List of rivers of Illinois

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

By drainage basin[]

Gulf of Mexico[]

• Mississippi River
  • Ohio River
    • Lusk Creek
    • Saline River
    • Wabash River
      • Little Wabash River
        • Skillet Fork
        • Elm River
        • Fox River
        • Salt Creek
      • Bonpas Creek
      • Embarras River (Illinois)
        • North Fork Embarras River
        • Little Embarras River
      • Little Vermilion River
      • Vermilion River
        • Middle Fork Vermilion River
        • Salt Fork Vermilion River
          • Saline Branch
            • Boneyard Creek
  • Cache River
    • Cypress Creek
  • Big Muddy River
    • Beaucoup Creek
    • Little Muddy River
    • Casey Creek (Casey Fork)
  • Marys River
    • Little Marys River
  • Kaskaskia River
    • Shoal Creek
    • West Okaw River
  • Wood River
  • Illinois River
    • Macoupin Creek
    • Big Sandy Creek
    • La Moine River
    • Sangamon River
      • Salt Creek
      • Spring Creek
      • Sugar Creek
        • Lick Creek
    • Spoon River
    • Mackinaw River
      • Little Mackinaw River
      • Panther Creek
        • Red River
    • Big Bureau Creek
    • Little Vermilion River
    • Vermilion River
      • Rooks Creek
    • Fox River
      • Indian Creek
      • Somonauk Creek
    • Mazon River
    • Des Plaines River
      • DuPage River
      • Salt Creek
        • Addison Creek
      • Buffalo Creek
    • Kankakee River
      • Rock Creek
      • Iroquois River
  • Henderson Creek
  • Edwards River
  • Rock River
    • Green River
    • Pine Creek
    • Kyte River
    • Leaf River
    • Stillman Creek
    • Kishwaukee River
      • Killbuck Creek
      • South Branch Kishwaukee River
        • Owens Creek
        • East Branch South Branch Kishwaukee River
      • Beaver Creek
      • Piscasaw Creek
        • Mokeler Creek
      • Coon Creek
      • Rush Creek
      • North Branch Kishwaukee River
    • Pecatonica River
      • Sugar River
      • Yellow Creek
  • Plum River
  • Apple River
  • Galena River
  • Sinsinawa River
  • Little Menominee River
  • Menominee River

Gulf of St. Lawrence[]

• Lake Michigan
  • Waukegan River
  • Chicago River
    • North Branch Chicago River
      • Skokie River
    • South Branch Chicago River
      • Bubbly Creek or South Fork South Branch Chicago River
  • Calumet River
    • Grand Calumet River
    • Little Calumet River
      • Midlothian Creek
      • Thorn Creek
        • Butterfield Creek

Alphabetically[]

• Addison Creek
• Apple River
• Beaucoup Creek
• Beaver Creek
• Big Bureau Creek
• Big Muddy River
• Boneyard Creek
• Bonpas Creek
• Bubbly Creek
• Buffalo Creek
• Butterfield Creek
• Cache River
• Calumet River
• Casey Creek, also known as Casey Fork
• Chicago River
• Coon Creek
• Cypress Creek
• Des Plaines River
• DuPage River
• East Branch South Branch Kishwaukee River
• Edwards River
• Elm River
• Embarras River (Illinois)
• Fox River (Illinois River tributary), northern Illinois
• Fox River (Little Wabash tributary), southern Illinois
• Galena River
• Grand Calumet River
• Green River
• Henderson Creek
• Illinois River
• Indian Creek
• Iroquois River
• Kankakee River
• Kaskaskia River
• Killbuck Creek
• Kishwaukee River
• Kyte River
• La Moine River
• Leaf River
• Lick Creek
• Little Calumet River
• Little Embarras River
• Little Mackinaw River
• Little Marys River
• Little Menominee River
• Little Muddy River
• Little Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary)
• Little Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary)
• Little Wabash River
• Lusk Creek
• Mackinaw River
• Macoupin Creek
• Marys River
• Mazon River
• Menominee River
• Middle Fork Vermilion River
• Mississippi River
• Mokeler Creek
• North Branch Chicago River
• North Branch Kishwaukee River
• North Fork Embarras River
• Ohio River
• Owens Creek
• (Columbia, IL)
• Panther Creek (Mackinaw watershed)
• Pecatonica River
• Pine Creek
• Piscasaw Creek
• Plum River
• Red River
• Rock Creek
• Rock River
• Rush Creek
• Saline Branch
• Saline River
• Salt Creek (Des Plaines River tributary)
• Salt Creek (Little Wabash River tributary)
• Salt Creek (Sangamon River tributary)
• Salt Fork Vermilion River
• Sangamon River
• Shoal Creek
• Sinsinawa River
• Skillet Fork
• Skokie River
• Somonauk Creek
• South Branch Chicago River
• South Branch Kishwaukee River
• Spoon River
• Stillman Creek
• Sugar Creek
• Sugar River
• Thorn Creek
• Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary)
• Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary)
• Wabash River
• West Okaw River
• Wood River
• Yellow Creek

See also[]

• List of rivers in the United States
• Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
• Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park
• Illinois and Michigan Canal
• Watersheds of Illinois