1,764	17	17
Spunk Creek	1,918	24	24
St. Catherine Creek	361	26	26
St. Croix River	1,782	173	2,139
St. Francis River	674	419	916
Swan River	2,105	74	74
Swan River	1,929	39	39
Tete des Morts Creek	1,534	18	18
Third River	2,204	35	35
Thompson Creek	256	46	115
Trempealeau River	1,685	83	160
Trimbelle River	1,765	29	29
Turkey River	1,577	153	475
Turtle River	2,224	50	73
Two River	1,922	6	53
Upper Iowa River	1,640	156	240
Vermillion Slough	1,766	7	78
Village Creek	1,631	24	24
Wapsipinicon River	1,472	300	803
Watab River	1,901	10	24
Waumandee Creek	1,703	34	72
Wells Creek	1,748	28	28
White River	598	703	7,061
Whitewater River	1,712	18	110
Willow River	2,046	77	101
Wisconsin River	1,599	436	2,961
Wolf River	739	106	147
Wood River	1,159	3	41
Wyaconda River	1,299	51	203
Yazoo River	436	172	2,555
Yellow River	1,607	54	68
Zumbro River	1,719	65	451

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

Data from United States Geological Survey