List of rivers of Minnesota

Alphabetically

A–C

• Ahmik River
• Ann River
• Armstrong River
• Artichoke River
• Ash River
• Ashley Creek
• Ball Club River
• Baptism River
• Barton Brook
• Basswood River
• Battle Creek
• Battle River
• Baudette River
• Bear Creek
• Bear Island River
• Bear River
• Bear River
• Bear River
• Bearskin River
• Beartrap River
• Beaver Brook, tributary of Little Fork River
• Beaver Creek
• Beaver Creek, tributary of the Des Moines River
• Beaver River
• Beaver River
• Beaver River
• Big Fork River
• Big Sucker Creek
• Birch River
• Black Duck River
• Black River
• Black 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
• Cannon River
• Caribou River
• Cascade River
• Cat River
• Cedar River
• Chippewa River
• Chub River
• Clearwater River
• Clearwater River
• Cloquet River
• Cobb River
• Cottonwood River
• Credit River
• Crocodile River
• Crooked Creek
• Cross River
• Cross River
• Cross River
• Crow River
• Crow Wing River

D–H

• Dahlgren River
• Dark River
• Dead Moose River
• Dead River
• Dead River
• Deer River
• Deer River
• Des Moines River
• Devil Track River
• Diversion Creek
• Dumbbell River
• Dunbar River
• Dunka River
• 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 Savanna River
• East Split Rock River
• East Swan River
• East Two River
• East Two River
• Echo River
• Egg River
• Elbow River
• Elk River
• Elm Creek
• Embarrass River
• Encampment River
• Ester Brook
• Fall River
• First River
• Fish Hook River
• Flandreau Creek
• Floodwood River
• Flute Reed River
• French River
• Frost River
• Gentilly River
• Gooseberry River
• Grand Marais Creek
• Granite River
• Greenwood River
• Greenwood River
• Grindstone River
• Groundhouse River
• Gull River
• Gull River
• Hawk Creek
• Hay Creek
• Heron Lake Outlet
• High Island Creek
• Hill River
• Hill River
• Horse River
• Hunting Shack River
• Hustler River

  I–L

• Isabella River
• Island River
• Jack Creek
• Joe River
• Johnson River
• Kabekona River
• Kadunce River
• Kawishiwi River
• Keeley Creek
• Kelso River
• Kettle River
• Kettle River, tributary of St. Croix River
• Kimball Creek
• Knife River
• Knife River, tributary of Birch Lake
• Knife River
• Korb River
• Lac qui Parle River
• Langley River
• Le Sueur River
• Leaf River
• Leech Lake River
• Lester River
• Lime Creek
• Lime Creek
• Little Ann River
• Little Black River
• Little Cannon River
• Little Cannon River
• Little Cedar River, a tributary of the Cedar River entirely in Dodge County
• Little Cedar River, a tributary of the Cedar River rising in Mower County, Minnesota
• 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
• Little Knife River
• Little Langley River
• Little Le Sueur 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, located east of Meadowlands
• Little Whiteface River, located south of Meadowlands
• Little Willow River
• Little Willow River
• Long Island River
• Long Prairie River
• Loon River
• Lost River
• Lost River
• Lost River
• Lost River
• Lost River
• Louse River
• Lower Stump River
• Lower Tamarack River

  M–O

• 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
• Moose River
• Moose River
• Moose River
• Mud River
• Mud River
• Mustinka River
• Necktie River
• Nemadji River
• Net River
• Nett 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
• Ocheyedan River
• Okabena Creek
• Onion River
• Otter River
• Otter Tail River
• Oyster River

  P–R

• Paleface River
• Partridge River
• Partridge River
• Pelican River
• Pelican River
• Perch Creek
• Perent River
• Phoebe River
• Pigeon River, tributary of Lake Superior
• Pigeon River
• Pike River
• Pine Creek
• Pine Creek
• Pine River
• Pine River, tributary of Granite River
• Pine River
• Pine River
• Pipestone Creek
• Platte River
• Plum Creek
• Pokegama River
• Pomme de Terre River
• Poplar River
• Poplar River
• Popple River
• Portage River
• Portage River
• Portage River
• Potato River
• Prairie River
• Prairie River
• Rabbit River
• Rabbit River
• Rainy River
• Range River
• Rapid River
• Rapid River
• Rat Root River
• Red Lake River
• Red River
• Red River of the North
• Redeye River
• Redwood River
• Reservation River
• Rice Creek
• Rice River
• Rice River
• Rice River
• Ripple River
• Rock River
• Root River
• Roseau River
• Royal River
• Rum River
• Rush River

  S

• St. Croix River
• St. Francis River
• St. Louis River
• Sand Creek
• Sand Creek
• Sand Hill River
• Sand River
• Sand River
• Sandy River
• Sandy River
• 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
• Skunk River
• Sleepy Eye Creek
• Snake River
• Snake River
• Snake River
• Snake 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 of Lake Superior
• Split Rock River
• Spring Creek
• Spring Branch Swan River
• Stanchfield Creek
• Steamboat River
• Stewart River
• Stony River
• Straight River, tributary of Fish Hook River
• Straight River, tributary of Cannon River
• Stuart River
• Stump River
• Sturgeon River
• Sturgeon River
• Sunrise River
• Swamp River
• Swan River
• Swan River
• Swift River

