List of rivers in Minnesota
The list of rivers in Minnesota names the rivers in that state of the United States .
Sorting by catchment area
The following list is structured according to the catchment area , whereby the tributaries are assigned to the respective river.
Great Lakes catchment area
-
Lake Superior ( Lake Superior )
- Pigeon River
- Reservation River
- Flute Reed River
-
Brule River
- Greenwood River
- South Brule River
- Kadunce River
- Kimball Creek
- Devil Track River
- Fall River
-
Cascade River
- North Branch Cascade River
- Poplar River
-
Onion River
- West Branch Onion River
- Temperance River
- Cross River
- Two Island River
- Caribou River
- Little Manitou River
-
Manitou River
- South Branch Manitou River
- Little Marais River
-
Baptism River
- East Branch Baptism River
- West Branch Baptism River
-
Beaver River
- East Branch Beaver River
- West Branch Beaver River
- Split Rock River
- Gooseberry River
- Encampment River
- Stewart River
-
Knife River
- Little Knife River (in St. Louis County)
- West Branch Knife River
- Little Knife River (in Lake County)
- Little Sucker River
- Big Sucker Creek
- French River
- Talmadge River
- Lester River
-
St. Louis River
- Pokegama River
- Red River
- Little River
- Midway River
- Pine River
-
Cloquet River
- Us-Kab-wan-ka River
- Beaver River
- Otter River
- Little Cloquet River
- West Branch Cloquet River
- Langley River
- Stony Brook
- Artichoke River
- Ahmik River
- McCarty River
- East Savannah River
-
Floodwood River
- West Branch Floodwood River
-
Whiteface River
- Little Whiteface River , south of Meadowlands, MN
- Little Whiteface River , east of Meadowlands, MN
- Paleface River
- North Branch Whiteface River
- South Branch Whiteface River
- East Swan River
- West Two River
- East Two River
- Embarrass River
-
Partridge River
- South Branch Partridge River
- East River
- North River
-
Nemadji River
- South Fork Nemadji River
- Blackhoof River
Mississippi River basin
The catchment area of the Mississippi River is often divided into that of the upper Mississippi River, i.e. before the confluence of the Missouri River, and that of the lower Mississippi River below the confluence.
Basin of the lower Mississippi River
-
Mississippi River
-
Missouri River (MO, IA)
-
Little Sioux River
- Ocheyedan River
- West Fork Little Sioux River
-
Big Sioux River (IA)
-
Rock river
- Little Rock River
- East Branch Rock River
- Pipestone Creek
- Flandreau Creek
-
Rock river
-
Little Sioux River
-
Des Moines River
- East Fork Des Moines River
- Heron Lake Outlet
- Jack Creek
- Diversion Creek
- Lime Creek
- Beaver Creek
-
Cedar River
-
Shell Rock River
- Winnebago River (IA)
- Little Cedar River
-
Shell Rock River
- Wapsipinicon River
-
Upper Iowa River
- Little Iowa River
- North Branch Upper Iowa River
- Winnebago Creek
-
Crooked Creek
- North Fork Crooked Creek
- South Fork Crooked Creek
-
Root River
- South Fork Root River
- South Branch Root River
- North Branch Root River
- Middle Branch Root River
- Pine Creek
-
Whitewater River
- North Fork Whitewater River
- Middle Fork Whitewater River
- South Fork Whitewater River
- North Fork Whitewater River
-
Zumbro River
- North Fork Zumbro River
- Middle Fork Zumbro River
- North Branch Middle Fork Zumbro River
- South Branch Middle Fork Zumbro River
- South Fork Zumbro River
- Wells Creek
- Hay Creek
-
Cannon River
- North Cannon River
- Little Cannon River , at Cannon Falls
- Straight river
- Little Cannon River , near Kilkenny, Minnesota
-
Vermillion River
- South Branch Vermillion River
-
Missouri River (MO, IA)
St. Croix River basin
-
Mississippi River
-
St. Croix River
-
Sunrise River
- North Branch Sunrise River
- West Branch Sunrise River
- South Branch Sunrise River
-
Snake River
-
Groundhouse River
- South Fork Groundhouse River
- West Fork Groundhouse River
- Ann River
- Knife River
-
Groundhouse River
-
Kettle River
-
Grindstone River
- North Branch Grindstone River
- South Branch Grindstone River
- Pine River
- Willow River
-
Moose Horn River
- Portage River
- West Fork Moose Horn River
- Split Rock River
- Dead Moose River
- West Branch Kettle River
-
Grindstone River
- Sand Creek
- Lower Tamarack River
