List of tributaries of the Colorado River
Map of the Colorado River drainage basin
The principal tributaries of the Colorado River of North America are the Gila River, the San Juan River, the Green River, and the Gunnison River.
Tributary tree[]
The following is a tree demonstrating the points at which the major and minor tributaries of the Colorado River branch off from the main river and from each other.
- (Source-upstream)
- Fraser River
- Muddy Creek
- Blue River
- Piney River
- Eagle River
- Roaring Fork River
- Plateau Creek
- Gunnison River
- Little Dolores River
- Dolores River
- Green River
- Dark Canyon
- Dirty Devil River
- Muddy Creek
- Fremont River
- Escalante River
- San Juan River
- Paria River
- Little Colorado River
- Zuni River
- Rio Nutria, tributary to the Zuni River
- , tributary to the Zuni River
- Puerco River
- Zuni River
- Bright Angel Creek
- Tapeats Creek
- Thunder River
- Deer Creek
- Kanab Creek
- Havasu Creek
- Diamond Creek
- Virgin River
- Las Vegas Wash
- Bill Williams River
- Gila River
- San Francisco River
- San Pedro River
- Santa Cruz River
- Salt River
- Black River
- Tonto Creek
- Verde River
- Oak Creek
- Agua Fria River
- Hassayampa River
- Hardy River
- Gulf of California-(Sea of Cortez)
See also[]
- Grand Canyon Rapids and Features
References[]
River and Tributary Locations determined by examining maps available at USGS national atlas [1]
Categories:
- Colorado River
- Tributaries of the Colorado River
- Lists of river tributaries
- Lists of river tributaries of the United States