List of rivers of Illinois
# List of rivers of Illinois

This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Illinois:

## By drainage basin

### Gulf of Mexico

* Mississippi River
   * Ohio River
      * Lusk Creek
      * Saline River
      * Wabash River
         * Little Wabash River
            * Skillet Fork
            * Elm River
            * Fox River
            * Salt Creek
         * Bonpas Creek
         * Embarras River (Illinois)
            * North Fork Embarras River
            * Little Embarras River
         * Little Vermilion River
         * Vermilion River
            * Middle Fork Vermilion River
            * Salt Fork Vermilion River
               * Saline Branch
                  * Boneyard Creek
   * Cache River
      * Cypress Creek
   * Big Muddy River
      * Beaucoup Creek
      * Little Muddy River
      * Casey Creek (Casey Fork)
   * Marys River
      * Little Marys River
   * Kaskaskia River
      * Shoal Creek
      * West Okaw River
   * Palmer Creek
   * Wood River
   * Illinois River
      * Macoupin Creek
      * Big Sandy Creek
      * La Moine River
      * Sangamon River
         * Salt Creek
         * Spring Creek
         * Sugar Creek
            * Lick Creek
      * Spoon River
      * Mackinaw River
         * Little Mackinaw River
         * Panther Creek
            * Red River
      * Big Bureau Creek
      * Little Vermilion River
      * Vermilion River
         * Rooks Creek
      * Fox River
         * Indian Creek
         * Somonauk Creek
      * Mazon River
      * Des Plaines River
         * DuPage River
         * Salt Creek
            * Addison Creek
         * Buffalo Creek
         * Hickory Creek
      * Kankakee River
         * Rock Creek
         * Iroquois River
   * Henderson Creek
   * Edwards River
   * Rock River
      * Green River
      * Pine Creek
      * Kyte River
      * Leaf River
      * Stillman Creek
      * Kishwaukee River
         * Killbuck Creek
         * South Branch Kishwaukee River
            * Owens Creek
            * East Branch South Branch Kishwaukee River
         * Beaver Creek
         * Piscasaw Creek
            * Mokeler Creek
         * Coon Creek
         * Rush Creek
         * North Branch Kishwaukee River
      * Pecatonica River
         * Sugar River
         * Yellow Creek
   * Plum River
   * Apple River
   * Galena River
   * Sinsinawa River
   * Little Menominee River
   * Menominee River

### Gulf of St. Lawrence

* Lake Michigan
   * Waukegan River
   * Chicago River
      * North Branch Chicago River
         * Skokie River
      * South Branch Chicago River
         * Bubbly Creek or South Fork South Branch Chicago River
   * Calumet River
      * Grand Calumet River
      * Little Calumet River
         * Midlothian Creek
         * Thorn Creek
            * Butterfield Creek

## Alphabetically

* Addison Creek
* Apple River
* Beaucoup Creek
* Beaver Creek
* Big Bureau Creek
* Big Muddy River
* Boneyard Creek
* Bonpas Creek
* Bubbly Creek
* Buffalo Creek
* Butterfield Creek
* Cache River
* Calumet River
* Casey Creek, also known as Casey Fork
* Chicago River
* Coon Creek
* Cypress Creek
* Des Plaines River
* DuPage River
* East Branch South Branch Kishwaukee River
* Edwards River
* Elm River
* Embarras River (Illinois)
* Fox River (Illinois River tributary), northern Illinois
* Fox River (Little Wabash tributary), southern Illinois
* Galena River
* Grand Calumet River
* Green River
* Henderson Creek
* Hickory Creek
* Illinois River
* Indian Creek
* Iroquois River
* Jackson Creek
* Kankakee River
* Kaskaskia River
* Killbuck Creek
* Kishwaukee River
* Kyte River
* La Moine River
* Leaf River
* Lick Creek
* Little Calumet River
* Little Embarras River
* Little Mackinaw River
* Little Marys River
* Little Menominee River
* Little Muddy River
* Little Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary)
* Little Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary)
* Little Wabash River
* Lusk Creek
* Mackinaw River
* Macoupin Creek
* Marys River
* Mazon River
* Menominee River
* Middle Fork Vermilion River
* Mississippi River
* Mokeler Creek
* North Branch Chicago River
* North Branch Kishwaukee River
* North Fork Embarras River
* Ohio River
* Owens Creek
* Palmer Creek (Columbia, IL)
* Panther Creek (Mackinaw watershed)
* Pecatonica River
* Pine Creek
* Piscasaw Creek
* Plum River
* Red River
* Rock Creek
* Rock River
* Rush Creek
* Saline Branch
* Saline River
* Salt Creek (Des Plaines River tributary)
* Salt Creek (Little Wabash River tributary)
* Salt Creek (Sangamon River tributary)
* Salt Fork Vermilion River
* Sangamon River
* Shoal Creek
* Sinsinawa River
* Skillet Fork
* Skokie River
* Somonauk Creek
* South Branch Chicago River
* South Branch Kishwaukee River
* Spoon River
* Stillman Creek
* Sugar Creek
* Sugar River
* Thorn Creek
* Tyler Creek, (not to be confused with a creek of the same in Oregon)
* Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary)
* Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary)
* Wabash River
* West Okaw River
* Wood River
* Yellow Creek
