List of rivers of the Americas

This is a list of rivers in 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

• Alsek - Canada/United States
• Apalachicola - United States
  • Chattahoochee - United States
  • Flint - United States
• Brandywine River - (Pennsylvania and Delaware) United States
• Colorado - United States / Mexico
• Columbia - Canada/United States
  • Snake - United States
  • Okanagan - Canada/United States
  • Kettle - Canada
  • Pend Oreille - United States
  • Kootenay - Canada/United States
  • Canoe - Canada
  • Kicking Horse - Canada
  • Willamette - United States
• Dean - Canada
• Embudo River - United States
• Fraser - Canada
• Hudson River - United States
  • Pitt - Canada
  • Thompson - Canada
  • Chilcotin - Canada
  • Quesnel - Canada
  • Nechako - Canada
• Liard - Canada
• Mackenzie - Canada
  • Slave - Canada
    • Peace - Canada
    • Athabasca – Canada
• Mississippi - United States
  • Arkansas River -United States
    • Canadian River –United States
    • Cimarron River –United States
  • Missouri -United States
    • Yellowstone River –United States
    • Platte River –United States
    • Milk - Canada/United States
  • Ohio -United States
    • Tennessee River -United States
    • Cumberland River -United States
  • Red River of the South -United States
• Nass - Canada
• Potomac River – United States
  • Shenandoah River - United States
• Roanoke River - United States
• Rio Grande - Mexico/United States
• Sacramento - United States
  • Pit – United States
  • Feather -United States
• Saskatchewan - Canada
• Skagit - Canada/United States
• Skeena - Canada
  • Babine - Canada
  • Bulkley - Canada
  • Morice - Canada
  • Kitwanga - Canada
  • Zymoetz - Canada
• Squamish - Canada
• St. Johns - United States
• St. Lawrence - Canada/United States
  • Ottawa River - Canada
  • Morice - Canada
• Susquehanna River - United States
• Yukon - Canada/United States

Central America and the Caribbean

Caribbean

See also: List of rivers of the Dominican Republic

• Artibonite River - Dominican Republic, Haiti
• Chavón River - Dominican Republic
• Dajabón River - Dominican Republic, Haiti
• Haina River - Dominican Republic
• Iguamo River - Dominican Republic
• Isabela River - Dominican Republic
• Nizao River - Dominican Republic
• Ozama River - Dominican Republic
• Rivière Soliette - Dominican Republic, Haiti
• Yaque del Norte River - Dominican Republic
• Yaque del Sur River - Dominican Republic
• Yuna River - Dominican Republic

Central America

See also: Rivers in Nicaragua

• Escondido - Nicaragua
• Grande de Matagalpa - Nicaragua
• Patuca - Honduras
• San Juan - Nicaragua
• Usumacinta - Mexico, Guatemala
• Cahabón - Guatemala
• Cahaboncito - Guatemala
• Lankin - Guatemala
• Nahualate - Guatemala
• Los Esclavos - Guatemala
• Rio Dulce - Guatemala
• Lempa River - El Salvador
• Abangares River - Costa Rica
• Reventazón River - Costa Rica
• Tárcoles River - Costa Rica
• Tempisque River - Costa Rica

South America

• Aconcagua - Chile
• Amazon - Ecuador. Perú, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
  • Solimoes - Brazil
    • Caquetá - Colombia, Brazil
  • Madeira - Brazil
  • Rio Negro - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
  • Putumayo - Colombia, Brazil
    • Iganá - Colombia
  • Tocantins - Brazil
  • Vaupés - Colombia, Brazil
• Apure - Venezuela
• Atrato - Colombia
• Baudó - Colombia
• Bío-Bío - Chile
  • Malleco - Chile
• Caroní - Venezuela
• Catatumbo - Colombia, Venezuela
  • Zulia - Venezuela, Colombia
    • Sardinata - Colombia
• Cauca - Colombia
• Cautín - Chile
• Chubut - Argentina
• Colorado - Argentina
• Elqui - Chile
• Essequibo - Guyana
• Itata - Chile
  • Ñuble - Chile
• Loa - Chile
• Magdalena - Colombia
• Maipo - Chile
  • Mapocho - Chile
• Maule - Chile
  • Loncomilla - Chile
    • Achibueno - Chile
      • Ancoa - Chile
    • Longaví - Chile
    • Perquilauquén - Chile
      • Purapel - Chile
    • Putagán - Chile
  • Melado - Chile
• Maullín - Chile
• Maroni - Suriname, French Guiana
• Mira - Colombia
• Orinoco - Colombia, Venezuela
  • Apure - Venezuela
  • Arauca - Colombia, Venezuela
  • Meta - Colombia, Venezuela
  • Guaviare - Colombia
  • Meta - Colombia
  • Tomo - Colombia
  • Vichada - Colombia
• Parnaiba - Brazil
• Rapel - Chile
• Reñihue - Chile
• Río Bueno - Chile
  • Rahue - Chile
    • Damas - Chile
• Río de la Plata It is not really a river but the lower stretch of the Paraná and the estuary that forms after its confluence with the Uruguay
  • Paraná - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
  • Uruguay - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
• Palena - Chile
• Patía - Colombia
• Petrohué - Chile
• Puelo - Chile
• São Francisco - Brazil
• San Jorge - Colombia
• San Juan - Colombia
• Sinú - Colombia
• Toltén - Chile
  • Trancura - Chile
• Valdivia - Chile
  • Calle-Calle - Chile
    • San Pedro - Chile
      • Enco - Chile
        • Llanquihue - Chile
          • Huahum - Chile, Argentina
            • Chapelco - Argentina
          • Liquiñe - Chile
  • Cau-Cau - Chile
  • Cruces - Chile
  • Cutipay - Chile
  • Futa - Chile
• Yelcho - Chile
  • Futaleufú - Chile

Related articles and lists

• Geography
• List of tributaries of Hudson Bay
• List of rivers in Central America and the Caribbean
• List of rivers in the Great Basin
• List of rivers of the Americas by coastline
• List of rivers in the United States

See also

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