List of longest rivers in the United States by state

[Alabama]

1. Tennessee River –
2. Chattahoochee River –
3. Alabama River –
4. Coosa River –
5. Tallapoosa River –
6. Tombigbee River –
7. Conecuh River –
8. Elk River –
9. Cahaba River –
10. Black Warrior River –

[Alaska]

1. Yukon River –
2. Kuskokwim River –
3. Porcupine River –
4. Tanana River –
5. Innoko River –
6. Koyukuk River –
7. Noatak River –
8. Porcupine River –
9. Stikine River –
10. Colville River –

[Arizona]

1. Colorado River –
2. Gila River –
3. Little Colorado River –
4. Salt River –
5. Santa Cruz River –
6. Verde River –
7. Puerco River –
8. Virgin River –
9. San Francisco River –
10. San Pedro River –

[Arkansas]

1. Mississippi River –
2. Arkansas River –
3. Red River –
4. White River –
5. Ouachita River –
6. St. Francis River –
7. Bayou Bartholomew –
8. Black River –
9. Little River –
10. Bayou Macon –

[California]

1. Colorado River –
2. Sacramento River –
3. San Joaquin River –
4. Klamath River –
5. Pit River –
6. Eel River –
7. Amargosa River –
8. Owens River –
9. Salinas River –
10. Trinity River -

• The longest river entirely within California is the Sacramento River.

[Colorado]

1. Rio Grande –
2. Arkansas River –
3. Colorado River –
4. Canadian River –
5. Green River –
6. North Platte River –
7. Cimarron River –
8. Smoky Hill River –
9. South Platte River –
10. San Juan River –

[Connecticut]

1. Connecticut River –
2. Housatonic River –
3. Quinebaug River –
4. Farmington River –
5. Quinnipiac River –
6. Scantic River –
7. Naugatuck River –
8. Pawcatuck River –
9. Shepaug River –
10. Still River –

[Delaware]

1. Delaware River –
2. Choptank River –
3. Pocomoke River –
4. Nanticoke River –
5. Marshyhope Creek –
6. Christina River –
7. Sassafras River –
8. Murderkill River –
9. Brandywine Creek –
10. White Clay Creek –

[Florida]

1. Chattahoochee River –
2. St. Johns River –
3. Suwannee River –
4. Ochlockonee River –
5. Alapaha River –
6. Conecuh River –
7. Pea River –
8. Indian River –
9. Choctawhatchee River –
10. Withlacoochee River –

• Note that within Florida, the Chattahoochee is called the Appalachicola River. The St. Johns River is the longest river entirely within Florida.

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1. Chattahoochee River –
2. Flint River –
3. Savannah River –
4. Ogeechee River –
5. Coosa River –
6. Tallapoosa River –
7. Ocmulgee River –
8. Suwannee River –
9. Satilla River –
10. Oconee River –

• The Flint River is the longest river entirely within Georgia. It has its source in Atlanta, and it is one of the sources of the Appalachicola River in Florida.

[Hawaii]

1. Wailuku River –
2. South Fork Kaukonahua Stream –
3. North Fork Kaukonahua Stream –
4. Hanalei River –
5. Kolekole Stream –
6. North Fork Wailua River –
7. Waimea River –
8. Kaukonahua Stream –
9. Anahulu River –

[Idaho]

1. Snake River –
2. Bear River –
3. Kootenai River –
4. Salmon River –
5. Owyhee River –
6. Clark Fork –
7. Palouse River –
8. Bruneau River –
9. Big Wood River –
10. Blackfoot River –

• The Salmon River is the longest river entirely within Idaho.

[Illinois]

1. Mississippi River –
2. Ohio River –
3. Wabash River –
4. Kaskaskia River –
5. Rock River –
6. Illinois River –
7. Sangamon River –
8. Little Wabash River –
9. Fox River –
10. Embarras River –

• The Illinois River is the longest river entirely within Illinois.

[Indiana]

1. Ohio River –
2. Wabash River –
3. White River –
4. St. Joseph River –
5. East Fork White River –
6. Tippecanoe River –
7. Patoka River –
8. Great Miami River –
9. Maumee River –
10. Kankakee River –

[Iowa]

1. Missouri River –
2. Mississippi River –
3. Des Moines River –
4. Big Sioux River –
5. Cedar River –
6. Iowa River –
7. Wapsipinicon River –
8. Little Sioux River –
9. Grand River –
10. Chariton River –

[Kansas]

1. Missouri River –
2. Arkansas River –
3. Cimarron River –
4. Smoky Hill River –
5. Neosho River –
6. Republican River –
7. Saline River –
8. Big Blue River –
9. Verdigris River –
10. South Fork Solomon River –

[Kentucky]

1. Mississippi River –
2. Ohio River –
3. Cumberland River –
4. Tennessee River –
5. Green River –
6. Licking River –
7. Kentucky River –
8. North Fork Kentucky River –
9. Levisa Fork –
10. Tug Fork –

• The Green River is the longest river that is entirely within Kentucky. The Cumberland River begins and ends in Kentucky, but it also flows through Tennessee.

