List of rivers of Tennessee


This is a list of rivers of the U.S. state of Tennessee:

By drainage basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. All rivers in Tennessee ultimately flow to the Gulf of Mexico.
Image:Mississippi River mod.png|thumb|200px|right|Lower Mississippi River

Mississippi River drainage basin

  • Mississippi River
  • *Lake McKellar
  • **Nonconnah Creek
  • *Wolf River
  • *Loosahatchie River
  • *Hatchie River
  • **Tuscumbia River
  • *Forked Deer River
  • **North Fork
  • **Middle Fork
  • **South Fork
  • *Obion River
  • **North Fork
  • **Middle Fork
  • **South Fork
  • **Rutherford Fork
Image:Tennessee watershed.png|thumb|200px|right|Tennessee River drainage basin
Image:Clinchrivermap.png|thumb|200px|right|Clinch River drainage basin
Image:Holstonrivermap.png|thumb|200px|right|Holston River drainage basin
Image:Cumberland River Watershed.png|thumb|200px|right|Cumberland River drainage basin
  • **Cumberland River
  • ***Red River
  • ****Passenger Creek
  • ***Harpeth River
  • ****Little Harpeth River
  • *****Otter Creek
  • ***Richland Creek
  • ***Mill Creek
  • ****Sevenmile Creek
  • ***Stones River
  • ****Overall Creek
  • ***Plunkett Creek
  • ***Caney Fork
  • ****Hickman Creek
  • ****Smith Fork Creek
  • *****Clear Fork
  • *****Saunders Fork
  • ****Indian Creek
  • *****Little Indian Creek
  • ****Mine Lick Creek
  • ****Falling Water River
  • ****Collins River
  • *****Barren Fork
  • ****Rocky River
  • ****Calfkiller River
  • ****Cane Creek
  • ***Defeated Creek
  • ***Dillard Creek
  • ****Little Indian Creek
  • ***Martin Creek
  • ***Flynn Creek
  • ***Jennings Creek
  • ***Roaring River
  • ****Blackburn Fork River
  • ****Spring Creek
  • ***Obey River
  • ****Wolf River
  • *****Rotten Fork Wolf River
  • ****East Fork Obey River
  • ****West Fork Obey River
  • ***Big South Fork of the Cumberland River
  • ****Clear Fork
  • ****New River
  • ***Clear Fork
  • ****''Stinking Creek''

    Mobile River drainage basin

  • Mobile River
  • *Alabama River
  • **Coosa River
  • ***Oostanaula River
  • ****Conasauga River

