This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
By drainage basin
[edit]This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Great Lakes Drainage
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- Menominee River
- Wausaukee River
- Pike River
- Pemebonwon River
- Little Popple River
- Pine River
- Brule River
- Peshtigo River
- Little Peshtigo River
- Thunder River
- Rat River
- Indian River
- Oconto River
- Little River
- Pensaukee River
- Little Suamico River
- Suamico River
- Potter Creek
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- Fox River
- East River
- Fond du Lac River
- Wolf River
- Pine River
- Rat River
- Waupaca River
- Crystal River
- Tomorrow River
- Little Wolf River
- Embarrass River
- Pigeon River
- Shioc River
- Red River
- Evergreen River
- Lily River
- Hunting River
- White River
- Mecan River
- Grand River
- Montello River
- Red River
- Mink River
- Ahnapee River
- Kewaunee River
- East Twin River
- West Twin River
- Little Manitowoc River
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- Manitowoc River
- Pigeon River
- Meeme River
- Sheboygan River
- Black River
- Milwaukee River
- Kinnickinnic River
- Menomonee River
- Little Menomonee River
- Ulao Creek
- Cedar Creek
- Root River
- Pike River
- Barnes Creek
- Presque Isle River
- Black River
- Montreal River
- Bad River
- White River
- Potato River
- Marengo River
- Brunsweiler River
- Tyler Forks
- Iron River
- Kakagon River
- Fish Creek
- Boyd Creek
- Whittlesey Creek
- Bono Creek
- Sioux River
- Little Sioux River
- Onion River
- Raspberry River
- Sand River
- Siskiwit River
- Bark River
- Cranberry River
- Flag River
- Iron River
- Bois Brule River
- Little Bois Brule River
- Poplar River
- Middle River
- Amnicon River
- Little Amnicon River
- Nemadji River
- Black River
- St. Louis River
- Pokegama River
- Little Pokegama River
- Red River
Mississippi River Drainage
[edit]- Mississippi River
- Illinois River (IL)
- Fox River
- White River
- Mukwonago River
- Des Plaines River
- Root River
- Fox River
- Rock River
Rock Drainage Basin - Kishwaukee River (IL)
- Pecatonica River
- Yahara River
- Bark River
- Crawfish River
- Johnson Creek
- Oconomowoc River
- Coney River
- Ashippun River
- Rubicon River
- East Branch Rock River
- Apple River
- Galena River
- Sinsinawa River
- Little Menominee River
- Menominee River
- Platte River
- Grant River
- Little Grant River
- Wisconsin River
Wisconsin Drainage Basin - Kickapoo River
- Big Green River
- Little Green River
- Blue River
- Pine River
- Otter Creek
- Flint Creek
- Baraboo River
- Dell Creek
- Lemonweir River
- Little Lemonweir River
- Yellow River
- Little Yellow River
- Plover River
- Little Eau Claire River
- Little Eau Pleine River
- Big Eau Pleine River
- Eau Claire River
- Big Rib River
- Little Rib River
- Trappe River
- Little Trappe River
- Pine River
- Prairie River
- Copper River
- New Wood River
- Spirit River
- Somo River
- Little Somo River
- Tomahawk River
- Little Rice River
- Willow River
- Squirrel River
- Pelican River
- Eagle River
- Deerskin River
- Leitner Creek
- Bad Axe River
- La Crosse River
- Black River
- Popple River
- Little Black River
- Trempealeau River
- Buffalo River
- Chippewa River
Chippewa Drainage Basin - Eau Galle River
- Red Cedar River
- Hay River
- Chetek River
- Yellow River
- Vermillion River
- Sweeny Pond
- Vermillion River
- Brill River
- Eau Claire River
- Wolf River
- Yellow River
- Jump River
- Little Jump River
- Mondeaux River
- Flambeau River
- North Fork Flambeau River
- South Fork Flambeau River
- Elk River
- Little Elk River
- Elk River
- Turtle River
- Little Turtle River
- Bear River
- Manitowish River
- Trout River
- Thornapple River
- Brunet River
- Couderay River
- North Fork Chief River
- Teal River
- Token Creek
- Moose River
- Rush River
- Trimbelle River
- Wind River
- Big River
- St. Croix River
St. Croix Drainage Basin - Kinnickinnic River
- Willow River
- Apple River
- Trade River
- Wood River
- Clam River
- Yellow River
- Upper Tamarack River
- Spruce River
- Namekagon River
- Moose River
- Eau Claire River
- Illinois River (IL)
Alphabetically
[edit]- Ahnapee River
- Amnicon River
- Apple River (Illinois), tributary of Mississippi River
- Apple River (Wisconsin), tributary of St. Croix River
- Ashippun River
- Bad Axe River
- Bad River
- Baraboo River
- Bark River (Lake Superior)
- Bark River (Rock River tributary)
- Barnes Creek
- Bear River
- Beaver Dam River
- Big Eau Pleine River
- Big Green River
- Big Rib River
- Big River
- Black River (Gogebic County), tributary of Lake Superior via upper Michigan
- Black River (Mississippi River tributary)
- Black River (Nemadji River tributary)
- Black River (Wisconsin–Lake Michigan), tributary of Lake Michigan
- Blue River
- Bois Brule River
- Bono Creek
- Boyd Creek
- Branch River
- Brill River
- Brule River
- Brunet River
- Brunsweiler River
- Buffalo River
- Calamus Creek
- Cedar Creek
- Chetek River
- Chief River
- Chippewa River
- Clam River
- Coney River