[Louisiana]

1. Mississippi River –
2. Red River –
3. Ouachita River –
4. Sabine River –
5. Pearl River –
6. Bayou Bartholomew –
7. Bayou Macon –
8. Boeuf River –
9. Calcasieu River –
10. Tensas River –

[Maine]

1. Saint John River –
2. Androscoggin River –
3. Kennebec River –
4. Saco River –
5. West Branch Penobscot River –
6. Aroostook River –
7. Penobscot River –
8. Moose River –
9. East Branch Penobscot River –
10. Saint Francis River –

• The Kennebec River is the longest river that is entirely within Maine.

[Maryland]

1. Susquehanna River –
2. Potomac River –
3. Youghiogheny River –
4. Patuxent River –
5. North Branch Potomac River –
6. Conococheague Creek –
7. Choptank River –
8. Pocomoke River –
9. Nanticoke River –
10. Monocacy River –

• The Patuxent River is the longest river that is entirely within Maryland.

[Massachusetts]

1. Connecticut River –
2. Housatonic River –
3. Merrimack River –
4. Charles River –
5. Deerfield River –
6. Hoosic River –
7. Quinebaug River –
8. Westfield River –
9. Millers River –
10. Blackstone River –

[Michigan]

1. Grand River –
2. Muskegon River –
3. St. Joseph River –
4. Manistee River –
5. River Raisin –
6. Au Sable River –
7. Huron River –
8. Kalamazoo River –
9. Shiawassee River –
10. Menominee River –
11. Thornapple River – 88 miles

[Minnesota]

1. Mississippi River –
2. Red River of the North –
3. Des Moines River –
4. Cedar River –
5. Minnesota River –
6. Wapsipinicon River –
7. Little Sioux River –
8. Roseau River –
9. Red Lake River –
10. Otter Tail River –
11. Saint Louis River –

• The Minnesota River is the longest river that is entirely within Minnesota.

[Mississippi]

1. Mississippi River –
2. Tennessee River –
3. Pearl River –
4. Big Black River –
5. Hatchie River –
6. Chickasawhay River –
7. Tombigbee River –
8. Yazoo River –
9. Leaf River –
10. Yalobusha River –

• The Pearl River is the longest river that is entirely within Mississippi.

[Missouri]

1. Missouri River –
2. Mississippi River –
3. White River –
4. Des Moines River –
5. St. Francis River –
6. Black River –
7. Gasconade River –
8. Osage River –
9. Meramec River –
10. Chariton River –

• The Gasconade River is the longest river that is entirely within Missouri.

[Montana]

1. Missouri River –
2. Milk River –
3. Yellowstone River –
4. Kootenai River –
5. Bighorn River –
6. Powder River –
7. Musselshell River –
8. Clark Fork –
9. Tongue River –
10. Frenchman River –

[Nebraska]

1. Missouri River –
2. North Platte River –
3. White River –
4. Niobrara River –
5. Republican River –
6. South Platte River –
7. Big Blue River –
8. Platte River –
9. Elkhorn River –
10. Lodgepole Lake –

[Nevada]

1. Colorado River –
2. Owyhee River –
3. Humboldt River –
4. Amargosa River –
5. Reese River –
6. Virgin River –
7. Bruneau River –
8. White River –
9. Carson River –
10. Salmon Falls Creek –

• The Humboldt River is the longest river that is entirely within Nevada.

[New Hampshire]

1. Connecticut River –
2. Androscoggin River –
3. Saco River –
4. Merrimack River –
5. Contoocook River –
6. Pemigewasset River –
7. Ashuelot River –
8. Ammonoosuc River –
9. Lamprey River –
10. Magalloway River –

[New Jersey]

1. Hudson River –
2. Delaware River –
3. Raritan River –
4. Wallkill River –
5. Passaic River –
6. Great Egg Harbor River –
7. Mullica River –
8. South Branch Raritan River –
9. Musconetcong River –
10. Hackensack River –
11. Toms River –
12. North Branch Raritan River –

[New Mexico]

1. Rio Grande –
2. Pecos River –
3. Canadian River –
4. Cimarron River/Dry Cimarron River –
5. Gila River –
6. San Juan River –
7. Rio Puerco –
8. Puerco River –
9. San Francisco River –
10. Carrizo Creek –

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1. Saint Lawrence River –
2. Susquehanna River –
3. Allegheny River –
4. Hudson River –
5. Delaware River –
6. Genesee River –
7. Mohawk River –
8. Raquette River –
9. Oswegatchie River –
10. Black River –

[North Carolina]

1. Roanoke River –
2. New River –
3. Neuse River –
4. Pee Dee River –
5. Catawba River –
6. Tar River –
7. Yadkin River –
8. Dan River –
9. French Broad River –
10. Cape Fear River –

[North Dakota]

1. Missouri River –
2. James River –
3. Yellowstone River –
4. Sheyenne River –
5. Little Missouri River –
6. Red River of the North –
7. Souris River –
8. Pembina River –
9. Wild Rice River –
10. Maple River –

[Ohio]

1. Ohio River –
2. Wabash River –
3. Scioto River –
4. Great Miami River –
5. Maumee River –
6. Sandusky River –
7. Tuscarawas River –
8. Raccoon Creek –
9. Auglaize River –
10. Mahoning River –

• The Scioto River is the longest river that is entirely within Ohio.

