List of rivers of Texas

The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers accounting for over 191000 mi of waterways. All of the state's waterways drain towards the Mississippi River, the Texas Gulf Coast, or the Rio Grande, with mouths located in seven major estuaries.

Seasonal and restrictive waterways

 * Aransas River
 * Armand Bayou
 * Arroyo Colorado
 * Attoyac Bayou
 * Austin Bayou
 * Barton Creek
 * Bastrop Bayou
 * Bedias Creek
 * Beech Creek
 * Big Cow Creek
 * Big Cypress Bayou
 * Big Cypress Creek
 * Big Mineral Creek
 * Big Pine Creek
 * Big Sandy Creek
 * Bois D'Arc Creek
 * Buffalo Bayou
 * Caney Creek (Red River tributary)
 * Catfish Creek
 * Cedar Bayou
 * Chacon Creek
 * Cibolo Creek
 * Clear Creek
 * Coffee Mill Creek
 * Coleto Creek
 * Comal River
 * Buffalo Soldier Draw
 * Denton Creek
 * Dickinson Bayou
 * Double Bayou, East Fork
 * Garcitas Creek
 * Marcado Creek
 * Highland Bayou
 * Hurst Creek
 * Keechi Creek
 * Lake Charlotte Creek (Lake Pass)
 * Little Cypress Bayou
 * Navasota River
 * Onion Creek

Waterways by drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with tributaries indented under each larger stream's name listed in order from mouth to source.

Mississippi River

 * Mississippi River (LA, AR)
 * Red River
 * Cross Bayou
 * Twelvemile Bayou (LA)
 * Black Bayou
 * Big Cypress Bayou
 * Little Cypress Bayou
 * Black Cypress Bayou
 * Big Cypress Creek
 * Sulphur River
 * White Oak Creek
 * North Sulphur River
 * South Sulphur River
 * Pecan Bayou
 * Big Pine Creek
 * Sanders Creek
 * Bois D'Arc Creek
 * Coffee Mill Creek
 * Caney Creek (Red River tributary)
 * Washita River
 * Big Mineral Creek
 * Little Wichita River
 * Wichita River
 * Holliday Creek
 * Beaver Creek
 * North Wichita River
 * Middle Fork Wichita River
 * South Wichita River
 * Pease River
 * Catfish Creek
 * North Pease River
 * Quitaque Creek
 * Middle Pease River
 * Tongue River
 * Wanderers Creek
 * Groesbeck Creek
 * North Fork Red River
 * Elm Fork Red River
 * Sweetwater Creek
 * McClellan Creek
 * Salt Fork Red River
 * Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River
 * Buck Creek
 * Mulberry Creek
 * Tule Creek
 * Little Red River (Texas)
 * Palo Duro Creek
 * Tierra Blanca Creek
 * Arkansas River (AR, OK)
 * Canadian River
 * North Canadian River
 * Beaver River
 * Kiowa Creek
 * Palo Duro Creek
 * Coldwater Creek
 * Wolf Creek
 * Punta de Agua Creek
 * Rita Blanca Creek
 * Carrizo Creek (New Mexico/Texas)

