List of rivers of Washington

This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Washington.

By drainage basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin. Respective tributaries are indented under each larger stream's name and are ordered downstream to upstream.

Fraser River (British Columbia)

Sumas River
- Saar Creek
- Chilliwack River

Strait of Georgia, Bellingham Bay, Samish Bay

Dakota Creek
California Creek
Lummi River
Nooksack River
- Tenmile Creek
- Anderson Creek
- South Fork Nooksack River
  - Skookum Creek
- Middle Fork Nooksack River
- North Fork Nooksack River
  - Canyon Creek
  - Glacier Creek
  - Dead Horse Creek
  - Wells Creek
  - Ruth Creek
Whatcom Creek
Padden Creek
Samish River

Puget Sound

Whidbey Basin

Skagit River

Finney Creek

Grandy Creek

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Thunder Creek

Rocky Creek

Sulphur Creek

Swift Creek

Shannon Creek

Blum Creek

Sulphide Creek

Crystal Creek

Bald Eagle Creek

Jackman Creek

Sauk River

Suiattle River

Big Creek

Buck Creek

Lime Creek

Downey Creek

Sulphur Creek

Milk Creek

Dusty Creek

Chocolate Creek

Dan Creek

Clear Creek

Helena Creek

White Chuck River

Pugh Creek

Camp Creek

South Fork Sauk River

Elliott Creek

North Fork Sauk River

Lost Creek

Sloan Creek

Cadet Creek

Illabot Creek

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Jordan Creek

Marble Creek

Kindy Creek

North Fork Cascade River

South Fork Cascade River

Middle Fork Cascade River

Diobsud Creek

Bacon Creek

Goodell Creek

Newhalem Creek

Stetattle Creek

Thunder Creek

Colonial Creek

Ruby Creek

Canyon Creek

Slate Creek

Granite Creek

Big Beaver Creek

Devils Creek

Three Fools Creek

Little Beaver Creek
Tulalip Creek
Stillaguamish River
- Pilchuck Creek
- North Fork Stillaguamish
  - Deer Creek
  - Boulder River
  - Squire Creek
- South Fork Stillaguamish
  - Jim Creek
  - Canyon Creek
Snohomish River
- Quilceda Creek
- Pilchuck River
  - Little Pilchuck Creek
- French Creek
- Skykomish River
  - Woods Creek
    - West Fork Woods Creek
  - Youngs Creek
  - Sultan River
    - Chaplain Creek
    - South Fork Sultan River
  - Wallace River
    - Olney Creek
  - North Fork Skykomish River
    - Salmon Creek
    - Silver Creek
    - Troublesome Creek
    - West Cady Creek
    - Goblin Creek
    - Quartz Creek
    - Pass Creek
  - South Fork Skykomish River
    - Barclay Creek
    - Index Creek
    - Money Creek
    - Miller River
      - West Fork Miller River
      - East Fork Miller River
        
        Camp Robber Creek
    - Maloney Creek
    - Beckler River
      - Rapid River
        
        Meadow Creek
        
        North Fork Rapid River
      - Fourth of July Creek
      - Evergreen Creek
    - Foss River
      - West Fork Foss River
      - East Fork Foss River
    - Tye River
      - Martin Creek
      - Deception Creek
      - Surprise Creek
      - Scenic Creek
      - Tunnel Creek
- Snoqualmie River
  - Cherry Creek
  - Tolt River
    - North Fork Tolt River
    - South Fork Tolt River
  - Griffin Creek
  - Patterson Creek
  - Raging River
  - Tokul Creek
  - South Fork Snoqualmie River
    - Boxley Creek
    - Hansen Creek
  - North Fork Snoqualmie River
    - Tate Creek
    - Sunday Creek
    - Lennox Creek
  - Middle Fork Snoqualmie River
    - Granite Creek
    - Pratt River
    - Rainy Creek
    - Taylor River
      - Quartz Creek
    - Dingford Creek
    - Burnboot Creek

