# List of rivers of Washington (state)

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

## By drainage basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin. Respective tributaries are indented under each larger stream's name and are ordered downstream to upstream.

### Strait of Georgia / Salish Sea

* Fraser River (British Columbia)
** Sumas River
*** Chilliwack River
**** Silesia Creek
**** Depot Creek
**** Little Chilliwack River
* Lummi River

#### Bellingham Bay

* Nooksack River
** South Fork Nooksack
*** Hard Scrabble Creek
*** Hutchinson Creek
** Middle Fork Nooksack
** North Fork Nooksack
*** Wells Creek
* Samish River
* Whatcom Creek

### Puget Sound
#### Whidbey Basin

* Skagit River
** O'Toole Creek
** Pressentin Creek
** Grandy Creek
** Baker River See also: Baker River (Washington) § Tributaries
*** Swift Creek
*** Shannon Creek
*** Blum Creek
*** Sulphide Creek
** Jackman Creek
** Sauk River
*** Suiattle River
*** Clear Creek
*** White Chuck River
*** Sloan Creek
** Cascade River See also: Cascade River (Washington) § Tributaries
*** Bacon Creek
*** Goodell Creek
* Stillaguamish River
** Boulder River
* Snohomish River
** Pilchuck River
** Skykomish River
*** Sultan River
*** Wallace River
**** Olney Creek
*** North Fork Skykomish River
*** South Fork Skykomish River
**** Miller River
**** Beckler River
***** Rapid River
**** Foss River
**** Tye River
** Snoqualmie River
*** Tolt River
*** Raging River
*** South Fork Snoqualmie River
*** North Fork Snoqualmie River
*** Middle Fork Snoqualmie River
**** Pratt River
**** Taylor River

#### Central Basin

* Boeing Creek
* Pipers Creek
* Lake Washington Ship Canal/Lake Washington
** Taylor Creek
** Ravenna Creek
** Thornton Creek
** McAleer Creek
** Sammamish River
*** Swamp Creek
*** North Creek
*** Lake Sammamish
**** Issaquah Creek
** Juanita Creek
** Forbes Creek
** Yarrow Creek
** Kelsey Creek
** Coal Creek
** Cedar River
*** Rex River
* Duwamish River
** Longfellow Creek
** Black River (historical)
*** Cedar River (historical)
** Green River
*** White River (historical)
*** Soos Creek
* Fauntleroy Creek
* Hylebos Creek
* Wapato Creek
* Puyallup River
** Stuck River
*** White River
**** Clearwater River
**** Greenwater River
** Carbon River
** Kapowsin Creek
** Mowich River
* Puget Creek

#### South Basin

* Chambers Creek
** Clover Creek
* Sequalitchew Creek
* Nisqually River
** Yelm Creek
** Ohop Creek
** Mashel River
*** Little Mashel River
** Little Nisqually River
** Kautz Creek
** Paradise River
** Van Trump Creek
* Indian Creek
* Deschutes River
* Kennedy Creek
* Sherwood Creek

#### Hood Canal, Admiralty Inlet

* Union River
* Tahuya River
* Skokomish River
* Dewatto River
* Hamma Hamma River
* Duckabush River
* Dosewallips River
* Big Quilcene River
* Little Quilcene River

### Strait of Juan de Fuca

* Dungeness River
** Gray Wolf River
* Elwha River
** Indian Creek
** Little River
** Lillian River
** Lost River
** Goldie River
** Hayes River
* Lyre River
* East Twin River
* West Twin River
* Pysht River
* Clallam River
* Hoko River
* Sekiu River
* Sail River

### Pacific Coast

* Waatch River
* Sooes River
* Ozette River
** Big River
* Quillayute River
** Dickey River
** Sol Duc River
** Bogachiel River
*** Calawah River
**** North Fork Calawah River
**** Sitkum River
* Goodman Creek
* Hoh River
* Queets River
** Clearwater River
*** Snahapish River
*** Solleks River
** Salmon River
** Sams River
* Raft River
* Quinault River
* Moclips River
* Copalis River

#### Grays Harbor

* Humptulips River
* Hoquiam River
* Chehalis River
** Wishkah River
** Wynoochee River
** Satsop River
*** Canyon River
** Garrard Creek
** Black River
*** Waddell Creek
** Lincoln Creek
** Skookumchuck River
** Newaukum River
* Newskah Creek
* Johns River
* Elk River

#### Willapa Bay

* Cedar River
* North River
* Willapa River
* Bone River
* Niawiakum River
* Palix River
** Canon River
* North Nemah River
* South Nemah River
** Middle Nemah River
* Naselle River
* Bear River

### Columbia River
#### Lower Columbia Basin

* Wallacut River
* Chinook River
* Deep River
* Grays River
* Elochoman River
* Germany Creek
* Coal Creek
* Cowlitz River
** Coweeman River
** Arkansas Creek
** Toutle River
*** South Fork Toutle River
*** North Fork Toutle River
**** Green River
** Lacamas Creek
** Salmon Creek
** Tilton River
** Cispus River
*** Iron Creek
*** East Canyon Creek
** Ohanapecosh River
* Kalama River
* Lewis River
** East Fork Lewis River
** Canyon Creek
** Muddy River
* Gee Creek
* Lake River
** Salmon Creek
*** Woodin Creek / Weaver Creak
** Burnt Bridge Creek
* Washougal River
** Lacamas Creek
* Wind River
* Little White Salmon River
* White Salmon River
* Klickitat River

