# List of rivers of Oklahoma

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
** Little River
**** Mountain Fork
**** Glover River
*** Kiamichi River
**** Buck Creek
*** Muddy Boggy Creek
**** Clear Boggy Creek
*** Blue River
*** Island Bayou
*** Washita River
**** Wildhorse Creek
**** Little Washita River
*** Beaver Creek
*** Cache Creek
**** East Cache Creek
**** West Cache Creek
***** Deep Red Creek
*** North Fork Red River
**** Sweetwater Creek
**** Elm Fork Red River
*** Salt Fork Red River
*** Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River

#### Arkansas River

* Mississippi River (AR)
** Arkansas River
*** Poteau River
**** James Fork
**** Fourche Maline
*** Lee Creek
*** Sans Bois Creek
*** Little Sans Bois Creek
*** Sallisaw Creek
*** Canadian River
**** North Canadian River
***** Deep Fork River
***** Lightning Creek
***** Beaver River
****** Palo Duro Creek
****** Coldwater Creek
***** Wolf Creek
**** Little River
*** Illinois River
**** Caney Creek
**** Baron Fork
**** Flint Creek
*** Neosho River (Grand River)
**** Elk River
***** Buffalo Creek
**** Spring Creek
**** Spring 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
*** Cimarron River
**** North Carrizo Creek
***** East Carrizo Creek
***** West Carrizo Creek
**** South Carrizo Creek
**** Skeleton Creek
*** Black Bear Creek
*** Red Rock Creek
*** Salt Fork Arkansas River
**** Chikaskia River
**** Medicine Lodge 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
* Polecat Creek
* 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.
| River | cubic feet per second flow | Location of monitoring station |
| Arkansas River | 39,260 | Near Arkansas state line |
| Red River | 12,910 | Near Arkansas state line |
| Neosho (Grand) River | 8,890 | Near Chouteau |
| Canadian River | 6,523 | Near Whitefield |
| Verdigris River | 5,744 | Below junction with Bird Creek |
| Little River (Red River tributary) | 3,275 | Near Arkansas state line |
| Poteau River | 2,253 | Near Panama |
| Cimarron River | 2,236 | Near Ripley |
| Spring River | 2,209 | Near Quapaw |
| Muddy Boggy Creek | 2,002 | Near Unger |
| South Canadian River | 1,783 | Near Calvin |
| Caney River | 1,701 | Near Ramona |
| Kiamichi River | 1,615 | Near Antlers |
| Salt Fork Arkansas River | 1,565 | Below Junction with Chikaskia |
| Illinois River | 1,551 | Near Gore |
| Mountain Fork River | 1,430 | Near Eagletown |
| Washita River | 1,038 | Near Tishomingo |
| Bird Creek | 1,033 | Near Catoosa |
| Deep Fork River | 944 | Near Beggs |
| North Canadian River | 834 | Near Wetumka |
| Elk River | 821 | Near Tiff City, Missouri |
| Chikaskia River | 619 | Near Blackwell |
| Lee Creek | 546 | Near Arkansas state line |
| North Fork Red River | 531 | Near Tipton |
| Clear Boggy Creek | 498 | Near Caney |
| Glover River | 497 | Near Glover |
| Cache Creek | 391 | Near junction with Red River |
| Little River (Canadian River) | 360 | Near Sasakwa |
| Baron Fork | 329 | Near Eldon |
| Blue River | 320 | Near Blue |
| Spavinaw Creek | 307 | Near Eucha |
| Black Bear Creek | 221 | Near Pawnee |
| Salt Fork Red River | 239 | Near Elmer |
| East Cache Creek | 223 | Near Walters |
| Mud Creek | 186 | Near Courtney |
| Deep Red Creek | 168 | Near Randlett |
| Black Fork Creek | 156 | Near Page |
| Medicine Lodge River | 151 | Near Kiowa, Kansas |
| Skeleton Creek | 146 | Near Lovell |
| Fourche Maline Creek | 136 | Near Red Oak |
| Caney Creek | 131 | Near Barber, Oklahoma |
| Little Lee Creek | 121 | Near Nicut, Oklahoma |
| Flint Creek | 118 | Near Kansas, Oklahoma |
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.