List of rivers of Arkansas facts for kids

List of rivers in Arkansas (U.S. state).

For a list of dams and reservoirs in Arkansas, see List of Arkansas dams and reservoirs Rivers are listed by drainage basin, by size, and alphabetically.

By drainage basin

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

Red River

Red River Drainage Basin

Ouachita Drainage Basin

• Mississippi River
  • Red River
    • Black River (LA)
      • Tensas River (LA)
        • Bayou Macon
      • Ouachita River
        • Boeuf River
        • Bayou D'Arbonne (LA)
          • Cornie Bayou
        • Bayou Bartholomew
        • Saline River
          • Hurricane Creek
        • Moro Creek
        • Smackover Creek
        • Little Missouri River
          • Terre Noire Creek
          • Terre Rouge Creek
          • Antoine River
          • Hickory Creek
        • Caddo River
    • Loggy Bayou (LA)
      • Flat River (LA)
        • Red Chute Bayou (LA)
          • Bodcau Bayou and Creek
      • Bayou Dorcheat
    • Sulphur River
    • McKinney Bayou
    • Little River
      • Saline River
      • Cossatot River
        • Little Cossatot River
      • Rolling Fork
      • Mountain Fork

Arkansas River

• Mississippi River
  • Arkansas River
    • Bayou Meto
    • Little Maumelle River
    • Maumelle River
    • Fourche La Fave River
      • South Fourche La Fave River
    • Cadron Creek
    • Point Remove Creek
    • Petit Jean River
    • Illinois Bayou
    • Big Piney Creek
    • Mulberry River
    • Poteau River
      • James Fork
    • Lee Creek
    • Illinois River
      • Flint Creek
        • Sager Creek
      • Hickory Creek
    • Neosho River (OK)
      • Elk River (OK)
        • Big Sugar Creek
        • Little Sugar Creek
          • Tanyard Creek

White River

White River Drainage Basin

• Mississippi River
  • White River
    • Arkansas Post Canal
    • La Grue Bayou
    • Big Creek
    • Cache River
      • Bayou De View
    • Bayou des Arc
    • Little Red River
    • Village Creek
    • Black River
      • Strawberry River
        • Little Strawberry River
      • Spring River
        • Warm Fork Spring River
        • Eleven Point River
      • Fourche River
      • Current River
        • Little Black River
    • North Fork River
      • Bennetts River
    • Buffalo River
      • Little Buffalo River
    • Crooked Creek
    • Kings River
    • Hickory Creek

St. Francis River

• Mississippi River
  • St. Francis River
    • L'Anguille River
    • Tyronza River
    • Little River

By size

Rivers are measured by their mean annual flow of water in cubic feet per second (cfs). One cubic foot equals .0283 cubic meters.

Notes and sources: There are two Richland Creeks and two Saline Rivers in Arkansas. Flow of rivers differs substantially between years and seasons. Source for all rivers except St. Francis is the "USGS Water-Data Report – 2012" at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ar/nwis/current/?type=flow&group_key=basin_cd; The flow of the St. Francis River flow is estimated from US Army Corps of Engineers data at https://archive.today/20130708123645/http://w3.mvm.usace.army.mil/hydraulics/docs/historic/sfdata/sf13284d

Alphabetically

• Antoine River
• Arkansas River
• Bayou De View
• Bayou des Arc
• Bayou Macon
• Bennetts River
• Big Piney Creek
• Big Sugar Creek
• Black River
• Boeuf River
• Buffalo National River or Buffalo River
• Cache River
• Caddo River
• Cossatot River
• Current River
• Dorcheat Bayou
• Eleven Point River
• Flint Creek
• Fourche La Fave River
• Fourche River
• Glazypeau Creek
• Illinois River
• James Fork
• Kings River
• L'Anguille River
• L'Eau Frais Creek
• Lee Creek
• Little Antoine River
• Little Black River
• Little Buffalo River
• Little Cossatot River
• Little Maumelle River
• Little Missouri River
• Little Red River
• Little River (Red River tributary) in southwestern Arkansas
• Little River (St. Francis River tributary) in northeastern Arkansas
• Little Strawberry River
• Little Sugar Creek
• Maumelle River
• Mississippi River
• Mountain Fork
• Mulberry River
• North Fork River
• Ouachita River
• Petit Jean River
• Poteau River
• Red River
• Rolling Fork
• Sager Creek
• St. Francis River
• Saline River (Little River tributary) in southwestern Arkansas
• Saline River (Ouachita River tributary) in southern Arkansas
• Spring River
• Strawberry River
• Sulphur River
• Tanyard Creek
• Tyronza River
• White River

See also

• List of rivers in the United States