This list of rivers of the Americas includes all the major rivers of the Americas. See each article for their tributaries, drainage areas, etc. Unusually significant tributaries appear in this list, under the river into which they drain.

North America

• Alamo - California
• Albion - California
• Alligator - North Carolina
  • Little Alligator - North Carolina
• Altamaha - Georgia
  • Ocmulgee
  • Oconee
• Amargosa - California
• Apalachicola - Florida
• Ashepoo - South Carolina
• Ashley - South Carolina
• Atchafalaya
  • Red
• Aucilla - Florida
• Back - Nunavut
• Balsas - Mexico
• Big - California
• Brazos - Texas
• Cape Fear - North Carolina
  • Black - North Carolina
    • South River
  • Deep - North Carolina
  • Haw - North Carolina
  • Northeast Cape Fear River - North Carolina
• Chowan - North Carolina
  • Blackwater - Virginia
  • Meherrin - North Carolina
  • Nottoway - Virginia
  • Wiccacon - North Carolina
• Chowchilla - California
• Coatzacoalcos - Mexico
• Colorado - Texas
• Colorado
  • Gunnison
  • Dolores
  • Green - Utah, Colorado, Wyoming
    • Big Sandy
    • Yampa
      • Little Snake
  • San Juan
  • Virgin
  • Gila - Arizona
• Columbia - Washington, Oregon, British Columbia
  • Cowlitz - Washington
  • Deschutes
  • John Day
  • Kootenay - British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia
    • Elk
  • Okanagan
  • Pend Oreille
    • Clark Fork
  • Sandy
  • Snake - Washington, Idaho, Oregon
    • Bruneau - Idaho
    • Malheur
  • Spokane
  • Wenatchee
  • Willamette - Oregon
    • Calapooia
    • Clackamas
    • Mary's River
    • Molalla
      • Pudding
    • Santiam
    • McKenzie
    • Tualatin
    • Yamhill
  • Yakima
• Connecticut - New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut
  • Ashuelot River - New Hampshire
• Coosaw
  • Combahee - South Carolina
    • Little Salkahatchie
    • Salkahatchie
• Copper - Alaska
• Coquille
• Cooper - South Carolina
  • Back
  • Wando
• D River - Oregon
• Delaware - Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York
  • Lehigh, Pennsylvania
• Edisto - South Carolina
  • Dawho
  • North Edisto
  • North Fork Edisto
  • South Edisto
  • South Fork Edisto
• Eel - California
• Elk - California
• Fraser - British Columbia
• Genesee - Pennsylvania, New York
• Garcia - California
• Guadalupe - California
• Housatonic
• Hudson- New York
  • Mohawk
• James - Virginia
• Kalamazoo River - Michigan
• Kennebec - Maine
• Klamath - California and Oregon
  • Salmon
  • Scott
  • Trinity
• Kobuk - Alaska
• Kuskokwim - Alaska
• Little - California
• Los Angeles - California
• Mackenzie - Northwest Territories
• Mad - California
• Maumee - Indiana, Ohio
  • Auglaize
  • St. Joseph
  • St. Mary's
  • Tiffin
• Merrimack - New England
• Mississippi
  • Arkansas
  • Des Moines
  • Hatchie - Tennessee
  • Iowa
  • Illinois
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
    • Big Sioux
    • James
    • Kansas
      • Republican
    • Niobrara
    • Platte
      • North Platte
      • South Platte
    • Yellowstone
      • Bighorn
  • Niagara - New York
  • Obion - Tennessee
  • Ohio
    • Allegheny
    • Big Sandy
    • Cumberland
      • Big South Fork
      • Caney Fork
      • Harpeth
      • Laurel
      • Obed
      • Red
      • Roaring
      • Rockcastle
      • Stones
    • Kanawha
      • South Fork New
    • Kentucky
    • Monongahela
    • New - North Carolina, West Virginia
    • Scioto
    • Tennessee
      • Beech - Tennessee
      • Big Sandy - Tennessee
      • Clinch - Tennessee
      • Duck - Tennessee
      • Elk - Tennessee
      • French Broad - North Carolina and Tennessee
        • Davidson - North Carolina
        • Mills - North Carolina
        • Nolichucky - North Carolina and Tennessee
          • Cane
          • South Toe
        • Pigeon - North Carolina and Tennessee
          • East Fork Pigeon
          • West Fork Pigeon
        • Swannanoa - North Carolina
          • Ivy
        • Watauga
      • Little Tennessee
        • Cullasaja
        • Nantahala
        • Tuckasegee
          • Oconaluftee
            • Cheoah
      • Hiwassee
        • Valley
    • Holston - Tennessee
    • Wabash
  • Peconic - New York
  • Rock
  • St. Croix
  • Wisconsin
  • Wolf - Tennessee
