Geography Tool Shed : Arkansas River

United States Rivers

Arkansas River

States	Arkansas (321 mi), Colorado (363 mi), Kansas (441 mi), Oklahoma (328 mi)
Length	1,453.7 miles
Watershed Length^*	37,087 miles
Mouth	Mississippi River ⤏ Gulf of Mexico
GNIS	78956

Tributaries

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Name	Distance from Mouth (miles)	Length (miles)	Watershed Length (miles)
Apishapa River	1,233	139	208
Arkansas River - East Fork	1,454	21	21
Arkansas River - Salt Fork	598	237	2,448
Ash Creek	430	21	21
Ash Creek	851	57	57
Badger Creek	1,378	34	34
Bayou Manard	400	17	17
Bayou Meto	45	185	330
Beaver Creek	1,313	22	75
Beaver Creek	625	48	75
Big Creek	295	27	27
Big Piney Creek	231	71	127
Big Sandy Creek	1,119	211	734
Big Shoal Creek	234	24	24
Big Skin Bayou	333	35	35
Black Bear Creek	540	117	192
Browns Creek	1,405	16	16
Buffalo Creek	1,106	15	15
Cache Creek	337	23	38
Caddoa Creek	1,150	55	55
Cadron Creek	173	75	144
Camp Creek	325	15	15
Canadian River	368	1,091	9,661
Cane Creek	246	17	17
Carrol Creek	1,360	16	31
Chalk Creek	1,408	27	27
Cheyenne Creek	1,091	15	15
Chico Creek	1,268	54	173
Chilocco Creek	645	28	28
Cimarron River	495	625	3,759
Clay Creek	1,123	33	62
Cloud Creek	428	25	52
Concharty Creek	436	23	23
Coody Creek	403	18	18
Coon Creek	876	96	191
Cow Creek	773	112	268
Dirty Creek	372	50	121
Dog Creek	697	17	17
East Bridge Creek	1,081	19	19
Eightmile Creek	1,321	30	30
Fountain Creek	1,284	75	206
Fourche Creek	128	35	48
Fourche LaFave River	161	152	244
Fourmile Creek	1,328	53	117
Frog Bayou	292	57	72
Galla Creek	203	25	25
Grape Creek	1,333	59	95
Gray Horse Creek	550	18	18
Greenleaf Creek	384	23	23
Grouse Creek	650	76	129
Hardscrabble Creek	1,317	19	49
Horse Creek	1,182	129	407
Horsehead Creek	249	25	41
Huerfano River	1,259	113	336
Illinois Bayou	224	42	105
Illinois River	374	154	355
Kramer Creek	1,250	23	23
Lake Creek	1,438	14	14
Lee Creek	315	66	127
Little Arkansas River	723	123	429
Little Bayou Meto	59	22	93
Little Maumelle River	141	23	23
Little Sans Bois Creek	356	18	18
Little Vache Grasse Creek	301	13	45
Maumelle River	145	46	46
Mud Creek	1,145	47	72
Mulberry Creek	928	63	63
Mulberry River	285	71	129
Neosho River	407	463	3,843
Ninnescah River	688	57	461
Oak Creek	1,323	32	32
Palarm Creek	151	32	32
Pawnee River	864	201	781
Peace Creek	794	49	49
Pecan Creek	417	24	24
Peck Creek	1,297	18	18
Petit Jean River	200	137	280
Pickle Creek	855	26	26
Point Remove Creek	189	18	133
Polecat Creek	466	73	96
Poteau River	322	141	554
Purgatoire River	1,172	196	600
Red Rock Creek	574	83	117
Rock Creek	1,296	21	21
Rule Creek	1,159	72	127
Rush Creek	1,303	14	14
Saint Charles River	1,275	65	167
Sallisaw Creek	354	48	86
Salt Creek	774	39	39
Salt Creek	1,283	20	20
Salt Creek	803	17	290
Salt Creek	554	66	66
Sans Bois Creek	353	77	113
Sixmile Creek	1,324	15	15
Sixmile Creek	252	51	71
Slate Creek	669	67	82
Snake Creek	457	36	36
South Arkansas River	1,387	25	40
Spadra Creek	243	24	24
Spring Creek	706	16	16
Tallahassee Creek	1,341	11	75
Texas Creek	1,356	27	27
Timpas Creek	1,208	73	73
Tupelo Bayou	162	16	16
Turkey Creek	1,301	38	38
Two Butte Creek	1,096	152	307
Verdigris River	408	311	2,554
Vian Creek	362	26	42
Walnut Creek	832	139	747
Walnut River	656	154	785
West Bridge Creek	1,086	16	16
White Oak Bayou	137	20	20
White Oak Creek	281	12	41
Wichita-Valley Center Floodway	710	5	55

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

Data from United States Geological Survey