Central Basin

Shell Creek
Shelleberger Creek
Deer Creek
Boeing Creek
Pipers Creek
Lake Washington Ship Canal/Lake Washington
- Taylor Creek
- Ravenna Creek
- Thornton Creek
- McAleer Creek
  - Lyon Creek
- Sammamish River
  - Swamp Creek
    - Scriber Creek
  - North Creek
    - Penny Creek
    - Mill Creek
    - Sitka Creek
  - Bear Creek
    - Cottage Lake Creek
  - Lake Sammamish
    - Issaquah Creek
      - East Fork Issaquah Creek
- Juanita Creek
- Yarrow Creek
- Kelsey Creek
- Coal Creek
- May Creek
- Cedar River
  - Taylor Creek
  - Rex River
Duwamish River
- Longfellow Creek
- Black River (historical)
  - Cedar River (historical)
- Green River
  - White River (historical)
  - Big Soos Creek
  - Newaukum Creek
  - North Fork Green River
  - Smay Creek
  - Sunday Creek
Fauntleroy Creek
Des Moines Creek
Massey Creek
McSorley Creek
Redondo Creek
Lakota Creek
Joes Creek
Hylebos Creek
Wapato Creek
Puyallup River
- Swan Creek
- Clear Creek
- Clarks Creek
- Stuck River
  - White River
    - Clearwater River
    - Greenwater River
    - West Fork White River
    - Huckleberry Creek
- Carbon River
  - Voight Creek
  - South Prairie Creek
    - Wilkeson Creek
- Kapowsin Creek
- Mowich River
Puget Creek

South Basin

Chambers Creek
- Clover Creek
Sequalitchew Creek
Nisqually River
- Muck Creek
- Yelm Creek
- Tanwax Creek
- Ohop Creek
- Mashel River
  - Little Mashel River
  - Busy Wild Creek
- Little Nisqually River
- Mineral Creek
- Big Creek
  - Catt Creek
- Kautz Creek
- Paradise River
- Van Trump Creek
Woodland Creek
Indian Creek
Deschutes River
Kennedy Creek
Mill Creek
Goldsborough Creek
Sherwood Creek

Hood Canal, Admiralty Inlet

Union River
Mission Creek
Tahuya River
Skokomish River
- North Fork Skokomish River (Lake Cushman)
- South Fork Skokomish River
  - Vance Creek
Dewatto River
Hamma Hamma River
Duckabush River
Dosewallips River
Big Quilcene River
- Tunnel Creek
Little Quilcene River
Chimacum Creek

Strait of Juan de Fuca

Snow Creek
Dungeness River
- Gray Wolf River
  - Cameron Creek
McDonald Creek
Morse Creek
Ennis Creek
Elwha River
- Indian Creek
- Little River
- Lillian River
- Lost River
- Goldie River
- Hayes River
Lyre River
East Twin River
West Twin River
Deep Creek
Pysht River
Clallam River
Hoko River
Sekiu River
Sail River

Pacific Coast

Waatch River
Sooes River
Ozette River
- Big River
Quillayute River
- Dickey River
- Sol Duc River
  - Bear Creek
  - North Fork Sol Duc River
- Bogachiel River
  - Calawah River
    - North Fork Calawah River
    - Sitkum River
Goodman Creek
Hoh River
- South Fork Hoh River
- Mount Tom Creek
Kalaloch Creek
Queets River
- Clearwater River
  - Snahapish River
  - Solleks River
- Salmon River
- Matheny Creek
- Sams River
- Thletshy Creek
Raft River
Quinault River
- Cook Creek
- Ten O'Clock Creek
- North Fork Quinault Creek
  - Rustler Creek
Moclips River
Joe Creek
Copalis River

