Geography Tool Shed : Missouri River

United States Rivers

Missouri River

States	Iowa (179 mi), Kansas (119 mi), Missouri (553 mi), Montana (730 mi), Nebraska (384 mi), North Dakota (352 mi), South Dakota (505 mi)
Length	2,320.1 miles
Watershed Length^*	150,103 miles
Mouth	Mississippi River ⤏ Gulf of Mexico
GNIS	756398

Tributaries

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Name	Distance from Mouth (miles)	Length (miles)	Watershed Length (miles)
Alkali Creek	1,507	15	15
American Creek	970	14	14
American Crow Creek	965	32	50
Antelope Creek	799	17	17
Antelope Creek	1,057	35	49
Antelope Creek	1,493	21	44
Antelope Creek	1,927	20	20
Aowa Creek	744	32	74
Apple Creek	1,307	65	183
Armells Creek	1,922	99	216
Arrow Creek	1,995	110	407
Artichoke Creek	1,140	54	54
Auxvasse Creek	122	53	100
Avalanche Creek	2,257	19	19
Badger Creek	1,280	30	30
Bad River	1,068	157	1,492
Baileys Creek	109	24	24
Battle Creek	1,255	26	26
Bazile Creek	839	70	121
Bear Den Creek	1,474	40	40
Beauchamp Creek	1,886	51	84
Beaver Creek	801	31	31
Beaver Creek	2,234	19	19
Beaver Creek	1,514	39	39
Beaver Creek	2,264	16	16
Beaver Creek	1,261	122	249
Beaver Creek	1,427	17	17
Beaver Holes Creek	1,265	16	16
Bee Creek	403	35	35
Belt Creek	2,103	90	228
Big Berger Creek	83	27	27
Big Dry Creek	1,774	214	1,437
Big Muddy Creek	1,630	202	638
Big Nemaha River	496	20	638
Big Sioux River	733	418	2,345
Birch Creek	1,981	57	111
Bird Creek	2,166	26	26
Blackbird Creek	697	4	48
Blackfoot Creek	1,238	17	35
Blue River	360	40	63
Boeuf Creek	79	42	42
Bonne Femme Creek	194	40	60
Bonne Femme Creek	170	19	19
Bow Creek	784	48	164
Box Elder Creek	2,107	47	47
Boyer River	635	109	263
Bull Creek	1,945	34	34
Bull Creek	957	87	144
Bullwhacker Coulee	1,950	44	65
Burnt Creek	1,322	48	48
Campbell Creek	985	27	27
Cannonball River	1,275	351	1,845
Cedar Creek	1,035	40	69
Cedar Creek	150	56	71
Chantier Creek	1,085	16	16
Chapelle Creek	1,044	53	92
Chariton River	251	218	843
Charlie Creek	1,117	26	26
Charlie Creek	1,646	3	106
Charrette Creek	68	30	30
Cheyenne River	1,114	431	11,624
Chip Creek	1,985	39	39
Choteau Creek	852	105	119
C K Creek	1,892	49	67
Clarks Creek	1,481	19	19
Contrary Creek	439	18	18
Cow Creek	1,945	60	245
Creve Coeur Creek	31	16	16
Crooked River	315	71	125
Crow Creek	982	76	293
Crow Creek	2,290	26	26
Deadman Creek	1,198	14	14
Dearborn River	2,196	71	187
Deep Creek	2,281	34	34
Deepwater Creek	1,452	39	39
Dog Creek	1,983	98	165
Douglas Creek - Middle Branch	1,407	35	77
Duck Creek	2,269	16	16
Duval Creek	1,919	26	26
Eagle Creek	2,017	45	67
Eightmile Creek	1,569	26	26
Elk Creek	736	36	50
Emanuel Creek	836	67	88
Femme Osage Creek	49	19	35
Fish Creek	219	17	17
Fishing River	336	39	103
Fivemile Creek	938	16	16
Floyd River	730	112	279
Fourmile Creek	1,245	32	32
Fox Creek	1,117	20	20
Gallatin River	2,319	115	365
Gasconade River	105	265	866
Grand River	1,203	181	2,311
Grand River	252	233	2,752
Grays Creek	147	15	15
Hardscrabble Creek	1,627	36	60
Heart River	1,317	291	1,249
Highwood Creek	2,097	41	41
Honey Creek	633	16	16
Horsehead Creek	1,268	25	25
Hungry Creek	1,745	19	19
Independence Creek	426	29	29
Indian Creek	2,277	14	14
James River	795	775	4,367
Jefferson River	2,320	74	2,175
Joe Creek	1,028	15	15
Judith River	1,985	134	1,021
Kansas River	369	173	19,212
Keg Creek	588	64	64
Knife River	1,382	233	880
Lamine River	205	63	668
Landing Creek	933	24	24
Little Beaver Creek	1,260	36	36
Little Blue River	341	45	61
Little Chariton River	229	13	315
Little Cheyenne Creek	1,157	31	31
