# List of rivers of Kansas

This is a list of rivers in Kansas (U.S. state).

## By drainage basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.

### Mississippi River Basin
#### Arkansas River Basin

* Arkansas River
** Neosho River
*** Spring River
**** Shoal Creek
*** Cottonwood River
** Verdigris River
*** Caney River
*** Elk River
*** Fall River
** Cimarron River
*** North Fork Cimarron River
** Salt Fork Arkansas River
*** Chikaskia River
*** Medicine Lodge River
** Grouse Creek
** Walnut River
*** Little Walnut River
*** Whitewater River
** Ninnescah River
*** North Fork Ninnescah River
*** South Fork Ninnescah River
** Little Arkansas River
** Cow Creek
** Rattlesnake Creek
** Walnut Creek
** Pawnee River
*** Buckner Creek
** Bear Creek

#### Missouri River Basin

* Missouri River
** Osage River (MO)
*** Little Osage River
**** Marmaton River
*** Marais des Cygnes River
** Blue River
*** Brush Creek
** Kansas River
*** Stranger Creek
*** Wakarusa River
*** Delaware River
*** Mission Creek
*** Big Blue River
**** Black Vermillion River
**** Little Blue River
**** Indian Creek
*** Republican River
**** Buffalo Creek
**** White Rock Creek
**** Prairie Dog Creek
**** Sappa Creek
***** Beaver Creek
****** Little Beaver Creek
**** South Fork Republican River
**** Arikaree River
*** Smoky Hill River
**** Solomon River
***** North Fork Solomon River
***** South Fork Solomon River
**** Saline River
**** Big Creek
**** Hackberry Creek
**** Ladder Creek
**** North Fork Smoky Hill River
** Wolf River
** Big Nemaha River

## Alphabetically

* Arikaree River
* Arkansas River
* Beaver Creek
* Big Blue River
* Big Creek
* Big Nemaha River
* Black Vermillion River
* Blue River
* Brush Creek
* Buckner Creek
* Buffalo Creek
* Caney River
* Chikaskia River
* Cimarron River
* Cottonwood River
* Cow Creek
* Delaware River
* Elk River
* Fall River
* Grouse Creek
* Hackberry Creek
* Kansas River
* Ladder Creek
* Little Arkansas River
* Little Beaver Creek
* Little Blue River
* Little Osage River
* Little Walnut River
* Marais des Cygnes River
* Marmaton River
* Medicine Lodge River
* Mission Creek
* Missouri River
* Neosho River
* Ninnescah River
* North Fork Ninnescah River
* North Fork Smoky Hill River
* North Fork Solomon River
* Pawnee River
* Prairie Dog Creek
* Rattlesnake Creek
* Republican River
* Saline River
* Salt Fork Arkansas River
* Sappa Creek
* Shoal Creek
* Smoky Hill River
* Solomon River
* South Fork Ninnescah River
* South Fork Republican River
* South Fork Solomon River
* Spring River
* Stranger Creek
* Verdigris River
* Wakarusa River
* Walnut Creek
* Walnut River
* White Rock Creek
* Whitewater River
* Wolf 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 |
| Missouri River | 54,280 | Near Kansas City |
| Kansas (Kaw) River | 7,464 | Near junction with Missouri River |
| Verdigris River | 3,260 | Near Coffeyville |
| Neosho (Grand) River | 2,924 | Near Parsons |
| Arkansas River | 2,881 | Near Oklahoma state line |
| Big Blue River | 2,325 | Near Manhattan |
| Marais des Cygnes River | 2,219 | Near Missouri state line |
| Smoky Hill River | 1,540 | Near Enterprise |
| Walnut River | 924 | Near Winfield |
| Cottonwood River | 879 | Near Plymouth |
| Republican River | 839 | Near Junction City |
| Delaware River | 682 | Near Perry |
| Little Blue River | 672 | Near Barnes |
| Solomon River | 550 | Near Niles |
| Fall River | 536 | Near Fredonia |
| Ninnescah River | 528 | Near Peck |
| Little Arkansas River | 315 | Valley Center |
| Caney River | 288 | Near Elgin |
| Chikaskia River | 264 | Near Corbin |
| Stranger Creek | 247 | Near Tonganoxie |
| Wakarusa River | 220 | Near Lawrence |
| Saline River | 214 | Near Tescott |
| Whitewater River | 210 | Near Towanda |
| South Fork Ninnescah River | 210 | Near Murdock |
| Mill Creek | 189 | Near Paxico |
| Lightning Creek | 171 | Near McCune |
| Black Vermillion River | 169 | Near Frankfort |
| Elk River | 161 | Near Elk Falls |
| Soldier Creek | 158 | Near Topeka |
| Medicine Lodge River | 151 | Near Kiowa |
| Turkey Creek | 126 | Near Seneca |
| Turkey Creek | ? | At Mission |
| North Fork Solomon River | 116 | Near Portis |
| South Fork Solomon River | 105 | Near Osborne |
| Indian Creek | 102 | Near Leawood |
Average water flow totals vary slightly annually.