Grays Harbor

Humptulips River
- Big Creek
- Stevens Creek
- West Fork Humptulips River
- East Fork Humptulips River
Hoquiam River
Chehalis River
- Wishkah River
- Wynoochee River
- Satsop River
  - East Fork Satsop River
    - Decker Creek
    - Bingham Creek
  - Middle Fork Satsop River
  - West Fork Satsop River
    - Canyon River
- Cloquallum Creek
- Delezene Creek
- Mox Chehalis Creek
- Porter Creek
- Rock Creek
- Cedar Creek
- Garrard Creek
- Black River
  - Beaver Creek
  - Waddell Creel
- Scatter Creek
- Lincoln Creek
- Skookumchuck River
  - Hanaford Creek
- Salzer Creek
- Newaukum River
  - North Fork Newaukum River
    - Middle Fork Newaukum River
  - South Fork Newaukum River
- Stearns Creek
- Bunker Creek
- South Fork Chehalis River
  - Lake Creek
  - Stillman Creek
- Elk Creek
- Crim Creek
Newskah Creek
Johns River
Elk River

Willapa Bay

Cedar River
North River
- Lower Salmon Creek
- Little North River
- Vesta Creek
- Fall River
Smith Creek
- Elkhorn Creek
Willapa River
- South Fork Willapa River
- Wilson Creek
- Mill Creek
- Fork Creek
Bone River
Niawiakum River
Palix River
- Canon River
North Nemah River
- Williams Creek
South Nemah River
- Middle Nemah River
Naselle River
- South Naselle River
- Salmon Creek
Bear River

Columbia River

Columbia River

Columbia River Basin, showing major dams and tributaries

Lower Columbia Basin

- Chinook River
- Deep River
- Grays River
- Skamokawa Creek
- Elochoman River
- Abernethy Creek
- Germany Creek
- Coal Creek
- Cowlitz River
  - Coweeman River
  - Ostrander Creek
  - Arkansas Creek
  - Toutle River
    - South Fork Toutle River
    - North Fork Toutle River
      - Green River
      - Hoffstadt Creek
  - Olequah Creek
  - Lacamas Creek
  - Salmon Creek
    - Cedar Creek
  - Winstron Creek
  - Tilton River
  - Cispus River
    - Quartz Creek
    - Iron Creek
    - Yellowjacket Creek
    - North Fork Cispus River
    - East Canyon Creek
    - Adams Creek
    - Muddy Fork
    - Walupt Creek (Walupt Creek Falls)
  - Kiona Creek
  - Silver Creek
  - Johnson Creek
  - Skate Creek
  - Butter Creek
  - Lake Creek (Packwood Lake)
  - Muddy Fork Cowlitz River
  - Ohanapecosh River
    - Summit Creek
  - Clear Fork Cowlitz River
- Kalama River
- Lewis River
  - East Fork Lewis River
  - Cedar Creek
  - Canyon Creek
  - Siouxou Creek
  - Pine Creek
  - Muddy River
    - Clear Creek
      - Clearwater Creek
  - Quartz Creek
- Gee Creek
- Lake River
  - Salmon Creek
    - Woodin Creek / Weaver Creak
  - Burnt Bridge Creek
- Washougal River
  - Lacamas Creek
  - Little Washougal River
  - West Fork Washougal River
- Rock Creek
- Wind River
  - Panther Creek
  - Falls Creek
- Little White Salmon River
- White Salmon River
  - Rattlesnake Creek
  - Trout Lake Creek
- Klickitat River
  - Swale Creek
  - Little Klickitat River
    - Bowman Creek
    - Mill Creek
    - Butler Creek
  - Summit Creek
  - Brush Creek
    - White Creek
  - Trout Creek
  - Big Muddy Creek
  - Surveyors Creek
  - Diamond Fork
- Rock Creek

Walla Walla and Snake River Basins

- Walla Walla River
  - Touchet River
    - Patit Creek
    - South Fork Touchet River
    - North Fork Touchet River
      - Wolf Fork
        
        Robinson Fork
  - Mud Creek
  - Dry Creek
  - Mill Creek
  - Cottonwood Creek
- Snake River
  - Palouse River
    - Cow Creek
    - Union Flat Creek
    - Rock Creek
      - Imbler Creek
      - Cottonwood Creek
        
