List of rivers of Mississippi

List of rivers of Mississippi

The list of rivers in Mississippi includes any rivers that flow through part of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The major rivers in Mississippi are the Mississippi River, Pearl River, Pascagoula River and the Tombigbee River, along with major tributaries: the Tallahatchie River, Yazoo River, Big Black River, Leaf River and the Chickasawhay River; however, other tributaries vary in size, with some also covering large areas of Mississippi ("Also see list below:" Alphabetically).

The various rivers, with their tributaries, can be organized by drainage basin, as shown in the related maps below.

By Drainage Basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. All rivers in Mississippi flow to the Gulf of Mexico.

*"Mobile River (AL)"
**Tombigbee River
"Tributaries:"
***Sucarnoochee River
***Noxubee River
***Bogue Chitto
***Luxapallila Creek
***Tibbee Creek
***Buttahatchee River
***Town Creek
***East Fork Tombigbee River
*Pascagoula River
**Escatawpa River
**Black Creek
***Red Creek
**Chickasawhay River
***Buckatunna Creek
***Chunky River
***Okatibbee Creek
**Leaf River
***Bogue Homo
***Tallahala Creek
****Tallahoma Creek
***Bouie River
****Bowie Creek
****Okatoma Creek
***Oakohay Creek
***West Tallahala Creek
*Tchoutacabouffa River
*Biloxi River
**Little Biloxi River
*Wolf River
*Jourdan River
**Catahoula Creek
*Pearl River
**Bogue Chitto
**Hobolochitto Creek
**Strong River
**Yockanookany River
**Tuscolameta Creek
**Lobuteha Creek
**Nanih Waiya Creek
***Bogue Chitto
**Tallahaga Creek
*Tangipahoa River
*Tickfaw River
*Amite River
*Mississippi River
**Buffalo River
***Little Buffalo River
**Homochitto River
**Coles Creek
**Bayou Pierre
***Little Bayou Pierre
***Tallahalla Creek
**Big Black River
**Yazoo River
***Deer Creek
***Little Sunflower River
***Big Sunflower River
****Bogue Phalia
****Quiver River
****Hushpuckena River
***Tallahatchie River
****Cassidy Bayou
****Tillatoba Creek
****Panola Quitman Floodway
*****Yocona River
*****Little Tallahatchie River
******Tippah River
****Coldwater River
****Old Little Tallahatchie River
*****Old Yocona River
***Yalobusha River
****Skuna River
**Wolf River
**Hatchie River
***Tuscumbia River
**"Ohio River (KY)"
***Tennessee River

Alphabetically

*Amite River
*Bayou Pierre
*Big Black River
*Big Sunflower River
*Biloxi River
*Black Creek
*Bogue Chitto River
*Bouie River
*Buffalo River
*Buttahatchee River
*Catahoula Creek
*Chickasawhay River
*Chunky River
*Coldwater River
*Deer Creek
*Escatawpa River
*Hatchie River
*Homochitto River
*Hushpuckena River
*Jourdan River
*Leaf River
*Little Biloxi River
*Little Sunflower River
*Little Tallahatchie River
*Mississippi River
*Nanih Waiya Creek
*Noxubee River
*Pascagoula River
*Quiver River
*Pearl River
*Red Creek
*Skuna River
*Strong River
*Sucarnoochee River
*Tallahatchie River
*Tallahala Creek
*Tangipahoa River
*Tchoutacabouffa River
*Tennessee River
*Tibbee Creek
*Tickfaw River
*Tippah River
*Tombigbee River
**West Fork (Town Creek)
**East Fork
*Tuscumbia River
*Wolf River (southern Mississippi)
*Wolf River (northern Mississippi)
*Yalobusha River
*Yazoo River
*Yockanookany River
*Yocona River

References

* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/ USGS Geographic Names Information Service] .
*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Mississippi (1974).

External links

* [http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ms/nwis/current/?type=flow Mississippi Streamflow Data from the USGS]


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