List of rivers of Iowa


The following is a list of rivers and streams in Iowa. The rivers are listed by multiple arrangements:
  • those that form part of the boundaries of the U.S. state of Iowa;
  • ordered by drainage basin, with tributaries indented under each larger river's name;
  • ordered alphabetically.

Rivers on the boundary

By drainage basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. All Iowa rivers are part of the Mississippi River Watershed, which in Iowa consists of the Upper Mississippi River Drainage Basin and the Missouri River Drainage Basin.

Upper Mississippi River drainage basin

Missouri River drainage basin

Alphabetically