List of rivers of Kansas
This is a list of rivers in Kansas.
By [drainage basin]
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.Mississippi River Basin
Arkansas River Basin
- Arkansas River
- *Neosho River
- **Spring River
- ***Shoal Creek
- **Cottonwood River
- *Verdigris River
- **Caney River
- **Elk River
- **Fall River
- *Cimarron River
- **North Fork Cimarron River
- *Salt Fork Arkansas River
- **Chikaskia River
- **Medicine Lodge River
- *Grouse Creek
- *Walnut River
- **Little Walnut River
- **Whitewater River
- *Ninnescah River
- **North Fork Ninnescah River
- **South Fork Ninnescah River
- *Little Arkansas River
- *Cow Creek
- *Rattlesnake Creek
- *Walnut Creek
- *Pawnee River
- **Buckner Creek
- *Bear Creek
Missouri River Basin
- Missouri River
- *Osage River
- **Little Osage River
- ***Marmaton River
- **Marais des Cygnes River
- *Blue River
- **Brush Creek
- *Kansas River
- **Stranger Creek
- **Wakarusa River
- **Delaware River
- **Mission Creek
- **Big Blue River
- ***Black Vermillion River
- ***Little Blue River
- ***Indian Creek
- **Republican River
- ***Buffalo Creek
- ***White Rock Creek
- ***Prairie Dog Creek
- ***Sappa Creek
- ****Beaver Creek
- *****Little Beaver Creek
- ***South Fork Republican River
- ***Arikaree River
- **Smoky Hill River
- ***Solomon River
- ****North Fork Solomon River
- ****South Fork Solomon River
- ***Saline River
- ***Big Creek
- ***Hackberry Creek
- ***Ladder Creek
- ***North Fork Smoky Hill River
- *Wolf River
- *Big Nemaha River
Alphabetically
- Arikaree River
- Arkansas River
- Beaver Creek
- Big Blue River
- Big Creek
- Big Nemaha River
- Black Vermillion River
- Blue River
- Brush Creek
- Buckner Creek
- Buffalo Creek
- Caney River
- Chikaskia River
- Cimarron River
- Cottonwood River
- Cow Creek
- Delaware River
- Elk River
- Fall River
- Grouse Creek
- Hackberry Creek
- Kansas River
- Ladder Creek
- Little Arkansas River
- Little Beaver Creek
- Little Blue River
- Little Osage River
- Little Walnut River
- Marais des Cygnes River
- Marmaton River
- Medicine Lodge River
- Mission Creek
- Missouri River
- Neosho River
- Ninnescah River
- North Fork Ninnescah River
- North Fork Smoky Hill River
- North Fork Solomon River
- Pawnee River
- Prairie Dog Creek
- Rattlesnake Creek
- Republican River
- Saline River
- Salt Fork Arkansas River
- Sappa Creek
- Shoal Creek
- Smoky Hill River
- Solomon River
- South Fork Ninnescah River
- South Fork Republican River
- South Fork Solomon River
- Spring River
- Stranger Creek
- Verdigris River
- Wakarusa River
- Walnut Creek
- Walnut River
- White Rock Creek
- Whitewater River
- Wolf River
By size
| River | Cubic feet per second flow | Location of monitoring station |
| Missouri River | 54,280 | Near Kansas City |
| Kansas River | 7,464 | Near junction with Missouri River |
| Verdigris River | 3,260 | Near Coffeyville |
| Neosho River | 2,924 | Near Parsons |
| Arkansas River | 2,881 | Near Oklahoma state line |
| Big Blue River | 2,325 | Near Manhattan |
| Marais des Cygnes River | 2,219 | Near Missouri state line |
| Smoky Hill River | 1,540 | Near Enterprise |
| Walnut River | 924 | Near Winfield |
| Cottonwood River | 879 | Near Plymouth |
| Republican River | 839 | Near Junction City |
| Delaware River | 682 | Near Perry |
| Little Blue River | 672 | Near Barnes |
| Solomon River | 550 | Near Niles |
| Fall River | 536 | Near Fredonia |
| Ninnescah River | 528 | Near Peck |
| Little Arkansas River | 315 | Valley Center |
| Caney River | 288 | Near Elgin |
| Chikaskia River | 264 | Near Corbin |
| Stranger Creek | 247 | Near Tonganoxie |
| Wakarusa River | 220 | Near Lawrence |
| Saline River | 214 | Near Tescott |
| Whitewater River | 210 | Near Towanda |
| South Fork Ninnescah River | 210 | Near Murdock |
| Mill Creek | 189 | Near Paxico |
| Lightning Creek | 171 | Near McCune |
| Black Vermillion River | 169 | Near Frankfort |
| Elk River | 161 | Near Elk Falls |
| Soldier Creek | 158 | Near Topeka |
| Medicine Lodge River | 151 | Near Kiowa |
| Turkey Creek | 126 | Near Seneca |
| North Fork Solomon River | 116 | Near Portis |
| South Fork Solomon River | 105 | Near Osborne |
| Indian Creek | 102 | Near Leawood |
Source: "Annual Water Data Report" USGS, 2009. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ks/nwis/current/?type=flow. Navigate to page 3 of reports on individual monitoring stations. Average water flow totals will vary slightly from year to year.