  • Yazoo
    • Big Sunflower
• Mobile - Alabama
  • Alabama
    • Cahaba
    • Coosa
      • Cartecay
      • Conasauga
      • Ellijay
      • Jacks
      • Etowah
      • Oostanaula
        • Conasauga
        • Coosawattee
    • Tallapoosa
  • Tombigbee
• Napa - California
• Navarro - California
• Nelson - Saskatchewan, Manitoba
• Neuse - North Carolina
  • Eno - North Carolina
  • Flat - North Carolina
  • Little - North Carolina
  • South River
  • Trent - North Carolina
• New
• New - California
• Noyo - California
• Otay - California
• Pajaro - California
• Pamilico - North Carolina
  • Tar
• Panuco - Mexico
• Pasquotank - North Carolina
• Pee Dee - North Carolina, South Carolina
  • Little Pee Dee
    • Lumber
  • Lynches
    • Little Lynches
  • Waccamaw
  • Rocky
  • Yadkin - North Carolina
    • Ararat
    • Fisher
    • Little Yadkin
    • Mitchell
    • Reddies
    • South Yadkin
    • Uwharrie
• Perquimans - North Carolina
• Petaluma - California
• Potomac - Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
  • Shenandoah
• Quinnipiac
• Rappahannock - Virginia
• Raritan
• Red River (of the North)
• Rio Grande - Mexico, Texas, New Mexico
  • Pecos - Texas, New Mexico
• Roanoke - North Carolina, Virginia
  • Cashie
  • Dan
    • Mayo
    • Smith
• Rogue - Oregon
• Rogue - Michigan
• Sabine - Texas
• Sacandaga - New York
• Sacramento - California
  • American - California
  • Feather - California
    • Bear River
• Saint John - New Brunswick, Maine
• St. Johns - Florida
• St. Lawrence - Ontario, Quebec
  • Humber - Ontario
  • Niagara - Ontario, New York
    • Grand (Erie) - Ontario
      • French (Huron) - Ontario
      • Vermillion River (Huron) - Ontario
  • Ottawa River - Ontario, Quebec
  • Saguenay River - Quebec
• Salinas - California
  • Old Salinas
• San Diego - California
• San Dieguito - California
• San Gabriel - California
• San Jacinto - California
• San Joaquin - California
  • Merced
  • Mokelumne
    • Cosumnes
  • Tuolumne
• San Luis Rey - California
• Santa Clara - southern California
• Santa Margarita - California
• Santee - South Carolina
  • Congaree
    • Broad - North Carolina, South Carolina
      • Coosawhatchie
      • Enoree
      • First Broad - North Carolina
      • Little - South Carolina
      • Pocotaligo
      • Sandy - South Carolina
      • Second Broad - North Carolina
      • Tyger - South Carolina
        • Middle Tyger
        • North Tyger
        • South Tyger
    • Saluda
      • Bush
      • Little
      • Little Saluda
      • North Saluda
      • Reedy
      • South Saluda
        • Oolenoy
  • Wateree
    • Catawba
      • Johns
      • Linville
      • Lower Little
      • South Fork Catawba
• Saskatchewan - Alberta, Saskatchewan
• Savannah - Georgia, South Carolina
  • Seneca
    • Keowee
      • Toxaway
      • Whitewater
    • Little
  • Tugaloo
    • Chattooga
    • Chauga
• Smith
• Susitna - Alaska
• Susquehanna - Maryland, Pennsylvania
• Suwannee - Florida
• Ten Mile - California
• Tijuana - California
• Trinity
• Umpqua
• Ventura - California
• White Oak - North Carolina
• Wacissa - Florida
• Yaquina
• Yukon - Alaska, Yukon
  • Koyukuk
  • Tanana
    • Nenana

Central America

• Escondido - Nicaragua
• Grande de Matagalpa - Nicaragua
• Patuca - Honduras
• San Juan - Nicaragua
• Usumacinta - Mexico, Guatemala

South America

• Amazon
  • Madeira
  • Rio Negro
  • Tocantins
• Atrato - Colombia
• Chubut - Argentina
• Colorado - Argentina
• Essequibo - Guyana
• Magdalena - Colombia
• Orinoco - Venezuela
  • Apure
  • Meta
• Parnaiba - Brazil
• Rio de la Plata
  • Paraná - Argentina, Paraguay
  • Uruguay - Uruguay, Brazil
• Sao Francisco - Brazil

Related articles and lists

• geography
• List of tributaries of Hudson Bay
• List of rivers in Brazil
• List of rivers in Canada
• List of rivers in Central American and the Caribbean
• List of rivers in the Great Basin
• List of rivers in Greenland
• List of rivers in Mexico
• List of rivers in the United States
• List of rivers in western South America
• List of rivers of the Americas by coastline

See also

• Rivers of Europe
• Rivers of Asia
• Rivers of Africa
• Alphabetical list of Rivers in the World
• List of reference tables (lists other than rivers)