        Kamiache Creek
        
        Pleasant Valley Creek
      - Pine Creek
        
        Thorn Creek
    - Rebel Flat Creek
    - South Fork Palouse River
  - Tucannon River
    - Pataha Creek
    - Tumalum Creek
    - Cummings Creek
  - Alkali Flat Creek
  - Meadow Creek
  - Deadman Creek
  - Penawawa Creek
  - Alpowa Creek
  - Asotin Creek
    - George Creek
    - Charley Creek
    - South Fork Asotin Creek
    - Lick Creek
  - Grande Ronde River
    - Joseph Creek
    - Menatchee Creek
    - Crooked Creek
    - Wenaha River (North Fork)

Central Columbian Basin

Yakima River Basin

- Yakima River
  - Amon Creek
  - Logy Creek
  - Toppenish Creek
    - Simcoe Creek
  - Ahtanum Creek
  - Wide Hollow Creek
  - Naches River
    - Cowiche Creek
    - Tieton River
      - Rimrock Lake
        
        South Fork Tieton River
        
        North Fork Tieton River
    - Rattle Snake Creek
      - Little Rattle Snake Creek
    - Nile Creek
    - Bumping River
      - American River
      - Deep Creek
    - Crow Creek
    - Little Naches River
  - Wenas Creek
  - Lmuma Creek
  - Umtanum Creek
  - Wilson Creek
    - Cherry Creek
      - Cooke Creek
      - Caribou Creek
      - Park Creek
    - Naneum Creek
      - Coleman Creek
  - Reever Creek
  - Manastash Creek
  - Robinson Creek
  - Dry Creek
  - Taneum Creek
  - Swauk Creek
    - First Creek
  - Teanaway River
  - Cle Elum River
    - Cooper River
    - Waptus River
  - Little Creek
  - Big Creek
  - Kachess River
  - Cabin Creek
  - Keechelus Lake
- Hanson Creek
- Lower Crab Creek
  - Potholes Reservoir / Moses Lake
    - Rocky Ford Creek (Grand Coulee)
    - Upper Crab Creek
- Johnson Creek
- Whiskey Dick Creek
- Tekison Creek
- Lynch Coulee
- Tarpiscan Creek
- Douglas Creek
- Colockum Creek
- Rock Island Creek
  - Beaver Creek
- Squilchuck Creek
- Wenatchee River
  - Mission Creek
  - Peshastin Creek
    - Ingalls Creek
  - Chumstick Creek
    - Eagle Creek
  - Icicle Creek
    - Snow Creek (Enchantment Lakes)
    - Eightmile Creek
      - Mountaineer Creek
    - Jack Creek
    - French Creek
  - Chiwaukum Creek
  - Chiwawa River
    - Big Meadow Creek
    - Phelps Creek
  - Fish Lake Run
  - Nason Creek
    - Whitepine Creek
  - Lake Wenatchee
    - Little Wenatchee River
    - White River
      - Napeequa River
      - Indian Creek
- Swakane Creek
- Entiat River
  - Mad River
  - Mud Creek
  - North Fork Entiat

Lake Chelan to Coulee Dam

- Chelan River (Lake Chelan)
  - Twentyfive Mile Creek
  - Prince Creek
  - Railroad Creek
  - Stehekin River
    - Company Creek
    - Agnes Creek
    - Bridge Creek
    - Flat Creek
- Methow River
  - Gold Creek
    - South Fork Gold Creek
    - Foggy Dew Creek
  - Libby Creek
  - Beaver Creek
    - Frazer Creek
  - Twisp River
    - Little Bridge Creek
    - Buttermilk Creek
    - War Creek
  - Bear Creek
  - Chewuch River
    - Cub Creek
    - Boulder Creek
    - Eightmile Creek
    - Falls Creek
    - Twenty Miles creek
    - Andrews Creek
  - Wolf Creek
  - Goat Creek
  - Early Winters Creek
    - Cedar Creek
  - Lost River
    - Eureka Creek
  - Robinson Creek
- Swamp Creek
- Okanogan River
  - Loup Loup Creek
  - Salmon Creek (Conconully Reservoir)
    - West Fork Salmon
    - North Fork Salmon
  - Omak Creek
    - No Name Creek (Omak Lake)
      - Kartar Creek
  - Wanacut Creek
  - Johnson Creek
  - Tunk Creek
  - Bonaparte Creek
  - Siwash Creek
  - Antoine Creek
  - Similkameen River
    - Palmer Creek (Palmer Lake)
      - Sinlahekin Creek
        