- Upper Tamarack River
-
Sunrise River
-
St. Croix River
Minnesota River basin
-
Mississippi River
-
Minnesota River
- Credit River
- Sand Creek
- High Island Creek
-
Rush River
- South Branch Rush River
- Middle Branch Rush River
- North Branch Rush River
-
Blue Earth River
- Le Sueur River
-
Watonwan River
- Perch Creek
- South Fork Watonwan River
- North Fork Watonwan River
- Elm Creek
- East Branch Blue Earth River
- Middle Branch Blue Earth River
- West Branch Blue Earth River
- Little Cottonwood River
- Cottonwood River
- Redwood River
-
Yellow Medicine River
- Spring Creek
- North Branch Yellow Medicine River
- South Branch Yellow Medicine River
- Hawk Creek
-
Chippewa River
- Shakopee Creek
- East Branch Chippewa River
- Little Chippewa River
-
Lac qui Parle River
- West Branch Lac qui Parle River
- Pomme de Terre River
-
Yellow Bank River
- North Fork Yellow Bank River
- South Fork Yellow Bank River
- Whetstone River
- Little Minnesota River
-
Minnesota River
Upper Mississippi River catchment area
-
Mississippi River
- Rice Creek
-
Rum River
- West Branch Rum River
-
Crow River
- North Fork Crow River
- Middle Fork Crow River
- Skunk River
- South Fork Crow River
- North Fork Crow River
-
Elk River
-
Saint Francis River
- West Branch Saint Francis River
- Snake River
-
Saint Francis River
- Clearwater River
- Sauk River
-
Watab River
- North Fork Watab River
- South Fork Watab River
- Platte River
- Two river
- Little Two River
-
Swan River
- Little Swan River
- Spring Branch Swan River
-
Little Elk River
- South Branch Little Elk River
- Nokasippi River
- Crow Wing River
- Rabbit River
-
Pine River
- Little Pine River
- South Fork Pine River
- Little Willow River
- Ripple River
- Rice River
-
Willow River
- Hill River
- Moose River
- North Fork Willow River
- South Fork Willow River
- Sandy River
- West Savanna River
- Swan River
-
Prairie River
- West Fork Prairie River
- Vermillion River
- Deer River
- Ball Club River
- Leech Lake River
- First River
- Pigeon River
- Third river
- Turtle River
- Schoolcraft River
- Little Mississippi River
Hudson Bay catchment area
-
Nelson River (Manitoba)
-
Lake Winnipeg (Manitoba)
- Winnipeg River (Manitoba)
- Red River of the North
-
Lake Winnipeg (Manitoba)
Catchment area of the Red River of the North
-
Red River of the North
-
Roseau River
- Lost River
- South Fork Roseau River
- Joe River
-
Two rivers
- North Branch Two Rivers
- South Branch Two Rivers
- Middle Branch Two Rivers
- Tamarac River
-
Snake River
- Middle River
- South Branch Snake River
- Grand Marais Creek
-
Red Lake River
- Gentilly River
- Black River
- Clearwater River
- Thief River
-
Red Lake
- Sandy River
- Mud River
- Blackduck River
-
Battle River
- North Branch Battle River
- South Branch Battle River
- Tamarac River
- Sand Hill River
- Marsh River
-
Wild Rice River
- South Branch Wild Rice River
- White Earth River
-
Buffalo River
- South Branch Buffalo River
- Otter Tail River
-
Bois de Sioux River
-
Rabbit River
- South Fork Rabbit River
-
Mustinka River
-
Twelvemile Creek
- West Branch Twelvemile Creek
- West Fork Twelvemile Creek
- East Fork Twelvemile Creek
-
Twelvemile Creek
-
Rabbit River
-
Roseau River
Lake of the Woods catchment area
-
Lake of the Woods
-
Warroad River
- East Branch Warroad River
- West Branch Warroad River
-
Rainy River
- Winter Road River
-
Baudette River
- West Fork Baudette River
-
Rapid River
- East Fork Rapid River
- North Branch Rapid River
-
Black River
- West Fork Black River
- South Fork Black River
- Big Fork River
-
Little Fork River
- Cross River
- Nice lake river
- Rapid River
- Valley River
- Willow River
-
Sturgeon River
- Bear River
- Dark River
- East Branch Sturgeon River
- Shannon River
- Rice River
-
Rainy Lake / Kabetogama Lake / Namakan Lake / Crane Lake
-
Rat Root River
- East Branch Rat Root River
- Ash River
- Moose River
- Johnson River
- Vermilion River
- Echo River
- Loon River
-
Namakan River (in Ontario)
-
Lac la Croix / Crooked Lake
- Hustler River
- Boulder River
- Bottle River
- Beartrap River
-
Basswood River
- Horse River
- Basswood Lake / Fall Lake
-
Lac la Croix / Crooked Lake
-
Rat Root River
-
Warroad River
Alphabetical list
A.
