List of rivers of Tennessee
This is a list of rivers of the U.S. state of Tennessee:
By drainage basin
[edit]This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. All rivers in Tennessee ultimately flow to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Mississippi River drainage basin
[edit]- Mississippi River
- Lake McKellar
- Wolf River
- Loosahatchie River
- Hatchie River
- Forked Deer River
- Obion River
- North Fork
- Middle Fork
- South Fork
- Rutherford Fork
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- Cumberland River
- Red River
- Harpeth River
- Richland Creek
- Mill Creek
- Stones River
- Plunkett Creek
- Caney Fork
- Defeated Creek
- Dillard Creek
- Martin Creek
- Flynn Creek
- Jennings Creek
- Roaring River
- Obey River
- Wolf River
- Rotten Fork Wolf River
- East Fork Obey River
- West Fork Obey River
- Wolf River
- Big South Fork of the Cumberland River
- Clear Fork (Cumberland River tributary)
- Cumberland River
Mobile River drainage basin
[edit]- Mobile River (AL)
- Alabama River (AL)
- Coosa River (AL, GA)
- Oostanaula River (GA)
- Coosa River (AL, GA)
- Alabama River (AL)
Alphabetically
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River located partially in another state
- Bald River
- Barren Fork
- Beaver Creek
- Beech River
- Big Sandy River
- Big South Fork of the Cumberland River
- Blackburn Fork River
- Blood River
- Buffalo River
- Calfkiller River
- Cane Creek (Caney Fork River tributary)
- Caney Fork
- Clear Fork (Big South Fork Cumberland River tributary)
- Clear Fork (Cumberland River tributary)
- Clear Fork (Smith Fork Creek tributary)
- Chickamauga Creek
- Clinch River
- Coal Creek
- Collins River
- Conasauga Creek
- Conasauga River
- Cumberland River
- Defeated Creek (Hickman County, Tennessee)
- Defeated Creek (Smith County, Tennessee)
- Doe River
- Duck River
- East Fork Poplar Creek
- Elk River (North Carolina - Tennessee), tributary of the Watauga River
- Elk River (Tennessee), tributary of the Tennessee River
- Emory River
- Falling Water River
- Flint River
- Forked Deer River
- French Broad River
- Green River
- Harpeth River
- Hatchie River
- Hickman Creek
- Hiwassee River
- Holston River
- Indian Creek (Caney Fork River tributary)
- Indian Creek (Powell River tributary)
- Indian Creek (Tennessee River tributary)
- Injun Creek
- Little Buffalo River
- Little Doe River
- Little Duck River
- Little Emory River
- Little Harpeth River
- Little Indian Creek
- Little Obed River
- Little Pigeon River
- Little Piney Creek
- Little River
- Little Sequatchie River
- Little Tennessee River
- Loosahatchie River
- Louse Creek
- Mill Creek
- Mine Lick Creek
- Mississippi River
- New River
- Nolichucky River
- Nonconnah Creek
- North River
- Obed River
- Obey River
- Obion River
- Ocoee River
- Otter Creek
- Overall Creek
- Pigeon River
- Piney River (East Tennessee)
- Piney River (Middle Tennessee)
- Plunkett Creek
- Poplar Creek
- Powell River
- Red River
- Roan Creek
- Roaring River
- Rocky River
- Rotten Fork Wolf River
- Soak Creek
- Sequatchie River
- Sevenmile Creek
- Sewee Creek
- Shoal Creek
- Smith Fork
- Smith Fork Creek
- Spring Creek
- Stinking Creek
- Stones River
- Sweetwater Creek
- Tellico River
- Tennessee River
- Tuscumbia River
- Watauga River
- White Oak Creek
- Wolf River (Middle Tennessee), tributary of the Obey River
- Wolf River (West Tennessee), tributary of the Mississippi River
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Colquit, Elle. "Beaver Creek Water Trail". Outdoor Knoxville. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
- ^ "American Whitewater". www.americanwhitewater.org. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ "American Whitewater". www.americanwhitewater.org. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- USGS Geographic Names Information Service
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Tennessee (1974)