By Drainage Basin

Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...

• Mississippi River
  Mississippi River
  The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...
  
  
  • Obion Creek
  • Mayfield Creek
  • Ohio River
    Ohio River
    The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...
    
    
    • Massac Creek
    • Tennessee River
      Tennessee River
      The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. It is approximately 652 miles long and is located in the southeastern United States in the Tennessee Valley. The river was once popularly known as the Cherokee River, among other names...
      
      
      • Clarks River
        Clarks River
        The Clarks River, named for William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, is a tributary of the Tennessee River in the Jackson Purchase region of western Kentucky. For the greater part of its length, it consists of two parallel forks of approximately equal size, the East Fork and the West Fork...
        
        
      • Blood River

• • • Cumberland River
      Cumberland River
      The Cumberland River is a waterway in the Southern United States. It is long. It starts in Harlan County in far southeastern Kentucky between Pine and Cumberland mountains, flows through southern Kentucky, crosses into northern Tennessee, and then curves back up into western Kentucky before...
      
      
      • Little River
        Little River (Kentucky)
        Little River is a river in Trigg County, Kentucky, in the United States. It rises in Christian County southwest of Hopkinsville and flows northwest past Cadiz before emptying into Lake Barkley. It is a tributary of the Cumberland River and therefore, via the Ohio River, part of the Mississippi...
        
        
      • Red River
      • Obey River (TN)
        • Wolf River
          Wolf River (Middle Tennessee)
          The Wolf River is a river in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Kentucky that rises at the base of the Cumberland Plateau in Fentress County, Tennessee and flows westward for several miles before emptying into the Obey River at the Dale Hollow Reservoir. The river is part of the Cumberland River...
          
          
      • Big South Fork of the Cumberland River
        Big South Fork of the Cumberland River
        The Big South Fork of the Cumberland River is a river in Tennessee and Kentucky. It is a major drainage feature of the Cumberland Plateau, a major tributary of the Cumberland River system, a world-class whitewater canoeing and kayaking stream, and the major feature of the Big South Fork National...
        
        
      • Rockcastle River
        Rockcastle River
        The Rockcastle River is a river primarily in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It is a tributary of the Cumberland River and therefore, via the Ohio River, part of the Mississippi River watershed. In 1750 it was discovered and named the Lawless River by Dr. Thomas Walker and his exploring party. It was...
        
        
      • Laurel River
      • Clear Fork
        Clear Fork (Cumberland River)
        The Clear Fork is a tributary of the Cumberland River in Kentucky and Tennessee. By the Cumberland and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed....
        
        
    • Tradewater River
      Tradewater River
      The Tradewater River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately long, in western Kentucky in the United States. It drains an area of in the limestone hills south of Evansville, Indiana, between the basins of the Cumberland River on the west and the Green River on the east.-Description:It...
      
      
    • Green River
      Green River (Kentucky)
      The Green River is a tributary of the Ohio River that rises in Lincoln County in south-central Kentucky. Tributaries of the Green River include the Barren River, the Nolin River, the Pond River and the Rough River...
      
      
      • Panther Creek
      • Pond River
        Pond River
        The Pond River is a tributary of the Green River in western Kentucky in the United States. Via the Green and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River....
        
        
      • Rough River
        Rough River
        The Rough River is a tributary of the Green River in west-central Kentucky in the United States. Via the Green and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River...
        
        
      • Mud River
        Mud River (Kentucky)
        The Mud River is a tributary of the Green River in western Kentucky in the United States. Via the Green and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. It is about long.-Course:...
        
        
      • Barren River
        Barren River
        The Barren River is a river in western Kentucky, USA. It is the largest tributary of the Green River, which drains more of Kentucky than any other river. The Barren River rises in Monroe County and flows into the Green in northeast Warren County....
        
