List of rivers in Missouri (U.S. state).

By drainage basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.

Mississippi River

Arkansas River

• Mississippi River
  • Arkansas River (AR, OK)
    • Neosho River (KS, OK)
      • Elk River
        • Buffalo Creek
        • Indian Creek
        • Big Sugar Creek
        • Little Sugar Creek
      • Spring River
        • Shoal Creek
          • Capps Creek

White River

• Mississippi River
  • White River
    • Cache River
    • Black River
      • Spring River
        • Warm Fork Spring River
          • Anthony Branch
        • Eleven Point River
      • Current River
        • Sinking Creek
        • Little Black River
        • Jacks Fork
      • Logan Creek
        • Adair Creek
    • North Fork River
      • Bennetts Bayou
      • Bennetts River
      • Bryant Creek
        • Brush Creek
        • Hunter Creek
          • Whites Creek
        • Fox Creek
        • Rippee Creek
        • Spring Creek
      • Clifty Creek
    • Little North Fork White River
    • Beaver Creek
      • Cowskin Creek
        • Prairie Creek
      • Little Beaver Creek
    • James River
      • Crane Creek
      • Finley Creek
      • Pierson Creek
      • Wilsons Creek
        • Jordan Creek
        • Fassnight Creek
    • Kings River
      • Osage Creek
    • Roaring River

Mississippi River between the White and Missouri rivers

• Mississippi River
  • St. Francis River
    • Little River
      • Castor River^[1]
      • Whitewater River^[1]
    • Little St. Francis River
  • Headwater Diversion Channel
    • Whitewater River^[1]
    • Castor River^[1]
  • Old River
  • River aux Vases
  • Meramec River
    • Big River
      • Terre Bleue Creek
        • Andrews Branch
    • Bourbeuse River
      • Little Bourbeuse River
    • Little Meramec River
    • Huzzah Creek
      • Courtois Creek
        • Abbott Branch
      • Shoal Creek
    • Dry Fork
  • River des Peres

Missouri River

• Mississippi River
  • Missouri River
    • Loutre River
    • Gasconade River
      • Big Piney River
      • Roubidoux Creek
      • Osage Fork Gasconade River
    • Auxvasse Creek
    • Middle River
    • Osage River
      • Maries River
        • Little Maries River
      • Tavern Creek
      • Grandglaize Creek
        • Wet Glaize Creek
        • Dry Auglaize Creek
      • Niangua River
        • Little Niangua River
      • South Grand River
        • Big Creek
      • Pomme de Terre River
        • Little Sac River
          • North Dry Sac River
          • South Dry Sac River
      • Little Osage River
        • Marmaton River
          • Green River
      • Marais des Cygnes River
    • Moreau River
    • Lamine River
      • Blackwater River 55 miles (89 km)
    • Little Chariton River
      • East Fork Little Chariton River 100 miles (160 km)
        • Walnut Creek
        • Silver Creek
          • Turner Fork
      • Middle Fork Little Chariton River 63 miles (101 km)
    • Chariton River
      • Bee Branch
      • Elm Creek
      • Mussel Fork
      • Shoal Creek
    • Grand River
      • Locust Creek
      • Medicine Creek
      • Thompson River
        • Weldon River
          • Little River
    • Crooked River
    • Fishing River
    • Little Blue River
    • Blue River
      • Brush Creek
      • Round Grove Creek
    • Platte River
      • One Hundred and Two River
    • Nodaway River
    • Squaw Creek
    • Tarkio River
    • Nishnabotna River

Mississippi River north of the Missouri River

• Mississippi River
  • Cuivre River
  • Salt River
    • Spencer Creek (Salt River)
    • Black Creek (North Fork Salt River tributary)
      • Hilton Branch
  • South River
  • North River
  • Fabius River
    • North Fabius River
      • Middle Fabius River
    • South Fabius River
      • Little Fabius River
  • Wyaconda River
    • Little Wyaconda River
  • Fox River
    • Little Fox River
  • Des Moines River

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