- Copper River
- Couderay River
- Cranberry River
- Crawfish River
- Crystal River
- Deerskin River
- Dell Creek
- Des Plaines River
- Devils River
- Eagle River
- East Branch Pecatonica River
- East River
- East Twin River
- Eau Claire River (Chippewa River tributary)
- Eau Claire River (St. Croix River tributary)
- Eau Claire River (Wisconsin River tributary)
- Eau Galle River
- Elk River
- Embarrass River
- Evergreen River
- Fisher River
- Flag River
- Flambeau River
- Flint Creek
- Fond du Lac River
- Fox River (Illinois River tributary)
- Fox River (Wisconsin), tributary of Green Bay
- Galena River
- Grand River
- Grant River
- Harker Creek
- Hay River
- Indian River
- Iron River (Bad River tributary)
- Iron River (Lake Superior)
- Johnson Creek
- Jump River
- Kakagon River
- Kewaunee River
- Kickapoo River
- Killsnake River
- Kinnickinnic River (Milwaukee River tributary)
- Kinnickinnic River (St. Croix River tributary)
- Kohlsville River
- La Crosse River
- Leitner Creek
- Lemonweir River
- Lily River
- Little Amnicon River
- Little Black River
- Little Boise Brule River
- Little Deerskin River
- Little Eau Claire River
- Little Eau Pleine River
- Little Elk River
- Little Grant River
- Little Green River
- Little Jump River
- Little Lemonweir River
- Little Manitowoc River
- Little Menominee River
- Little Menomonee River
- Little Moose River
- Little Oconomowoc River
- Little Peshtigo River
- Little Platte River
- Little Plover River
- Little Pokegama River
- Little Popple River
- Little Rib River
- Little Rice River
- Little River (Oconto River tributary)
- Little Sioux River
- Little Somo River
- Little Suamico River
- Little Sugar River
- Little Thornapple River
- Little Trappe River
- Little Turtle River
- Little Wolf River
- Little Yellow River
- Manitowish River
- Manitowoc River
- Marengo River
- Maunesha River
- Mecan River
- Meeme River
- Menominee River, tributary of Lake Michigan
- Menominee River (Illinois), tributary of Mississippi River
- Menomonee River, tributary of Milwaukee River
- Middle River
- Milwaukee River
- Mink River
- Mississippi River
- Mondeaux River
- Montello River
- Montreal River
- Moose River (Chippewa River tributary)
- Moose River (St. Croix River tributary)
- Mukwonago River
- Mullet River
- Namekagon River
- Nemadji River
- Neshota River
- New Wood River
- North Fork Chief River
- Oconomowoc River
- Oconto River
- Onion River (Lake Superior)
- Onion River (Sheboygan River tributary)
- Otter Creek
- Ounce River
- Pecatonica River
- Pelican River (Wisconsin River tributary)
- Pemebonwon River
- Pensaukee River
- Peshtigo River
- Pewaukee River
- Pigeon River (Embarrass River tributary)
- Pigeon River (Wisconsin-Lake Michigan), tributary of Lake Michigan
- Pike River (Lake Michigan)
- Pike River (Menominee River tributary)
- Pine River (Florence County), tributary of Menominee River
- Pine River (Lincoln County), tributary of Wisconsin River
- Pine River (Richland County), tributary of Wisconsin River
- Pine River (Waushara County), tributary of Wolf River
- Piscasaw Creek
- Platte River
- Plover River
- Pokegama River
- Poplar River
- Popple River (Black River tributary)
- Popple River (Pine River tributary)
- Potato River
- Potter Creek
- Prairie River
- Presque Isle River
- Raspberry River
- Rat River (Peshtigo River tributary)
- Rat River (Wolf River tributary)
- Red Cedar River
- Red River (Lake Michigan)
- Red River (St. Louis River tributary)
- Red River (Wolf River tributary)
- Rock River
- Root River (Des Plaines River tributary)
- Root River
- Rubicon River
- Rush River
- St. Croix River
- St. Germain River
- St. Louis River
- Sand River
- Scuppernong River
- Sheboygan River
- Shioc River
- Sinsinawa River
- Sioux River
- Siskiwit River
- Somo River
- Spirit River
- Spruce River
- Squirrel River
- Straight River
- Suamico River
- Sugar River
- Sweeny Pond River
- Teal River
- Thornapple River
- Thunder River (Peshtigo River tributary)
- Tomahawk River
- Tomorrow River
- Torch River
- Totagatic River
- Trade River
- Trappe River
- Trempealeau River
- Trimbelle River
- Trout River
- Turtle River
- Ulao Creek
- Upper Tamarack River
- Vermillion River
- Waupaca River
- Wausaukee River
- Weister Creek
- West Branch Montreal River
- West Branch Sugar River
- West Twin River
- White River (Bad River tributary)
- White River (Fox River tributary)
- Whittlesey Creek
- Willow River (St. Croix River tributary)
- Willow River (Tomahawk River tributary)
- Wind River
- Wisconsin River
- Wolf River (Eau Claire River tributary)
- Wolf River (Fox River tributary), tributary of Winnebago Pool
- Wood River
- Yahara River
- Yellow River (Chippewa River tributary)
- Yellow River (Red Cedar River tributary)
- Yellow River (St. Croix River tributary)
- Yellow River (Wisconsin River tributary)
- Yellowstone River
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- USGS Geographic Names Information System
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Wisconsin (1974)
- Wisconsin Watersheds & basins