List of rivers of Tennessee

This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Tennessee:

By drainage basin

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

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Lower Mississippi River

Mississippi River Drainage Basin

• Mississippi River
  • Lake McKellar
    • Nonconnah Creek
  • Wolf River
  • Loosahatchie River
  • Hatchie River
    • Tuscumbia River
  • Forked Deer River
    • North Fork
    • Middle Fork
    • South Fork
  • Obion River
    • North Fork
    • Middle Fork
    • South Fork
    • Rutherford Fork

Tennessee River Drainage Basin

• • Ohio River (KY)
    • Tennessee River
      • Blood River
      • Big Sandy River
      • White Oak Creek
      • Duck River
        • Buffalo River
          • Green River
          • Little Buffalo River
        • Piney River
        • Little Duck River
      • Beech River
      • Shoal Creek/Sycamore River
      • Elk River
        • Richland Creek
      • Flint River
      • Sequatchie River
        • Little Sequatchie River
      • Hiwassee River
        • Ocoee River
        • Conasauga Creek
      • Piney River
      • Sewee Creek

Clinch River Drainage Basin

• • • • Clinch River
        • Emory River
          • Little Emory River
          • Obed River
            • Little Obed River
        • Poplar Creek
          • East Fork Poplar Creek
        • Beaver Creek
        • Coal Creek
        • Powell River
      • Sweetwater Creek
      • Little Tennessee River
        • Tellico River
          • Bald River
          • North River
      • Little River
      • French Broad River
        • Little Pigeon River
        • Nolichucky River
        • Pigeon River

Holston River Drainage Basin

• • • • Holston River
        • North Fork Holston River
        • South Fork Holston River
          • Watauga River
            • Doe River
              • Little Doe River
            • Elk River
            • Roan Creek

Cumberland River Drainage Basin

• • • Cumberland River
      • Red River
      • Harpeth River
        • Little Harpeth River
          • Otter Creek
      • Mill Creek
        • Sevenmile Creek
      • Stones River
      • Plunkett Creek
      • Caney Fork
        • Falling Water River
        • Collins River
          • Barren Fork
        • Rocky River
        • Calfkiller River
      • Roaring River
      • Obey River
        • Wolf River
        • East Fork Obey River
        • West Fork Obey River
      • Big South Fork of the Cumberland River
        • Clear Fork (Big South Fork Cumberland River)
        • New River
      • Clear Fork (Cumberland River)

Mobile River Drainage Basin

• Mobile River (AL)
  • Alabama River (AL)
    • Coosa River (AL,GA)
      • Oostanaula River (GA)
        • Conasauga River

Alphabetically

• Bald River
• Barren Fork
• Beaver Creek
• Beech River
• Big Sandy River
• Big South Fork of the Cumberland River
• Blackburn Fork River
• Blood River
• Buffalo River
• Calfkiller River
• Caney Fork
• Clear Fork (Big South Fork Cumberland River)
• Clear Fork (Cumberland River)
• Clinch River
• Coal Creek
• Collins River
• Conasauga Creek
• Conasauga River
• Cumberland River
• Defeated Creek (Hickman County, Tennessee)
• Defeated Creek (Smith County, Tennessee)
• Doe River
• Duck River
• East Fork Poplar Creek
• Elk River (North Carolina - Tennessee), tributary of the Watauga River
• Elk River (Tennessee), tributary of the Tennessee River
• Emory River
• Falling Water River
• Flint River
• Forked Deer River
• French Broad River
• Green River
• Harpeth River
• Hatchie River
• Hiwassee River
• Holston River
• Injun Creek
• Little Buffalo River
• Little Doe River
• Little Duck River
• Little Emory River
• Little Harpeth River
• Little Obed River
• Little Pigeon River
• Little River
• Little Sequatchie River
• Little Tennessee River
• Loosahatchie River
• Louse Creek
• Mill Creek
• Mississippi River
• New River
• Nolichucky River
• Nonconnah Creek
• North River
• Obed River
• Obey River
• Obion River
• Ocoee River
• Otter Creek
• Pigeon River
• Piney River (East Tennessee)
• Piney River (Middle Tennessee)
• Plunkett Creek
• Poplar Creek
• Powell River
• Red River
• Roan Creek
• Roaring River
• Rocky River
• Sequatchie River
• Sevenmile Creek
• Sewee Creek
• Shoal Creek
• Stones River
• Sweetwater Creek
• Tellico River
• Tennessee River
• Tuscumbia River
• Watauga River
• White Oak Creek
• Wolf River (Middle Tennessee), tributary of the Obey River
• Wolf River (West Tennessee), tributary of the Mississippi River

See also

• List of rivers in the United States

References

• USGS Geographic Names Information Service
• USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Tennessee (1974)