  T–Z

• Tait River
• Talmadge River
• Tamarac River
• Tamarac River
• Tamarack River
• Temperance River
• Thief River
• Third River
• Toad River
• Tucker River
• Turtle River
• Turtle River
• Twelvemile Creek
• Two Island River
• Two River
• Two Rivers
• Upper Iowa River
• Upper Tamarack River
• Us-kab-wan-ka River
• Valley Creek
• Valley River
• Vermilion River, located in Itasca County
• Vermillion River, located in Dakota County
• Vern River
• 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
• West Two River
• Whetstone River
• White Earth River
• Whiteface River
• Whitewater River
• Wild Rice River
• Whitney Brook
• Willow River
• Willow River
• Willow River
• Wing River
• Wing River
• Winnebago Creek
• Winter Road River
• Yellow Bank River
• Yellow Medicine River
• Zumbro River

  By [drainage basin]

Great Lakes Drainage Basin

Lake Superior Drainage Basin

• Lake Superior
• *Pigeon River
• **Swamp River
• **Stump River
• ***Lower Stump River
• **Royal River
• ***Crocodile River
• *Reservation River
• *Flute Reed River
• *Brule River
• **Greenwood River
• **South Brule River
• *Kadunce River
• *Kimball Creek
• *Devil Track River
• **Little Devil Track River
• *Fall River
• *Cascade River
• **North Branch Cascade River
• *Poplar River
• **Tait River
• *Onion River
• **West Branch Onion River
• *Temperance River
• **Sawbill Creek
• ***Kelso River
• **Vern 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
• **East Split Rock River
• **West Split Rock River
• *Gooseberry River
• **Skunk Creek
• **Little Gooseberry River
• *Encampment River
• *Stewart River
• **Little Stewart River
• *Knife River
• **Little Knife River, located in St. Louis County
• **West Branch Knife River
• **Little Knife River, located 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
• ****Little Langley River
• **Artichoke River
• **Ahmik River
• **McCarty River
• **East Savanna River
• **Floodwood River
• ***West Branch Floodwood River
• **Whiteface River
• ***Little Whiteface River, located south of Meadowlands
• ***Little Whiteface River, located east of Meadowlands
• ***Paleface River
• ***North Branch Whiteface River
• ***South Branch Whiteface River
• **East Swan River
• ***West 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
• ***Net River
• ****Little Net River
• **Blackhoof River

  Mississippi River Drainage Basin

Lower Mississippi Drainage Basin

• Mississippi River
• *Missouri River
• **Little Sioux River
• ***Ocheyedan River
• ***West Fork Little Sioux River
• **Big Sioux River
• ***Rock River
• ****Little Rock River
• ****East Branch Rock River
• ***Split Rock Creek
• ****Pipestone Creek
• ***Flandreau Creek
• *Des Moines River
• **East Fork Des Moines River
• **Heron Lake Outlet
• ***Jack Creek
• ***Diversion Creek
• ****Okabena Creek
• **Lime Creek
• **Beaver Creek
• *Iowa River
• **Cedar River
• ***Shell Rock River
• ****Winnebago River
• *****Lime Creek
• ***Little Cedar River, a tributary of the Cedar River rising in Mower County, Minnesota
• ***Little Cedar River, a tributary of the Cedar River entirely in Dodge County
• *Wapsipinicon River
• *Upper Iowa River
• **Pine Creek
• **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
• *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, a distributary
• **Little Cannon River, near Cannon Falls
• **Straight River
• **Little Cannon River, near Kilkenny
• *Vermillion River
• **South Branch Vermillion River

  St. Croix River Drainage 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
• ****Little Ann River
• ***Knife River
• **Kettle River
• ***Grindstone River
• ****North Branch Grindstone River
• ****South Branch Grindstone River
• ***Pine River
• ***Willow River
• ****Little Willow River
• ***Moose Horn River
• ****Portage River
• ****West Fork Moose Horn River
• ***Split Rock River
• ***Dead Moose River
• ***West Branch Kettle River
• **Sand Creek
• **Lower Tamarack River
• **Upper Tamarack River

  Minnesota River Drainage 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
• ****Maple River
• ****Cobb River
• *****Little Cobb River
• ****Little 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
• ***Sleepy Eye Creek
• ***Plum Creek
• **Redwood River
• **Hawk Creek
• **Yellow Medicine River
• ***Spring Creek
• ***North Branch Yellow Medicine River
• ***South Branch Yellow Medicine River
• **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

