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.

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

thumb|200px|right|Tennessee River drainage basin

  • Ohio River (KY)
  • Tennessee River
  • Blood River
  • Big Sandy River
  • White Oak Creek
  • Duck River
  • Buck Branch
  • Big Swan Creek
  • Copperas Branch
  • Buffalo River
  • Green River
  • Little Buffalo River
  • Cane Creek
  • Cave Branch
  • Piney River
  • Plunders Creek
  • Garner Creek
  • Defeated Creek
  • Little Duck River
  • Beech River
  • Indian Creek
  • Smith Fork
  • Shoal Creek/Sycamore River
  • Elk River
  • Richland Creek
  • Flint River
  • Sequatchie River
  • Little Sequatchie River
  • Hiwassee River
  • Ocoee River
  • Conasauga Creek
  • Piney River
  • Soak Creek <!-- Tennessee’s Newest Scenic River -->
  • Little Piney Creek
  • Sewee Creek <!-- GNIS ID: 1301120. Alternate names are Sue Creek, Suee Creek, and Suees Creek. Ten Mile Creek is a tributary to this stream. -->

thumb|200px|right|Clinch River drainage basin

  • Clinch River
  • Emory River
  • Little Emory River
  • Obed River
  • Little Obed River
  • Poplar Creek
  • East Fork Poplar Creek
  • Beaver Creek
  • Coal Creek
  • Powell River
  • Sweetwater Creek <!-- GNIS ID: 1303972 -->
  • Little Tennessee River
  • Tellico River
  • Bald River
  • North River
  • Little River
  • French Broad River
  • Little Pigeon River
  • Nolichucky River
  • Pigeon River

thumb|200px|right|Holston River drainage basin

  • Holston River
  • North Fork Holston River
  • South Fork Holston River
  • Watauga River
  • Doe River
  • Little Doe River
  • Elk River
  • Roan Creek

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 (Cumberland River tributary)
  • Stinking Creek

Mobile River drainage basin

  • Mobile River (AL)
  • Alabama River (AL)
  • Coosa River (AL, GA)
  • Oostanaula River (GA)
  • Conasauga River

Alphabetically

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!River

!Mouth

!Length

!Largest settlement

!Map

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|Bald River

|Tellico River

|6 mi

|none (Cherokee National Forest)

|

|-

|Barren Fork

|Collins River

|23.4 mi

(37.7 km)

|McMinnville

|

|-

|Beaver Creek

|Clinch River

|44 mi

|Halls Crossroads

|

|-

|Beech River

|Tennessee River

|38.3 mi

(61.6 km)

|Lexington

|

|-

|Big Sandy River

|Tennessee River

|60 mi

(97 km)

|Bruceton

|

|-

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Big South Fork of the Cumberland River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Cumberland River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | 76 mi

(122 km)

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | none (Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area)

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" |

|-

|Blackburn Fork River

|Roaring River

|14.5 mi

|none (Cummins Falls State Park)

|

|-

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Blood River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Tennessee River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" |

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Buchanan

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" |

|-

|Buffalo River

|Duck River

|125 mi

(201 km)

|Linden

|

|-

|Calfkiller River

|Caney Fork River

|42.4 mi

(68.2 km)

|Sparta

|

|-

|Cane Creek (Caney Fork River tributary)

|Caney Fork River

|

|

|

|-

|Caney Fork River

|Cumberland River

|143 mi

(230 km)

|Carthage

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|Clear Fork (Big South Fork Cumberland River tributary)

|Big South Fork of the Cumberland River

|27.2 mi

(43.8 km)

|Rugby

|

|-

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Clear Fork (Cumberland River tributary)

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Cumberland River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | 42.8 mi

(68.9 km)

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Clairfield

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" |

|-

|Clear Fork (Smith Fork Creek tributary)

|Smith Fork Creek

|

|

|

|-

|Chickamauga Creek

|Tennessee River

|

|Chattanooga

|

|-

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Clinch River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Tennessee River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | 337 mi

(542 km)

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Oak Ridge

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|-

|Coal Creek

|Clinch River

|10.3 mi

(16.6 km)

|Rocky Top

|

|-

|Collins River

|Caney Fork River

|67 mi

(108 km)

|Gruetli-Laager

|

|-

|Conasauga Creek

|Hiwassee River

|42.8 mi

(68.9 km)

|Coker Creek

|

|-

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Conasauga River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Oostanaula River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | 93 mi

(150 km)

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Conasauga (Polk County)

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | border|frameless|100x100px

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|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Cumberland River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Ohio River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | 688 mi

(1107 km)