B.
- Ball Club River
- Baptism River
- Basswood River
- Battle River
- Baudette River
- Bear Island River
- Bear River , tributary to the Big Fork River
- Bear River , tributary to the Leech Lake River
- Bear River , tributary to the Sturgeon River
- Bearskin River
- Beartrap River
- Beaver Creek
- Beaver River , tributary to the Bear Island River
- Beaver River , tributary to the Cloquet River
- Beaver River , tributary to Lake Superior
- Big Fork River
- Big Sucker Creek
- Birch River
- Black Duck River
- Black River , tributary to the Rainy River
- Black River , tributary to the Red Lake River
- Blackduck River
- Blackhoof River
- Blue Earth River
- Blueberry River
- Bois de Sioux River
- Bottle River
- Boulder River
- Bowstring River
- Boy River
- Brule River
- Buffalo Creek
- Buffalo River
- Burntside River
C.
- Cannon River
- Caribou River
- Cascade River
- Cat River
- Cedar River
- Chippewa River
- Chub River
- Clearwater River , tributary to the Mississippi River
- Clearwater River , tributary to the Red Lake River
- Cloquet River
- Cobb River
- Cottonwood River
- Credit River
- Crocodile River
- Crooked Creek
- Cross River , tributary to Gunflint Lake
- Cross River , tributary to Lake Superior
- Cross River , tributary to the Little Fork River
- Crow River
- Crow Wing River
D.
- Dahlgren River
- Dark River
- Dead Moose River
- Dead River , tributary to the Burntside River
- Dead River , tributary to the Otter Tail River
- Deer River
- Des Moines River
- Devil Track River
- Diversion Creek
- Dumbbell River
- Dunbar River
- Dunka River
E.
- East River
- East Branch Baptism River
- East Branch Beaver River
- East Branch Blue Earth River
- East Branch Chippewa River
- East Branch Rat Root River
- East Branch Rock River
- East Branch Sturgeon River
- East Branch Warroad River
- East Fork Des Moines River
- East Fork Rapid River
- East Fork Twelvemile Creek
- East Savannah River
- East Split Rock River
- East Swan River
- East Two River , tributary to the Saint Louis River
- East Two River , tributary to Vermilion Lake
- Echo River
- Egg River
- Elbow River
- Elk River
- Elm Creek
- Embarrass River
- Encampment River
F.
- Fall River
- First River
- Fish Hook River
- Flandreau Creek
- Floodwood River
- Flute Reed River
- French River
- Frost River
G
- Gentilly River
- Gooseberry River
- Grand Marais Creek
- Granite River
- Greenwood River , tributary to the Brule River
- Greenwood River , tributary to the Stony River
- Grindstone River
- Groundhouse River
- Gull River , tributary to the Crow Wing River
- Gull River , tributary to the Turtle River
H
- Hawk Creek
- Hay Creek
- Heron Lake Outlet
- High Island Creek
- Hill River , tributary to the Lost River
- Hill River , tributary to the Willow River
- Horse River
- Hunting Shack River
- Hustler River
I.
J
K
- Kabekona River
- Kadunce River
- Kawishiwi River
- Kelso River
- Kettle River , tributary to the Blueberry River
- Kettle River , tributary to the Saint Croix River
- Kimball Creek
- Knife River , tributary to Lake Superior
- Knife River , tributary to Birch Lake
- Knife River , tributary to the Snake River
- Basket river
L.