  Upper Mississippi River Drainage Basin

• 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
• ***Buffalo Creek
• *Elk River
• **St. Francis River
• ***West Branch St. Francis River
• **Snake River
• *Clearwater River
• *Sauk River
• **Ashley Creek
• *Watab River
• **North Fork Watab River
• **South Fork Watab River
• *Platte River
• **Skunk River
• *Two River
• **North Two River
• **South Two River
• *Little Two River
• *Swan River
• **Little Swan River
• **Spring Branch Swan River
• *Little Elk River
• **South Branch Little Elk River
• *Nokasippi River
• **Little Nokasippi River
• *Crow Wing River
• **Gull River
• **Long Prairie River
• **Partridge River
• ***Little Partridge River
• **Leaf River
• ***Redeye River
• ***Wing River
• **Cat River
• **Shell River
• ***Fish Hook River
• ****Straight River
• ****Portage River
• ****Potato River
• ***Blueberry River
• ****Kettle River
• *Rabbit River
• *Pine River
• **Little Pine River
• **South Fork Pine River
• *Little Willow River
• *Ripple River
• *Rice River
• *Willow River
• **Hill River
• ***Little Hill River
• **Moose River
• **North Fork Willow River
• **South Fork Willow River
• *Sandy River
• **Prairie River
• ***Tamarack River
• ****Little Tamarack River
• *West Savanna River
• *Swan River
• *Prairie River
• **West Fork Prairie River
• *Vermilion River
• *Deer River
• *Ball Club River
• *Leech Lake River
• **Bear River
• **Leech Lake
• ***Boy River
• ****Swift River
• ***Shingobee River
• ***Kabekona River
• ****Necktie River
• ***Steamboat River
• *First River
• *Pigeon River
• *Third River
• *Turtle River
• **North Turtle River
• **Gull River
• *Schoolcraft River
• *Little Mississippi River

  Hudson Bay Drainage Basin

• Nelson River
• *Lake Winnipeg
• **Winnipeg River
• ***Lake of the Woods
• **Red River of the North

  Red River of the North Drainage Basin

• Red River of the North
• *Roseau River
• **Lost River
• **South Fork Roseau River
• *Joe River
• *Two Rivers
• **North Branch Two Rivers
• ***Little Joe River
• **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
• ***Little Black River
• **Clearwater River
• ***Lost River
• ****Poplar River
• ****Hill River
• **Thief River
• ***Lost River
• ***Mud River
• ***Moose River
• **Red Lake
• ***Sandy River
• ***Mud River
• ***Blackduck River
• ****North Cormorant River
• ****South Cormorant River
• ***Battle River
• ****North Branch Battle River
• ****South Branch Battle River
• ***Tamarac River
• ****Little Tamarac River
• ****Lost 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
• **Pelican River
• **Dead River
• **Toad River
• **Egg 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

  Lake of the Woods Drainage Basin

• 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
• **** Barton Brook
• ****Wing River
• ***North Branch Rapid River
• **Black River
• ***West Fork Black River
• ***South Fork Black River
• **Big Fork River
• ***Bear River
• ***Sturgeon River
• ***Rice River
• ***Popple River
• ****Dunbar River
• ***Bowstring River
• ****Turtle River
• **Little Fork River
• *** Beaver Brook
• ***Cross River
• **** Deer River
• *** Ester Brook
• ***Nett Lake River
• ****Lost River
• ***Rapid River
• ***Valley River
• ***Willow River
• ***Sturgeon River
• ****Bear River
• *****Bearskin 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
• ****Black Duck River
• ***Moose River
• ***Johnson River
• ***Vermilion River
• ****Pelican River
• *****Elbow River
• ****Vermilion Lake
• *****Armstrong River
• *****East Two River
• *****West Two River
• *****Pike River
• ******Sand River
• ***Echo River
• ****Hunting Shack River
• ***Loon River
• ****Little Indian Sioux River
• *****Little Pony River
• *****Korb River
• ***Namakan River
• ****Lac la Croix/Crooked Lake
• *****Hustler River
• *****Boulder River
• ******Dahlgren River
• *******Stuart River
• ******Nina Moose River
• *******Oyster River
• *******Moose River
• *******Portage River
• *****Bottle River
• *****Beartrap River
• *****Basswood River
• ******Horse River
• ******Basswood Lake/Fall Lake
• *******Range River
• *******Shagawa River
• ********Burntside River
• *********Dead River
• *******Bear Island River
• ********Beaver River
• *******Kawishiwi River
• ********South Kawishiwi River
• *********Birch Lake
• **********Keeley Creek
• **********Birch River
• *********Isabella River
• **********Little Isabella River
• **********Island River
• ***********Dumbbell River
• **********Perent River
• *********Snake River
• *********Stony River
• **********Sand River
• **********Greenwood River
• *********Dunka River
• ********Little Saganaga Lake/Gillis Lake
• *********Frost River
• *********Chub River
• ********Louse River
• ********Phoebe River
• *******Knife River
• ********Knife Lake
• *****Maligne River
• ******Saganaga Lake
• *******Sea Gull River
• *******Granite River
• ********Pine River
• *********Cross River
• **********Tucker River
• **********Long Island River