[Oklahoma]

1. Arkansas River –
2. Red River –
3. Canadian River –
4. Cimarron River –
5. Neosho River –
6. North Canadian River –
7. Verdigris River –
8. Washita River –
9. North Fork Red River –
10. Salt Fork Arkansas River –

[Oregon]

1. Columbia River –
2. Snake River –
3. Owyhee River –
4. John Day River –
5. Klamath River –
6. Deschutes River –
7. Rogue River –
8. Malheur River –
9. Willamette River –
10. Grande Ronde River –

• The John Day River is the longest river that is entirely within Oregon.

[Pennsylvania]

1. Ohio River –
2. Susquehanna River –
3. Allegheny River –
4. Delaware River –
5. West Branch Susquehanna River –
6. Genesee River –
7. Schuylkill River –
8. Youghiogheny River –
9. Monongahela River –
10. Raystown Branch Juniata River –

[Rhode Island]

1. Blackstone River –
2. Pawcatuck River –
3. Wood River –
4. Moosup River –
5. Ten Mile River –
6. Mill River –
7. Woonasquatucket River –
8. Sakonnet River –
9. Ponaganset River –
10. Pawtuxet River –

[South Carolina]

1. Savannah River –
2. Pee Dee River –
3. Catawba River –
4. Edisto River –
5. Saluda River –
6. Black River –
7. Broad River –
8. Santee River –
9. Lynches River –
10. Lumber River –

[South Dakota]

1. Missouri River –
2. James River –
3. White River –
4. Little Missouri River –
5. Big Sioux River –
6. Cheyenne River –
7. Belle Fourche River –
8. Little White River –
9. Moreau River –

[Tennessee]

1. Mississippi River –
2. Cumberland River –
3. Tennessee River –
4. Clinch River –
5. Duck River –
6. Hatchie River –
7. French Broad River –
8. Elk River –
9. Hiwassee River –
10. Caney Fork –

• The Duck River is the longest river that is entirely within Tennessee.

[Texas]

1. Rio Grande –
2. Red River –
3. Pecos River –
4. Canadian River –
5. Colorado River –
6. Brazos River –
7. Trinity River –
8. Sabine River –
9. Neches River –
10. Nueces River –

[Utah]

1. Colorado River –
2. Green River –
3. Bear River –
4. San Juan River –
5. Sevier River –
6. Dolores River –
7. Blacks Fork –
8. Virgin River –
9. White River –
10. Price River –

• The Sevier River is the longest river that is entirely within Utah.

[Vermont]

1. Connecticut River –
2. Otter Creek –
3. Winooski River –
4. Lamoille River –
5. Missisquoi River –
6. Deerfield River –
7. Hoosic River –
8. White River –
9. Batten Kill –
10. West River –

[Virginia]

1. Roanoke River –
2. James River –
3. New River –
4. Potomac River –
5. Clinch River –
6. Dan River –
7. Rappahannock River –
8. Levisa Fork –
9. Tug Fork –
10. Appomattox River –

• The James River is the longest river that is entirely within Virginia.

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1. Columbia River –
2. Snake River –
3. Yakima River –
4. Grande Ronde River –
5. Kettle River –
6. Palouse River –
7. Crab Creek –
8. Skagit River –
9. Pend Oreille River –
10. Similkameen River –

[West Virginia]

1. Ohio River –
2. New River –
3. Potomac River –
4. Greenbrier River –
5. Elk River –
6. Little Kanawha River –
7. Guyandotte River –
8. Tug Fork –
9. South Branch Potomac River –
10. Tygart Valley River –

• The Greenbrier River is the longest river that is entirely within West Virginia.

[Wisconsin]

1. Mississippi River –
2. Wisconsin River –
3. Rock River –
4. Wolf River –
5. Oconto River –
6. Fox River –
7. Fox River –
8. Pecatonica River –
9. Saint Louis River –
10. Black River –

• The Wisconsin River is the longest river that is entirely within Wisconsin, though its source is a lake that is partially in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

[Wyoming]

1. Snake River –
2. Green River –
3. North Platte River –
4. Yellowstone River –
5. Niobrara River –
6. Little Missouri River –
7. Bear River –
8. Wind River/Bighorn River –
9. Powder River –
10. Cheyenne River –