- Lac qui Parle River
- Langley River
- Le Sueur River
- Little Le Sueur River
- Leaf River
- Leech Lake River
- Lester River
- Lime Creek , tributary to the Des Moines River
- Lime Creek , tributary to the Winnebago River
- Little Ann River
- Little Black River
- Little Cannon River , near Kilkenny
- Little Cannon River , at Cannon Falls
- Little Cedar River
- Little Chippewa River
- Little Cloquet River
- Little Cobb River
- Little Cottonwood River
- Little Devil Track River
- Little Elk River
- Little Fork River
- Little Gooseberry River
- Little Hill River
- Little Indian Sioux River
- Little Iowa River
- Little Isabella River
- Little Joe River
- Little Knife River (in Lake County )
- Little Knife River (in St. Louis County )
- Little Langley River
- Little Manitou River
- Little Marais River
- Little Minnesota River
- Little Mississippi River
- Little Net River
- Little Nokasippi River
- Little Partridge River
- Little Pine River
- Little Pony River
- Little River
- Little Rock River
- Little Sioux River
- Little Stewart River
- Little Sucker River
- Little Swan River
- Little Tamarac River
- Little Tamarack River
- Little Two River
- Little Whiteface River , east of Meadowlands , MN
- Little Whiteface River , south of Meadowlands , MN
- Little Willow River , tributary to the Mississippi River
- Little Willow River , tributary to the Willow River
- Long Island River
- Long Prairie River
- Loon River
- Lost River , tributary to the Clearwater River
- Lost River , tributary to Nett Lake
- Lost River , tributary to the Roseau River
- Lost River , tributary to the Tamarac River
- Lost River , tributary to the Thief River
- Louse River
- Lower Stump River
- Lower Tamarack River
M.
- Manitou River
- Maple River
- Marsh River
- McCarty River
- Middle River
- Middle Branch Blue Earth River
- Middle Branch Root River
- Middle Branch Rush River
- Middle Branch Two Rivers
- Middle Fork Crow River
- Middle Fork Whitewater River
- Middle Fork Zumbro River
- Midway River
- Minnesota River
- Mississippi River
- Moose Horn River
- Moose River , tributary to Namakan Lake
- Moose River , tributary to the Nina Moose River
- Moose River , tributary to Thief Lake
- Moose River , tributary to the Willow River
- Mud River , tributary to Red Lake
- Mud River , tributary to the Thief River
- Mustinka River
N
- Necktie River
- Nemadji River
- Net River
- Nice lake river
- Nina Moose River
- Nokasippi River
- North River
- North Branch Battle River
- North Branch Cascade River
- North Branch Grindstone River
- North Branch Middle Fork Zumbro River
- North Branch Rapid River
- North Branch Root River
- North Branch Rush River
- North Branch Sunrise River
- North Branch Two Rivers
- North Branch Upper Iowa River
- North Branch Whiteface River
- North Branch Yellow Medicine River
- North Cannon River
- North Cormorant River
- North Fork Crooked Creek
- North Fork Crow River
- North Fork Watab River
- North Fork Watonwan River
- North Fork Whitewater River
- North Fork Willow River
- North Fork Yellow Bank River
- North Fork Zumbro River
- North Turtle River
- North Two River
O
P
- Paleface River
- Partridge River , tributary to the Crow Wing River
- Partridge River , tributary to the Saint Louis River
- Pelican River , tributary to the Otter Tail River
- Pelican River , tributary to the Vermilion River
- Perch Creek
- Perent River
- Phoebe River
- Pigeon River , tributary of Lake Superior
- Pigeon River , tributary to the Mississippi River
- Pike River
- Pine Creek
- Pine River , tributary to the Kettle River
- Pine River , tributary to the Granite River
- Pine River , tributary to the Mississippi River
- Pine River , tributary to the Saint Louis River
- Pipestone Creek
- Platte River
- Pokegama River
- Pomme de Terre River
- Poplar River , tributary to the Lost River
- Poplar River , tributary to Lake Superior
- Popple River
- Portage River , tributary to the Fish Hook River
- Portage River , tributary to the Moose Horn River
- Portage River , tributary to the Nina Moose River
- Potato River
- Prairie River , tributary to Big Sandy Lake
- Prairie River , tributary to the Mississippi River
R.
- Rabbit River , tributary to the Bois de Sioux River
- Rabbit River , tributary to the Mississippi River
- Rainy River
- Range River
- Rapid River , tributary to the Little Fork River
- Rapid River , tributary to the Rainy River
- Rat Root River
- Red Lake River
- Red River
- Red River of the North
- Redeye River
- Redwood River
- Reservation River
- Rice Creek
- Rice River , tributary to the Big Fork River
- Rice River , tributary to the Little Fork River
- Rice River , tributary to the Mississippi River
- Ripple River
- Rock river
- Root River
- Roseau River
- Royal River
- Rum River
- Rush River
S.
