This is a list of rivers in the state of Oklahoma, listed by drainage basin, alphabetically, and by size. In mean flow of water per second, the Arkansas is Oklahoma's largest river, followed by the Red River and the Neosho River.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Mississippi River
Red River
- Red River
Arkansas River
- Mississippi River (AR)
- Arkansas River
- Poteau River
- Lee Creek
- Sans Bois Creek
- Little Sans Bois Creek
- Sallisaw Creek
- Canadian River
- Illinois River
- Neosho River (Grand River)
- Verdigris River
- Bird Creek
- North Bird Creek
- Middle Bird Creek
- South Bird Creek
- Coal Creek
- Dirty Butter Creek
- Flat Rock Creek
- Fry Creek
- Haikey Creek
- Hominy Creek
- Joe Creek
- Mingo Creek
- Caney River
- Bird Creek
- Cimarron River
- Black Bear Creek
- Red Rock Creek
- Salt Fork Arkansas River
- Arkansas River
Alphabetically
- Arkansas River
- Baron Fork
- Beaver River
- Bird Creek
- Black Bear Creek
- Blue River
- Buck Creek
- Buffalo Creek
- Cache Creek
- Canadian River
- Caney River
- Chikaskia River
- Cimarron River
- Clear Boggy Creek
- Deep Fork River
- Elk River
- Elm Fork Red River
- Fourche Maline
- Glover River
- Grand River (the lower course of the Neosho River)
- Illinois River
- Island Bayou
- James Fork
- Kiamichi River
- Lightning Creek
- Little River (Canadian River tributary)
- Little River (Red River tributary)
- Medicine Lodge River
- Mountain Fork
- Muddy Boggy Creek
- Neosho River
- North Canadian River
- North Fork Red River
- Poteau River
- Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River
- Red River
- Red Rock Creek
- Sallisaw Creek
- Salt Fork Arkansas River
- Salt Fork Red River
- Sans Bois Creek
- Spring Creek
- Spring River
- Sweetwater Creek
- Verdigris River
- Washita River
By size
Mean flow in cubic feet of water per second (cfs). One cubic foot equals .0283 cubic meters.
Source: "Annual Water Data Report" USGS, 2008. http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2008/search.jsp; http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ok/nwis/current/?type=flow&group_key=NONE, accessed Dec 18,. 2010. Navigate to page 3 of reports of individual monitoring stations. Average Water flow statistics will vary slightly from year to year.
See also
References
- USGS Geographic Names Information Service
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Oklahoma (1974)
External links
- Oklahoma Water Resources Board Maps
- Homepage of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
- Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
