This is a list of rivers of Mexico, listed from north to south. There are 246 rivers on this list. Alternate names for rivers are given in parentheses.

Rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico[edit]

• Río Bravo, the name of the Rio Grande in Mexico
  • San Juan River
    • Pesquería River
      • Salinas River
  • Salado River
    • Sabinas Hidalgo River
    • Candela River
    • Sabinas River
  • Conchos River
    • Chuviscar River
      • Sacramento River
    • San Pedro River
    • Florida River
      • Parral River
    • Balleza River (San Juan River)
• San Fernando River (Conchos River)
• Soto La Marina River (Santander River)
  • Purificación River
• Pánuco River
  • Tamesí River (Guayalejo River)
  • Chicayán River
  • Santa Maria River (Tamuín River) (Tampoán River)
    • Río Verde
  • Moctezuma River
    • Tempoal River
    • Amajac River
    • Extoraz River
    • Tula River
• Tuxpan Ver (Tuxpan River)
  • Pantepec River
  • Vinazco River
• Cazones River
• Tecolutla River
  • Necaxa River
• Nautla River
  • Bobos River
• Actopan River
• Antigua River (Pescados River)
• Jamapa River
  • Cotaxtla River (Atoyac River)
• Blanco River (Río Blanco)
• Papaloapan River
  • San Juan River
    • Lalana River
    • Trinidad River
  • Tesechoacan River
    • Playa Vicente River
  • Tonto River
    • Amapa River
  • Santo Domingo River
    • Salado River (Zapotitlán River)
    • Río Grande
  • Valle Nacional River
• Coatzacoalcos River
  • Uspanapa River (Uxpanapa River)
  • Jaltepec River
  • Sarabia River
  • El Corte River
• Tonalá River (Pedregal River)
• Grijalva River (Tabasco River) (Río Chiapa)
  • Usumacinta River
    • San Pedro y San Pablo River (distributary)
    • Palizada River (distributary)
    • San Pedro River
    • Lacantún River
      • Jataté River
      • Tzaconejá River
    • Salinas River (Chixoy River)
  • Tulija River
  • Chilapa River
  • Tacotalpa River
    • Teapa River
  • La Venta River
    • Encajonado River
  • Suchiapa River
  • Santo Domingo River
  • Cuilco River
• Chumpan River
• Candelaria River
  • Mamantel River
• Champotón River
• Hondo River
  • Blue Creek

Rivers flowing into the Pacific Ocean[edit]

• Tijuana River
  • Las Palmas River
• San Vicente River
• San Antonio River
• Del Rosario River
• San Andres River
• Soledad River
• Arroyo Salado River
• Colorado River
  • Hardy River
  • Gila River
    • Santa Cruz River
    • San Pedro River
• Sonoyta River
• Concepción River (Magdalena River)
  • Altar River
• Sonora River
  • San Miguel River (Horcasitas River)
• Mátape River (Malapo River)
• Yaqui River
  • Moctezuma River
  • Sahuaripa River
  • Bavispe River (Bavisque River)
    • Rio San Bernardino
      • Rio Fronteras
        • Rio Agua Prieta
      • Arroyo Cajón Bonito
  • Aros River
    • Mulatos River
    • Tutuaca River
    • Sirupa River
      • Tomochic River
      • Papigochic River
• Mayo River
• Fuerte River
  • Rio Cuchujaqui
  • Choix River
  • Río Verde, a.k.a. San Miguel River, Sinforeza River
    • Urique River
      • San Ignacio River, a.k.a. Recowata River
    • Batopilas River
  • Chínipas River
    • Septentrion River
      • Cerocahui River
    • Oteros River
      • Uruachi River
    • Tepochique River
      • Mochomo River
        • Huachajuri River
          • Arroyo Monterde
• Sinaloa River (Mohinora River)
• Culiacán River
  • Humaya River
  • Tamazula River
• San Lorenzo River
• Piaxtla River
  • Elota River
• Presidio River
• Baluarte River
• Teacapan Estuary
  • Acaponeta River
• Río San Pedro Mezquital
  • Animas River
• Río Grande de Santiago
  • Mololoa River
  • Huaynamota River (Jesús María River)
    • Atengo River (Chapalagana River)
      • Huajimic River
      • Camotlán River
  • Bolaños River
    • Colotlán River
      • Jerez River
    • Mezquitic River
  • Juchipila River
    • Calvillo River
  • Río Verde (Río San Pedro)
    • Los Lagos River
  • Calderón River
  • Lake Chapala
    • Lerma River
      • Turbio River
      • Guanajuato River
      • Apaseo River
        • Laja River
    • Zula River
    • Huaracha River
    • Duero River
• Ameca River
  • Mascota River
  • Atenguillo River
  • Remus River
• Tomatlán River
• San Nicolás River
• Purificación River
• Chacala River (Cihuatlán River)
• Armería River (Ayuquila River) (Ayutla River)
• Tuxpan River (Coahuayana River)
• Coalcomán River
• Aguililla River
• Balsas River (Mezcala River) (Atoyac River)
  • Tepalcatepec River (Río Grande)
    • Cupatitzio River (Del Marques River)
  • Río del Oro
  • Cutzamala River
    • Ixtapan River
    • Temascaltepec River
    • Bejucos River
  • Amacuzac River
    • Yautepec River
  • Tlapaneco River
  • Nexapa River
  • Mixteco River
    • Acatlán River
  • San Martín River
  • Zahuapan River
• Atoyac River
• Papagayo River
  • Omitlán River
• Ometepec River
  • Quetzala River
• Río Verde
  • Atoyac River
  • Atoyaquillo River (Putla River)
• Colotepec River
• Copalita River
• Tehuantepec River (Quiechapa River)
  • Tequisistlán River
• Suchiate River

Endorheic basins[edit]

• Salton Sea in California
  • New River (Río Nuevo)

• Guzmán Basin in northern Chihuahua
  • Casas Grandes River
  • Santa Maria River
  • Carmen River (Santa Clara River)

• Bolsón de Mapimí
  • Aguanaval River
    • Trujillo River
  • Nazas River (Río del Oro)
    • Sextín River
    • Ramos River (Santiago River)
      • Tepehuanes River

See also[edit]

• List of rivers of the Americas by coastline

References[edit]

• Atlas of Mexico, 1975
• The Prentice Hall American World Atlas, 1984.
• National Geographic Atlas of the World, 1992.
• Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
• The Columbia Gazetteer of North America, 2000.
• MSN Encarta World Atlas, 2008
• "GEONet Names Server". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Retrieved June 25, 2021., GEOnet Names Server

External links[edit]

• "Atlas del Agua en México (Regiones hidrológicas)" (PDF/52.6MB). agua.org.mx (in Spanish). Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Comisión Nacional del Agua. 2016.