List of rivers of Kentucky
List of rivers in Kentucky (U.S. state).
By drainage basin[]
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. All rivers in Kentucky flow to the Mississippi River, nearly all by virtue of flowing to its major tributary, the Ohio River. Also listed are some important tributaries to the few Kentucky rivers that originate in, or flow through, other states.
- Mississippi River
- Ohio River
- Goose Creek
- Massac Creek
- Tennessee River
- Cumberland River
- Tradewater River
- Green River
- Salt River
- Rolling Fork
- Beech Fork
- Floyds Fork
- Rolling Fork
- Beargrass Creek
- Little Kentucky River
- Kentucky River
- Eagle Creek
- Elkhorn Creek
- Dix River
- Cedar Creek
- Hickman Creek
- Silver Creek
- Red River
- North Fork Kentucky River
- Middle Fork Kentucky River
- South Fork Kentucky River
- Taylors Creek
- Licking River
- Banklick Creek
- North Fork Licking River
- Tygarts Creek
- Little Sandy River
- Big Sandy River
- Ohio River
Alphabetically[]
- Banklick Creek
- Barren River
- Beargrass Creek
- Beaver Creek (Kentucky)
- Beech Fork of the Salt River
- Big Sandy River
- Blackberry Creek
- Cassidy Creek
- Cedar Creek
- Chaplin River
- Clarks River
- Clear Creek (Kentucky)
- Clear Fork
- Cruises Creek
- Cumberland River
- Defeated Creek (Knott County, Kentucky)
- Defeated Creek (Letcher County, Kentucky)
- Dix River
- Dreaming Creek
- Dry Creek (Kentucky)
- Drennon Creek
- Eddy Creek
- Elkhorn Creek
- Floyds Fork of the Salt River
- Gasper River
- Green River
- Hickman Creek
- Kentucky River
- Laurel River
- Lawrence Creek (Kentucky)
- Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River
- Licking River
- Little Kentucky River
- Little River
- Little Sandy River
- Lynn Camp Creek
- Massac Creek
- Middle Fork Kentucky River
- Mississippi River
- Mistaken Creek
- Mud River
- Nolin River
- North Fork Kentucky River
- Ohio River
- Paint Creek
- Pond River
- Red Bird River
- Red River (eastern Kentucky)
- Red River (western Kentucky)
- Rockcastle River
- Rolling Fork of the Salt River
- Rough River
- Russell Fork of the Big Sandy River
- Salt Lick Creek (Kentucky)
- Salt River
- Sap Branch
- Silver Creek
- Sinking Creek (Breckinridge County, Kentucky)
- Sinking Creek (Jessamine County, Kentucky)
- South Fork Kentucky River
- Squabble Creek
- Tearcoat Creek
- Tennessee River
- Tradewater River
- Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River
- Tygarts Creek
- Wolf River
References[]
- USGS Geographic Names Information Service
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of Kentucky (1974)
See also[]
- List of rivers in the United States
Categories:
- Lists of rivers of the United States by state
- Rivers of Kentucky
- Kentucky geography-related lists