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Nashville

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | border|frameless|100x100px

|-

|Defeated Creek (Hickman County)

|Duck River

|

|

|

|-

|Defeated Creek (Smith County)

|Cumberland River

|

|Defeated

|

|-

|Doe River

|Watauga River

|6 mi

|Elizabethton

|border|frameless|100x100px

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|Duck River

|Tennessee River

|284 mi

(457 km)

|Columbia

|border|frameless|100x100px

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|East Fork Poplar Creek

|Poplar Creek

|

|Oak Ridge

|

|-

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Elk River (Watauga River tributary)

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Watauga River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" |

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Elk Mills

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" |

|-

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Elk River (Tennessee River tributary)

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Tennessee River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | 195 mi

(314 km)

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Fayetteville

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | border|frameless|100x100px

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|Emory River

|Clinch River

|46 mi

(74 km)

|Harriman

|border|frameless|100x100px

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|Falling Water River

|Caney Fork River

|46.8 mi

(75.3 km)

|Cookeville

|

|-

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Flint River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Tennessee River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | 65.7 mi

(105.6 km)

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Flintville

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" |

|-

|Forked Deer River

|Obion River

|

|Dyersburg

|

|-

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | French Broad River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Tennessee River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | 219 mi

(352 km)

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Knoxville

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | border|frameless|100x100px

|-

|Green River

|Buffalo River

|21.1 mi

(34.0 km)

|Waynesboro

|

|-

|Harpeth River

|Cumberland River

|115 mi

(185 km)

|Franklin

|

|-

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Hatchie River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Mississippi River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | 238 mi

(383 km)

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Bolivar

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" |

|-

|Hickman Creek

|

|

|

|

|-

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Hiwassee River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Tennessee River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | 147 mi

(237 km)

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Charleston

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | border|frameless|100x100px

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|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Holston River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Tennessee River

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | 136 mi

(219 km)

|style="background:#FFE4A3;" | Kingsport

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|Indian Creek (Caney Fork River tributary)

|Caney Fork River

|

|Buffalo Valley (Putnam County)

|

|-

|Indian Creek (Tennessee River tributary)

|Tennessee River

|

|Crossroads

|

|-

|Injun Creek

|Little Pigeon River

|

|none (Great Smoky Mountains National Park)

|

|-

|Little Buffalo River

|Buffalo River

|

|Deerfield

|

|-

|Little Doe River

|Doe River

|

|Hampton

|

|-

|Little Duck River

|Duck River

|6.5 mi

(10.5 km)

|Manchester

|

|-

|Little Emory River

|Emory River

|

|Coalfield

|

|-

|Little Harpeth River

|Harpeth River

|16.3 mi

(26.2 km)

|Brentwood

|

|-

|Little Indian Creek

|Indian Creek (Caney Fork River tributary)

|

|

|

|-

|Little Obed River

|Obed River

|10 mi

(16 km)

|Crossville

|

|}

  • Bald River
  • Barren Fork
  • Beaver Creek
  • Beech River
  • Big Sandy River
  • Big South Fork of the Cumberland River
  • Big Swan Creek
  • Blackburn Fork River
  • Blood River
  • Buffalo River
  • Calfkiller River
  • Cane Creek (Caney Fork River tributary)
  • Caney Fork
  • Clear Fork (Big South Fork Cumberland River tributary)
  • Clear Fork (Cumberland River tributary)
  • Clear Fork (Smith Fork Creek tributary)
  • Chickamauga Creek
  • Clinch River
  • Coal Creek
  • Collins River
  • Conasauga Creek
  • Conasauga River
  • Copperas Branch
  • Cumberland River
  • Defeated Creek (Hickman County, Tennessee)
  • Defeated Creek (Smith County, Tennessee)
  • Doe River
  • Duck River
  • East Fork Poplar Creek
  • Elk River (North Carolina - Tennessee), tributary of the Watauga River
  • Elk River (Tennessee), 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 (Caney Fork River tributary)
  • Indian Creek (Powell River tributary)
  • Indian Creek (Tennessee River tributary)
  • 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 (East Tennessee)
  • Piney River (Middle Tennessee)
  • Plunders Creek
  • Plunkett Creek
  • Poplar Creek
  • Powell River
  • Red River
  • Roan Creek
  • Roaring River
  • Rocky River
  • Rotten Fork Wolf River
  • Soak Creek <!-- Tennessee’s Newest Scenic River -->
  • 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 (Middle Tennessee), tributary of the Obey River
  • Wolf River (West Tennessee), tributary of the Mississippi River

See also

  • List of rivers in the United States

References

  • USGS Geographic Names Information Service
  • USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Tennessee (1974)