    Alphabetically

RiverMouthLengthLargest settlementMap
Bald RiverTellico River6 minone
Barren ForkCollins River23.4 mi
McMinnville
Beaver CreekClinch River44 miHalls Crossroads
Beech RiverTennessee River38.3 mi
Lexington
Big Sandy RiverTennessee River60 mi
Bruceton
Big South Fork of the Cumberland RiverCumberland River76 mi
none
Blackburn Fork RiverRoaring River14.5 minone
Blood RiverTennessee RiverBuchanan
Buffalo RiverDuck River125 mi
Linden
Calfkiller RiverCaney Fork River42.4 mi
Sparta
Cane Creek Caney Fork River
Caney Fork RiverCumberland River143 mi
Carthage
Clear Fork Big South Fork of the Cumberland River27.2 mi
Rugby
Clear Fork Cumberland River42.8 mi
Clairfield
Clear Fork Smith Fork Creek
Chickamauga CreekTennessee RiverChattanooga
Clinch RiverTennessee River337 mi
Oak Ridge
Coal CreekClinch River10.3 mi
Rocky Top
Collins RiverCaney Fork River67 mi
Gruetli-Laager
Conasauga CreekHiwassee River42.8 mi
Coker Creek
Conasauga RiverOostanaula River93 mi
Conasauga
Cumberland RiverOhio River688 mi
Nashville
Defeated Creek Duck River
Defeated Creek Cumberland RiverDefeated
Doe RiverWatauga River6 miElizabethton
Duck RiverTennessee River284 mi
Columbia
East Fork Poplar CreekPoplar CreekOak Ridge
Elk River Watauga RiverElk Mills
Elk River Tennessee River195 mi
Fayetteville
Emory RiverClinch River46 mi
Harriman
Falling Water RiverCaney Fork River46.8 mi
Cookeville
Flint RiverTennessee River65.7 mi
Flintville
Forked Deer RiverObion RiverDyersburg
French Broad RiverTennessee River219 mi
Knoxville
Green RiverBuffalo River21.1 mi
Waynesboro
Harpeth RiverCumberland River115 mi
Franklin
Hatchie RiverMississippi River238 mi
Bolivar
Hickman Creek
Hiwassee RiverTennessee River147 mi
Charleston
Holston RiverTennessee River136 mi
Kingsport
Indian Creek Caney Fork RiverBuffalo Valley
Indian Creek Tennessee RiverCrossroads
Injun CreekLittle Pigeon Rivernone
Little Buffalo RiverBuffalo RiverDeerfield
Little Doe RiverDoe RiverHampton
Little Duck RiverDuck River6.5 mi
Manchester
Little Emory RiverEmory RiverCoalfield
Little Harpeth RiverHarpeth River16.3 mi
Brentwood
Little Indian CreekIndian Creek
Little Obed RiverObed River10 mi
Crossville

  • Bald River
  • Barren Fork
  • Beaver Creek
  • Beech River
  • Big Sandy River
  • Big South Fork of the Cumberland River
  • Blackburn Fork River
  • Blood River
  • Buffalo River
  • Calfkiller River
  • Cane Creek
  • Caney Fork
  • Clear Fork
  • Clear Fork
  • Clear Fork
  • Chickamauga Creek
  • Clinch River
  • Coal Creek
  • Collins River
  • Conasauga Creek
  • Conasauga River
  • Cumberland River
  • Defeated Creek
  • Defeated Creek
  • Doe River
  • Duck River
  • East Fork Poplar Creek
  • Elk River, tributary of the Watauga River
  • Elk River, tributary of the Tennessee River
  • Emory River
  • Falling Water River
  • Flint River
  • Forked Deer River
  • French Broad River
  • Green River
  • Harpeth River
  • Hatchie River
  • Hickman Creek
  • Hiwassee River
  • Holston River
  • Indian Creek
  • Indian Creek
  • Indian Creek
  • Injun Creek
  • Little Buffalo River
  • Little Doe River
  • Little Duck River
  • Little Emory River
  • Little Harpeth River
  • Little Indian Creek
  • Little Obed River
  • Little Pigeon River
  • Little Piney Creek
  • Little River
  • Little Sequatchie River
  • Little Tennessee River
  • Loosahatchie River
  • Louse Creek
  • Mill Creek
  • Mine Lick Creek
  • Mississippi River
  • New River
  • Nolichucky River
  • Nonconnah Creek
  • North River
  • Obed River
  • Obey River
  • Obion River
  • Ocoee River
  • Otter Creek
  • Overall Creek
  • Pigeon River
  • Piney River
  • Piney River
  • Plunkett Creek
  • Poplar Creek
  • Powell River
  • Red River
  • Roan Creek
  • Roaring River
  • Rocky River
  • Rotten Fork Wolf River
  • Soak Creek
  • Sequatchie River
  • Sevenmile Creek
  • Sewee Creek
  • Shoal Creek
  • Smith Fork
  • Smith Fork Creek
  • Spring Creek
  • Stinking Creek
  • Stones River
  • Sweetwater Creek
  • Tellico River
  • Tennessee River
  • Tuscumbia River
  • Watauga River
  • White Oak Creek
  • Wolf River, tributary of the Obey River
  • Wolf River, tributary of the Mississippi River