        Chopaka Creek (Chopaka Lake)
        
        Toats Coulee Creek
        
        Cecil Creek
    - Ashnola River
    - Pasayten River
      - East Fork Pasayten
      - West Fork Pasayten
      - Middle Fork Pasayten
    - Chuchuwanteen Creek
    - Castle Creek
  - Tomasket Creek
  - Osoyoos Lake
- Foster Creek
- Coyote Creek
- Nespelem River
  - Little Nespelem River
  - North Star Creek
  - Stepstone Creek

Upper Columbia Basin

- Sanpoil River
  - Twentythree Mile Creek
  - Seventeenmile Creek
  - West Fork Sanpoil River
    - Gold Creek
    - Lost Creek
    - Cape Labelle Creek
  - Granite Creek
  - O'Brien Creek
- Hawk Creek
- Spokane River
  - Spring Creek
  - Chamokane Creek
  - Little Spokane River
    - Deadman Creek
    - Dragoon Creek
    - Deer Creek
    - West Branch Little Spokane (Eloika Lake)
  - Deep Creek
  - Latah Creek (Hangman Creek)
    - California Creek
    - Rock Creek
    - Little Hangman Creek
- Ninemile Creek
- Wilmont Creek
- Stranger Creek
- Hall Creek
  - Lynx Creek
- Barnaby Creek
- Sherman Creek
- Colville River
  - Mill Creek
  - Haller Creek
  - Little Pend Oreille River
    - Bear Creek
  - Stranger Creek
  - Stensgar Creek
  - Chewelah Creek
  - Cottonwood Creek
  - Huckleberry Creek
  - Grouse Creek
  - Deer Creek
  - Sheep Creek
- Kettle River
  - Deadman Creek
  - Boulder Creek
  - East Deer Creek
  - West Deer Creek
  - Lon Alec Creek
  - Curlew Creek (Curlew Lake)
    - Lambert Creek
    - Trout Creek
  - Tonata Creek
  - Toroda Creek
  - Myers Creek
    - Mary Ann Creek
- Onion Creek
- Big Sheep Creek
- Deep Creek
- Pend Oreille River (mouth just across Canada – United States border)
  - Slate Creek
  - Sullivan Creek
    - Harvey Creek (Sullivan Lake)
  - Ruby Creek
  - Le Clerc Creek
  - Tacoma Creek
  - Calispell Creek
    - Small Creek
    - Winchester Creek
  - Skookum Creek
  - Priest River (itself in Idaho, but Western tributaries in Washington)
    - Lower West Branch Priest River
    - Upper West Branch Priest River
    - Kalispell Creek
    - Granite Creek

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References

USGS Streamflow Data for Washington
USGS Geographic Names Information Service
USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Washington (1974)

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List of rivers of Washington

Contents

By drainage basin

Fraser River (British Columbia)

Strait of Georgia, Bellingham Bay, Samish Bay

Puget Sound

Whidbey Basin

Central Basin

South Basin

Hood Canal, Admiralty Inlet

Strait of Juan de Fuca

Pacific Coast

Grays Harbor

Willapa Bay

Columbia River

Lower Columbia Basin

Walla Walla and Snake River Basins

Central Columbian Basin

Lake Chelan to Coulee Dam

Upper Columbia Basin

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