List of rivers of Utah facts for kids
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Utah in the United States, sorted by watershed.
Colorado River
The Colorado River is a major river in the Western United States, emptying into the Gulf of California. Rivers are listed upstream by the point they empty into the Colorado.
- Meadow Valley Wash (located entirely in Nevada, but its watershed has several extremely small portions in Utah)
- Virgin River
- Beaver Dam Wash
- Santa Clara River
- Ash Creek
- Fort Pearce Wash
- East Fork Virgin River
- North Fork Virgin River
- Kanab Creek
- Paria River
- San Juan River
- Chinle Creek
- Montezuma Creek
- McElmo Creek
- Escalante River
- Dirty Devil River
- Fremont River
- Sulphur Creek
- Sand Creek
- Sulphur Creek
- Muddy Creek
- Fremont River
- Green River
- San Rafael River
- Huntington Creek
- Cottonwood Creek
- Ferron Creek
- Price River
- Range Creek
- Willow Creek
- White River
- Duchesne River
- Uinta River
- Whiterocks River
- Lake Fork River
- Yellowstone River (Utah)
- Yellowstone Creek
- Swift Creek (Utah)
- Yellowstone River (Utah)
- Strawberry River
- Uinta River
- Ashley Creek
- Brush Creek
- Jones Hole Creek (Diamond Gulch)
- Crouse Creek
- Cart Creek
- Carter Creek
- Sheep Creek
- Henrys Fork
- Blacks Fork
- Muddy Creek
- San Rafael River
- Kane Springs Creek
- Dolores River
- La Sal Creek
Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is the largest lake in the Great Basin. Rivers are listed in a clockwise direction.
- Bear River
- Malad River
- Little Bear River
- Logan River
- Cub River
- Bear Lake
- Weber River
- Mill Creek
- Ogden River
- Dalton Creek
- East Canyon Creek
- Cottonwood Creek
- Jordan River
- City Creek
- Red Butte
- Emigration Creek
- Parley's Creek
- Mill Creek
- Big Cottonwood Creek
- Little Cottonwood Creek
- Bingham Creek
- Willow Creek
- Midas Creek
- Dry Creek
- Utah Lake
- Dry Creek
- American Fork
- Provo River
- Hobble Creek
- Dry Creek
- Spanish Fork
- Peteetneet Creek (no longer reaches Utah Lake)
- Current Creek
- West Creek
- Kimball Creek
Other Great Basin
A number of other drainage systems are located in the Great Basin.
- Curlew Valley
- Escalante Desert
- Great Salt Lake Desert
- Miry Wash
- Grouse Creek
- Thousand Springs Creek
- Grouse Creek
- Miry Wash
- Hamlin Valley
- Pilot Creek Valley
- Pine Valley
- Rush Valley
- Sevier Lake
- Sevier River
- Beaver River
- San Pitch River
- Mammoth Creek
- Clear Creek
- East Fork Sevier River
- Sevier River
- Skull Valley
- Snake Valley
- Tooele Valley
- Tule Valley
- Wah Wah Valley
Snake River
The Snake River, which flows into the Pacific Ocean via the Columbia River, does not enter Utah, but some of its tributaries drain northwestern Utah.
See also
- List of rivers in the Great Basin
- List of rivers in the United States
- List of canyons and gorges in Utah
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