#### Walla Walla and Snake River Basins

* Walla Walla River
** Touchet River
*** Patit Creek
*** South Fork Touchet River
*** North Fork Touchet River
**** Wolf Fork
** Mill Creek
* Snake River
** Palouse River
*** Union Flat Creek
*** Rock Creek
** Tucannon River
** Alpowa Creek
** Asotin Creek
** Grande Ronde River
*** Joseph Creek
*** Crooked Creek
*** Wenaha River

#### Central Columbian Basin

* Yakima River
** Amon Creek
** Ahtanum Creek
** Naches River
*** Tieton River
*** Bumping River
**** American River
** Teanaway River
** Cle Elum River
*** Cooper River
*** Waptus River
** Kachess River
* Lower Crab Creek
** Potholes Reservoir / Moses Lake
*** Grand Coulee
*** Upper Crab Creek
* Whiskey Dick Creek
* Wenatchee River
** Icicle Creek (Enchantment Lakes)
** Chiwawa River
** Little Wenatchee River
*** White River
*** Napeequa River
* Entiat River
** Mad River

#### Lake Chelan to Coulee Dam

* Chelan River (Lake Chelan)
** Stehekin River
* Methow River
* Twisp River
* Chewuch River
* Lost River
* Okanogan River
** Chiliwist Creek
** Wilder Creek
** Chewiliken Creek
** Similkameen River
*** Cecil Creek
** Ashnola River
** Pasayten River
* Nespelem River

#### Upper Columbia Basin

* Sanpoil River
* Spokane River
** Cable Creek
** Little Spokane River
** Deep Creek
** Latah Creek (Hangman Creek)
*** Garden Springs Creek
* Colville River
* Kettle River
* Pend Oreille River (mouth just across Canada–United States border)
** Priest River (itself in Idaho, but Western tributaries in Washington)

## Alphabetically

* American River
* Amon Creek
* Ashnola River
* Baker River
* Bear River
* Beckler River
* Big Quilcene River
* Black River (historical)
* Black River
* Boeing Creek
* Bogachiel River
* Bone River
* Bumping River
* Calawah River
* Canyon River
* Cape Labelle Creek
* Carbon River
* Cedar River (Lake Washington)
* Cedar River (Willapa Bay)
* Chaplain Creek
* Chehalis River
* Chelan River
* Chewuch River
* Chilliwack River
* Chinook River
* Chiwaukum Creek
* Chiwawa River
* Chumstick Creek
* Cispus River
* Clallam River
* Cle Elum River
* Clear Creek
* Clearwater River (Queets River)
* Clearwater River (White River)
* Clover Creek
* Coal Creek
* Columbia River
* Colville River
* Coulee Creek
* Couse Creek
* Coweeman River
* Cowlitz River
* Crab Creek
* Deep Creek
* Depot Creek
* Deschutes River
* Dewatto River
* Dickey River
* Dosewallips River
* Duckabush River
* Dungeness River
* Duwamish River
* East Fork Miller River
* East Twin River
* Edwards Creek
* Elk River
* Elwha River
* Entiat River
* Fauntleroy Creek
* Foss River
* Gray Wolf River
* Grays River
* Green River (Duwamish River tributary)
* Green River (Toutle River tributary)
* Greenwater River
* Hamma Hamma River
* Hard Scrabble Creek
* Hoh River
* Hoko River
* Humptulips River
* Hutchinson Creek
* Icicle Creek
* Indian Creek (Elwha River)
* Issaquah Creek
* Juanita Creek
* Kachess River
* Kalama River
* Kelsey Creek
* Kettle River
* Klickitat River
* Lacamas Creek
* Lewis River
* Little Chilliwack River
* Little Pend Oreille River
* Little Quilcene River
* Little River
* Little Spokane River
* Little Wenatchee River
* Little White Salmon River
* Lyon Creek
* Mad River
* Mashel River
* McAleer Creek
* Methow River
* Middle Fork Snoqualmie River
* Miller River
* Muddy River
* Naches River
* Napeequa River
* Naselle River
* Nason Creek
* Newaukum River
* Niawiakum River
* Nisqually River
* Nooksack River
* North Creek
* North Fork Skykomish River
* North Fork Snoqualmie River
* North River
* Okanogan River
* Palouse River
* Paradise River
* Pend Oreille River
* Pilchuck River
* Pratt River
* Puyallup River
* Queets River
* Quillayute River
* Quinault River
* Raging River
* Rapid River
* Rex River
* Rock Creek (Latah Creek)
* Rock Creek (Palouse River)
* Sail River
* Samish River
* Sammamish River
* Satsop River
* Sauk River
* Silesia Creek
* Skagit River
* Skokomish River
* Skookumchuck River
* Skykomish River
* Sloan Creek
* Snahapish River
* Snake River
* Snohomish River
* Snoqualmie River
* Sol Duc River
* South Fork Skykomish River
* South Fork Snoqualmie River
* South Fork Sultan River
* Spokane River
* Stehekin River
* Stillaguamish River
* Stuck River
* Sultan River
* Swamp Creek
* Tahuya River
* Taylor Creek
* Teanaway River
* Thornton Creek
* Tieton River
* Tilton River
* Tolt River
* Touchet River
* Toutle River
* Tucannon River
* Twisp River
* Tye River
* Union River
* Van Trump Creek
* Walla Walla River
* Wallace River
* Washougal River
* Waatch River
* Wells Creek
* Wenatchee River
* West Fork Miller River
* West Twin River
* White River (Puyallup River tributary)
* White River (Wenatchee Lake tributary)
* White Salmon River
* Wilder Creek
* Willapa River
* Wishkah River
* Wynoochee River
* Yakima River