Gulf of Mexico Coastal

 * Sabine River
 * Big Cow Creek
 * Big Sandy Creek
 * Lake Fork Creek
 * Rainwater Creek
 * Neches River
 * Pine Island Bayou
 * Village Creek
 * Beech Creek
 * Big Sandy Creek
 * Angelina River
 * Ayish Bayou
 * Attoyac Bayou
 * Mud Creek
 * Piney Creek
 * Taylor Bayou
 * Oyster Bayou
 * Double Bayou
 * Double Bayou, East Fork
 * West Fork Double Bayou
 * Trinity River
 * Lake Charlotte Creek (Lake Pass)
 * Bedias Creek
 * Keechi Creek
 * Tehuacana Creek
 * Richland Creek
 * Chambers Creek
 * Cedar Creek
 * Kings Creek
 * Red Oak Creek
 * East Fork Trinity River
 * White Rock Creek
 * Turtle Creek
 * Elm Fork Trinity River
 * Bachman Branch
 * Denton Creek
 * Clear Creek
 * Furneaux Creek
 * Isle du Bois Creek
 * Range Creek
 * West Fork Trinity River
 * Johnson Creek
 * Clear Fork Trinity River
 * Big Sandy Creek
 * Cedar Bayou
 * San Jacinto River
 * Buffalo Bayou
 * Vince Bayou
 * Whiteoak Bayou
 * Brays Bayou
 * East Fork San Jacinto River
 * Peach Creek
 * Caney Creek (San Jacinto River tributary)
 * West Fork San Jacinto River
 * Spring Creek
 * Cypress Creek
 * Lake Creek
 * Clear Creek
 * Armand Bayou
 * Dickinson Bayou
 * Highland Bayou
 * Chocolate Bayou
 * Bastrop Bayou
 * Cow Bayou
 * Austin Bayou
 * Oyster Creek
 * Brazos River
 * Mill Creek
 * Navasota River
 * Yegua Creek
 * Nolan River
 * Little Brazos River
 * Little River
 * San Gabriel River
 * Brushy Creek
 * Leon River
 * Lampasas River
 * Cowhouse Creek
 * Sabana River
 * Tehuacana Creek
 * Bosque River
 * North Bosque River
 * East Bosque River
 * Mustang Creek
 * South Bosque River
 * Middle Bosque River
 * Aquilla Creek
 * Paluxy River
 * Palo Pinto Creek
 * Clear Fork Brazos River
 * Hubbard Creek
 * Paint Creek
 * Elm Creek
 * Sweetwater Creek
 * Elm Creek
 * Millers Creek
 * Double Mountain Fork Brazos River
 * North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River
 * Blackwater Draw
 * Yellow House Draw
 * Yellow House Canyon
 * Salt Fork Brazos River
 * Croton Creek
 * Duck Creek
 * White River
 * Running Water Draw
 * San Bernard River
 * Caney Creek (Matagorda Bay)
 * Colorado River
 * Cummins Creek
 * Bull Creek
 * Onion Creek
 * Barton Creek
 * Pedernales River
 * Llano River
 * Gentry Creek
 * North Llano River
 * South Llano River
 * San Saba River
 * Brady Creek
 * Pecan Bayou
 * Jim Ned Creek
 * Home Creek
 * Loss Creek
 * Concho River
 * Kickapoo Creek
 * North Concho River
 * South Concho River
 * Spring Creek (Tom Green County, Texas)
 * Middle Concho River
 * Beals Creek
 * Mustang Draw
 * Johnson Draw
 * McKenzie Draw
 * Monument Draw
 * Seminole Draw
 * Sulphur Springs Draw
 * Tres Palacios Creek
 * Carancahua Creek
 * Lavaca River
 * Navidad River
 * Sandy Creek
 * Garcitas Creek
 * Guadalupe River
 * San Antonio River
 * Cibolo Creek
 * Martinez Creek
 * Woman Hollering Creek
 * Kicaster Creek
 * Calaveras Creek
 * Medina River
 * Coker Creek
 * Salado Creek
 * Rosillo Creek
 * Coleto Creek
 * Sandies Creek
 * Peach Creek
 * San Marcos River
 * Blanco River
 * Comal River
 * Capano Creek
 * Mission River
 * Blanco Creek
 * Medio Creek
 * Aransas River
 * Nueces River
 * Frio River
 * Atascosa River
 * San Miguel Creek
 * Leona River
 * Hondo Creek
 * Tehuacana Creek
 * Sabinal River
 * Blanco Creek
 * Turkey Creek
 * West Nueces River
 * Rincon Bayou
 * Oso Creek
 * Petronila Creek
 * San Fernando Creek
 * Santa Gertrudis Creek
 * Carreta Creek
 * Los Olmos Creek
 * Arroyo Colorado

Rio Grande

 * Rio Grande
 * Brownsville Ship Channel
 * Devils River
 * Dry Devils River
 * Pecos River
 * Howard Draw
 * Independence Creek
 * Tunas Creek
 * Coyansa Draw
 * Toyah Creek
 * Barilla Draw
 * Salt Draw
 * Delaware River
 * San Francisco Creek
 * Maravillas Creek
 * Terlingua Creek
 * Calamity Creek
 * Alamito Creek
 * Chacon Creek
 * San Ygnacio Creek
 * Zacate Creek
 * San Ildefonso Creek
 * Sombrerillito Creek
 * Santa Isabel Creek

10 longest rivers
The following 10 rivers empty into the Gulf of Mexico. Four of the rivers are tributaries: The Pecos flows into the Rio Grande, the Red into the Mississippi River, and the Sabine and Neches flow into Sabine Lake which is connected to the Gulf of Mexico by Sabine Pass. The Canadian is a tributary of a tributary and flows into the Arkansas River which is itself a tributary of the Mississippi.


 * 1) Rio Grande – 1896 mi, 1250 mi of which are in Texas (although technically on the border between Texas and Mexico)
 * 2) Red River – 1360 mi of which 680 mi are in Texas
 * 3) Brazos River – 1280 mi of which 840 mi are in Texas, making it the longest section of river in Texas
 * 4) Pecos River – 926 mi most of which is in New Mexico
 * 5) Colorado River – 862 mi almost entirely in Texas of which 600 mi are not dry
 * 6) Canadian River – 760 mi of which 200 mi are in Texas
 * 7) Trinity River – 423 mi entirely in Texas
 * 8) Sabine River – 360 mi of which 360 mi are in Texas
 * 9) Neches River – 416 mi entirely in Texas
 * 10) Nueces River – 315 mi entirely in Texas

The Trinity River is the longest river with its entire drainage basin in Texas. The Colorado is the longest river with both its source based on river name and its mouth in the state. The longest source of the Colorado of any kind is in New Mexico.

Shortest river
The Comal River is the shortest river in the state of Texas and the fifth-shortest river in the United States. Located entirely within the city limits of New Braunfels in Central Texas, its spring-fed waters run a distance of 2.5 miles (4 kilometers).