List of rivers of Kentucky

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List of rivers in Kentucky (U.S. state).

[edit] By Drainage Basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. All rivers in Kentucky flow to the Mississippi River.

• Mississippi River
  • Obion Creek
  • Mayfield Creek
  • Ohio River
    • Massac Creek
    • Tennessee River
      • Clarks River
      • Blood River

• • • Cumberland River
      • Little River
      • Red River
      • Obey River (TN)
        • Wolf River
      • Big South Fork of the Cumberland River
      • Rockcastle River
      • Laurel River
    • Tradewater River
    • Green River
      • Panther Creek
      • Pond River
      • Rough River
      • Mud River
      • Barren River
        • Gasper River
      • Nolin River
      • Little Barren River
      • Russell Creek
    • Salt River
      • Rolling Fork
        • Beech Fork
          • Chaplin River
      • Floyds Fork
    • Beargrass Creek
    • Little Kentucky River

• • • Kentucky River
      • Elkhorn Creek
      • Benson Creek
      • Dix River
        • Cedar Creek
      • Silver Creek
      • Red River
      • North Fork Kentucky River
        • Middle Fork Kentucky River
        • Troublesome Creek
      • South Fork Kentucky River
        • Goose Creek
        • Red Bird River

• • • Licking River
      • South Fork Licking River
      • North Fork Licking River
    • Kinniconick Creek
    • Tygarts Creek
    • Little Sandy River
    • Big Sandy River
      • Blaine Creek
      • Levisa Fork
        • Russell Fork
      • Tug Fork

[edit] Alphabetically

• Barren River
• Beargrass Creek
• Beech Fork (Beech Fork of the Salt River)
• Big Sandy River
• Blood River
• Chaplin River
• Clarks River
• Cumberland River
• Dix River
• Floyds Fork (Floyds Fork of the Salt River)
• Gasper River
• Green River
• Kentucky River
• Laurel River
• Levisa Fork (Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River)
• Licking River
• Little Barren River
• Little Kentucky River
• Little River
• Little Sandy River
• Middle Fork Kentucky River
• Mississippi River
• Mud River
• Nolin River
• North Fork Kentucky River
• Ohio River
• Pond River
• Red Bird River
• Red River (eastern Kentucky)
• Red River (western Kentucky)
• Rockcastle River
• Rolling Fork (Rolling Fork of the Salt River)
• Rough River
• Russell Fork (Russell Fork of the Big Sandy River)
• Salt River
• South Fork Kentucky River
• Tennessee River
• Tradewater River
• Tug Fork (Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River)
• Tygarts Creek
• Wolf River

[edit] References

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

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