Little Heart River	1,308	43	65
Little Knife River	1,490	59	59
Little Missouri River	1,445	674	4,267
Little Muddy Creek	2,165	40	58
Little Muddy Creek	1,602	43	43
Little Muddy River	1,555	98	188
Little Nemaha River	529	77	243
Little Porcupine Creek	1,742	64	186
Little Prickly Pear Creek	2,207	38	55
Little Sandy Creek	2,025	37	37
Little Sioux River	669	258	991
Little Sni-A-Bar Creek	322	19	19
Little Willow Creek	1,132	15	15
Long Creek	1,526	16	16
Loose Creek	129	20	36
Lost Creek	92	16	16
Loutre River	98	59	99
Madison River	2,320	148	570
Malnourie Creek	1,434	14	14
Marias River	2,051	171	1,808
Marne Creek	800	23	23
Medicine Creek	1,023	127	250
Medicine Knoll Creek	1,053	75	141
Middle River	126	33	64
Milk River	1,759	729	4,512
Moniteau Creek	188	47	47
Moniteau Creek	160	43	56
Moreau River	1,180	290	2,262
Moreau River	140	37	205
Mosquito Creek	606	56	56
Moss Creek	289	16	16
Musselshell River	1,871	360	3,964
Nickwall Creek	1,688	22	22
Niobrara River	846	571	2,870
Nishnabotna River	543	16	827
Nodaway River	465	66	471
No Heart Creek	1,121	24	24
Oak Creek	1,206	100	100
Okobojo Creek	1,092	80	80
Old Channel Tarkio River	494	20	71
Omaha Creek Ditch	719	4	61
Onemile Creek	1,248	15	15
Osage River	131	279	4,376
Oswego Creek	1,723	30	45
Otis Creek	1,608	15	15
Painted Woods Creek	1,355	49	49
Palmer Creek	242	23	23
Papillion Creek	597	16	101
Pease Creek	894	30	30
Perche Creek	172	60	178
Perry Creek	731	29	29
Petite Saline Creek	179	54	70
Pigeon Creek	622	43	43
Platte Creek	914	59	77
Platte River	595	319	19,829
Platte River	393	199	914
Plum Creek	574	16	16
Ponca Creek	851	164	225
Poplar River	1,678	110	524
Porcupine Creek	1,254	75	75
Prairie Elk Creek	1,724	39	124
Prickly Pear Creek	2,238	45	75
Randall Creek	880	20	20
Redwater River	1,681	174	1,013
Rice Creek	1,281	21	21
Rock Creek	523	32	32
Rock Creek	2,206	15	15
Rock Creek	1,910	39	55
Salt Creek	189	19	19
Sand Coulee Creek	2,124	52	52
Sand Creek	1,514	28	28
Sand Creek	1,715	19	33
Sand Creek	1,912	29	29
Sevenmile Creek	1,897	31	31
Sherk Creek	1,345	14	14
Shoal Creek	353	22	22
Shonkin Creek	2,069	60	60
Siparyann Creek	1,914	38	38
Sixmile Creek	1,426	17	17
Sixteenmile Creek	2,303	76	131
Skunk Creek	1,465	15	15
Slaughter Creek	866	18	34
Smith River	2,148	122	449
Snake Creek	924	22	22
Snatch Creek	828	33	33
Sni-A-Bar Creek	324	45	62
Soldier Creek	990	17	17
Soldier River Cutoff	663	5	117
Spokane Creek	2,247	17	17
Spring Creek	1,229	103	103
Square Butte Creek	1,328	74	117
Stickney Creek	2,198	4	21
St. Johns Creek	70	35	35
Stony Creek	1,555	34	49
Sugar Creek	420	19	19
Sully Creek	1,096	16	16
Sun River	2,120	107	413
Swan Creek	1,182	40	64
Tabo Creek	308	25	39
Tall Prairie Chicken Creek	1,119	16	16
Tarkio River	509	81	172
Timber Creek	1,544	45	45
Tobacco Garden Creek	1,519	61	89
Trout Creek	2,243	20	20
Turtle Creek	1,358	45	45
Two Calf Creek	1,928	41	65
Vermillion River	769	96	627
Wakenda Creek	264	45	94
Waterhole Creek	955	23	23
Waubonsie Creek	580	18	18
Weeping Water Creek	569	56	85
Wegner Creek	2,201	16	16
Weigand Creek	812	22	22
Whetstone Creek	910	6	112
White Earth River	1,501	89	137
White River	958	581	4,300
Whitetail Creek	2,262	14	14
Wild Cow Creek	1,533	15	15
Willow Creek - East Branch	1,132	25	25
Willow Creek - West Branch	1,132	22	22
Wolf Creek	983	27	27
Wolf Creek	1,708	23	93
Wolf River	481	46	65
Woodhawk Creek	1,941	31	31
Yellowstone River	1,585	692	22,990

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

Data from United States Geological Survey