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List of rivers of Louisiana (U.S. state).
By drainage basin
Major waterways of Louisiana. West to East:- Sabine R.
- Red R.
- Calcasieu R.
- Mermentau R.
- Ouachita R.
- Vermilion R.
- Bayou Teche
- Atchafalaya R.
- Mississippi R.
- Bayou Lafourche
- Amite R.
- Tangipahoa R.
- Tchefuncte R.
- Pearl R.
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Gulf of Mexico
East of the Mississippi
Mississippi River
Distributaries
Tributaries
- Bayou Pierre
- Coles Creek
- Yazoo River
- Red River
Red River
- Red River
Gulf west of the Mississippi
Alphabetically
- Abita River
- Amite River
- Antoine Creek
- Atchafalaya River
- Bay Natchez
- Bayou Bartholomew
- Bayou Bienvenue
- Bayou Bourbeux
- Bayou Bonfouca
- Bayou Brevelle
- Bayou Carencro
- Bayou Chicot
- Bayou Choupic
- Bayou Courtableau
- Bayou des Cannes
- Bayou des Glaises
- Bayou Fusilier
- Bayou Jack
- Bayou Lafourche, Mississippi River distributary
- Bayou Lafourche (Boeuf River tributary)
- Bayou Long
- Bayou Macon
- Bayou Mallet
- Bayou Manchac
- Bayou Nezpique
- Bayou Pierre
- Bayou Pierre
- Bayou Plaquemine Brule
- Bayou Plaquemine (Grand River tributary)
- Bayou Queue de Tortue
- Bayou Teche
- Bayou Wikoff
- Big Goddel Bayou
- Black Bayou
- Black Lake Bayou
- Black River
- Blind River
- Boeuf River
- Bogue Chitto River
- Bogue Falaya
- Calcasieu River
- Cane River
- Castor Creek
- Chopin Chute
- Coles Creek
- Comite River
- Dorcheat Bayou
- Dugdemona River
- Flat River
- Houston River
- Irish Bayou
- Kisatchie Bayou
- Little River - tributary of the Black (Ouachita) River
- Loggy Bayou
- Mermentau River
- Mississippi River
- Natalbany River
- New River
- Old River (Natchitoches Parish)
- Old River (Louisiana), in Pointe Coupee and West Feliciana parishes
- Old River (Sabine River tributary)
- Ouachita River
- Ouiski Chitto Creek
- Pass Manchac
- Pearl River
- Ponchatoula Creek
- Prairie River (Louisiana)
- Red River
- Rouge Bayou
- Rigolets
- Sabine River
- Saline Bayou
- Sims Creek
- Tangipahoa River
- Tchefuncte River
- Tensas River
- Tickfaw River
- Twelvemile Bayou
- Vermilion River
- Yazoo River
References
- U.S. Geological Survey. "National Hydrography Dataset". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
- "Bayou Pierre" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- "Coles Creek" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
- "Yazoo River" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Louisiana (1974)
