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.



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
 * Ohio River (KY)
 * Tennessee River
 * Blood River
 * Big Sandy River
 * White Oak Creek
 * Duck River
 * Buffalo River
 * Green River
 * Little Buffalo River
 * Piney River
 * 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
 * Little Piney Creek
 * Sewee Creek
 * 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
 * Little Tennessee River
 * Tellico River
 * Bald River
 * North River
 * Little River
 * French Broad River
 * Little Pigeon River
 * Nolichucky River
 * Pigeon River
 * Holston River
 * North Fork Holston River
 * South Fork Holston River
 * Watauga River
 * Doe River
 * Little Doe River
 * Elk River
 * Roan Creek
 * 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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 * 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 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
 * 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)
 * 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 (Middle Tennessee), tributary of the Obey River
 * Wolf River (West Tennessee), tributary of the Mississippi River