- St. Croix River
- Saint Francis River
- Saint Louis River
- Sand Creek , tributary to the Minnesota River
- Sand Creek , tributary to the St. Croix River
- Sand Hill River
- Sand River , tributary to the Pike River
- Sand River , tributary to the Stony River
- Sandy River , tributary to the Mississippi River
- Sandy River , tributary to Red Lake
- Sauk River
- Sawbill Creek
- Schoolcraft River
- Sea Gull River
- Shagawa River
- Shakopee Creek
- Shannon River
- Shell River
- Shell Rock River
- Shingobee River
- Skunk Creek
- Skunk River , tributary to the Crow River
- Skunk River , tributary to the Platte River
- Sleepy Eye Creek
- Snake River , tributary to the Elk River
- Snake River , tributary to the Isabella River
- Snake River , tributary to the Red River of the North
- Snake River , tributary to the St. Croix River
- South Branch Battle River
- South Branch Buffalo River
- South Branch Grindstone River
- South Branch Little Elk River
- South Branch Manitou River
- South Branch Middle Fork Zumbro River
- South Branch Partridge River
- South Branch Root River
- South Branch Rush River
- South Branch Snake River
- South Branch Sunrise River
- South Branch Two Rivers
- South Branch Vermillion River
- South Branch Whiteface River
- South Branch Wild Rice River
- South Branch Yellow Medicine River
- South Brule River
- South Cormorant River
- South Kawishiwi River
- South Fork Black River
- South Fork Crooked Creek
- South Fork Crow River
- South Fork Groundhouse River
- South Fork Nemadji River
- South Fork Pine River
- South Fork Rabbit River
- South Fork Root River
- South Fork Roseau River
- South Fork Watab River
- South Fork Watonwan River
- South Fork Whitewater River
- South Fork Willow River
- South Fork Yellow Bank River
- South Fork Zumbro River
- South Two River
- Split Rock River , tributary to the Kettle River
- Split Rock River , tributary to Lake Superior
- Spring Creek
- Spring Branch Swan River
- Steamboat River
- Stewart River , tributary to Lake Superior
- Stony Brook
- Stony river
- Straight River , tributary to the Cannon River
- Straight River , tributary to the Fish Hook River
- Stuart River
- Stump river
- Sturgeon River , tributary to the Big Fork River
- Sturgeon River , tributary to the Little Fork River
- Sunrise River
- Swamp River
- Swan River (in Morrison County )
- Swan River (in Itasca County )
- Swift River
T
- Tait River
- Talmadge River
- Tamarac River , tributary to Red Lake
- Tamarac River , tributary to the Red River of the North
- Tamarack River
- Temperance River
- Thief River
- Third river
- Toad River
- Tucker River
- Turtle River , tributary to the Bowstring River
- Turtle River , tributary to the Mississippi River
- Twelvemile Creek
- Two Island River
- Two river
- Two rivers
U
V
- Valley River
- Vermilion River
- Vermillion River (in Dakota County )
- Vermillion River (in Itasca County )
- Vern River
W.
- Wapsipinicon River
- Warroad River
- Watab River
- Watonwan River
- Wells Creek
- West Branch Baptism River
- West Branch Beaver River
- West Branch Blue Earth River
- West Branch Cloquet River
- West Branch Floodwood River
- West Branch Kettle River
- West Branch Knife River
- West Branch Lac qui Parle River
- West Branch Onion River
- West Branch Rum River
- West Branch St. Francis River
- West Branch Sunrise River
- West Branch Twelvemile Creek
- West Branch Warroad River
- West Fork Baudette River
- West Fork Black River
- West Fork Groundhouse River
- West Fork Little Sioux River
- West Fork Moose Horn River
- West Fork Prairie River
- West Fork Twelvemile Creek
- West Savanna River
- West Split Rock River
- West Swan River
- West Two River , tributary to the St. Louis River
- West Two River , tributary to Vermilion Lake
- Whetstone River
- White Earth River
- Whiteface River
- Whitewater River
- Wild Rice River
- Willow River , tributary to the Kettle River
- Willow River , tributary to the Little Fork River
- Willow River , tributary to the Mississippi River
- Wing River , tributary to the Leaf River
- Wing River , tributary to the Rapid River
- Winnebago Creek
- Winter Road River
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- Minnesota Watersheds
- USGS Geographic Names Information Service
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)