List of rivers 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
• ****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
• *Marys River
• **Little Marys River
• *Kaskaskia River
• **Shoal Creek
• **West Okaw River
• *Palmer Creek
• *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
• ***Hickory 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
• Fox River, northern Illinois
• Fox River, southern Illinois
• Galena River
• Grand Calumet River
• Green River
• Henderson Creek
• Hickory Creek
• Illinois River
• Indian Creek
• Iroquois River
• Jackson Creek
• 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
• Little Vermilion River
• 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
• Palmer Creek
• Panther Creek
• Pecatonica River
• Pine Creek
• Piscasaw Creek
• Plum River
• Red River
• Rock Creek
• Rock River
• Rush Creek
• Saline Branch
• Saline River
• Salt Creek
• Salt Creek
• Salt Creek
• 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
• Vermilion River
• Wabash River
• West Okaw River
• Wood River
• Yellow Creek