        
        • Gasper River
          Gasper River
          The Gasper River is a river in southwestern Kentucky, USA. It flows northeasterly into the Barren River. It is a rural river; the only town near it is Hadley in Warren County. It begins in northeast Logan County, and the river also flows through Warren and Logan counties...
          
          
      • Little Reedy Creek
        Big Reedy, Kentucky
        Big Reedy is an unincorporated community in the northwest corner of Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States, near the county lines of Grayson County and Butler County...
        
        
      • Big Reedy Creek
        Big Reedy, Kentucky
        Big Reedy is an unincorporated community in the northwest corner of Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States, near the county lines of Grayson County and Butler County...
        
        
      • Bear Creek
        Sunfish, Kentucky
        Sunfish is an unincorporated community located in the Northwest corner of Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States, near the county lines of Grayson County...
        
        
      • Nolin River
        Nolin River
        The Nolin River is a tributary of the Green River in central Kentucky in the United States. Via the Green and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River...
        
        
      • Little Barren River
      • Russell Creek
    • Salt River
      Salt River (Kentucky)
      The Salt River is a river in Kentucky that drains . It begins near Danville, Kentucky, rising from the north slope of Persimmon Knob south of KY 300 between Alum Springs and Wilsonville, and ends at the Ohio River near West Point...
      
      
      • Rolling Fork
        Rolling Fork (Kentucky)
        The Rolling Fork is a river in central Kentucky. The river flows through Marion and Hardin counties, as well as being the border between LaRue and Nelson counties. The Rolling Fork drains much of the land in these counties, and is a key part of life in this area of the Knob Region...
        
        
        • Beech Fork
          Beech Fork
          The Beech Fork, or Beech Fork River, is a river in central Kentucky in the United States. It is a tributary of the Rolling Fork of the Salt River, with its waters flowing eventually to the Ohio River and ultimately the Mississippi River....
          
          
          • Chaplin River
            Chaplin River
            The Chaplin River is an tributary of the Beech Fork of the Salt River in Kentucky.The name comes from Captain Abraham Chapline, an early explorer of the area....
            
            
      • Floyds Fork
    • Beargrass Creek
      Beargrass Creek
      Beargrass Creek is the name given to several forks of a creek in Jefferson County, Kentucky. The Beargrass Creek watershed is the largest in the county, draining over ....
      
      
    • Little Kentucky River
      Little Kentucky River
      The Little Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately long, in northern Kentucky in the United States.It rises in southwestern Henry County, approximately northeast of Louisville. It follows a winding course generally north across Trimble and Carroll counties...
      
      

• • • Kentucky River
      Kentucky River
      The Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River, long, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The river and its tributaries drain much of the central region of the state, with its upper course passing through the coal-mining regions of the Cumberland Mountains, and its lower course passing through the...
      
      
      • Elkhorn Creek
        Elkhorn Creek
        Elkhorn Creek is an stream running through several counties in central Kentucky in the United States. It derives its name from the shape, as seen on a map, of its main stem with its two primary forks....
        
        
      • Benson Creek
      • Dix River
        Dix River
        The Dix River is a tributary of the Kentucky River in central Kentucky in the United States.It begins in western Rockcastle County, about west of Mount Vernon. It flows generally northwest, in a tight meandering course, passing north of Stanford and east of Danville. Northwest of Danville it is...
        
        
        • Cedar Creek
      • Hickman Creek
        Hickman Creek
        Hickman Creek is a tributary of the Kentucky River, flowing through Jessamine County, Kentucky. Via the Kentucky and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed...
        
        
      • Silver Creek
        Silver Creek (Kentucky)
        Silver Creek is a large creek that flows for approximately through Madison County, Kentucky, in the United States.The creek's depth varies from a few inches to over at normal water levels. Its headwaters are located south of Berea. It reaches its terminus northwest of Richmond at the Kentucky...
        
        
      • Red River
        Red River (Kentucky)
        The Red River is a tributary of the Kentucky River in east-central Kentucky in the United States. Via the Kentucky and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed....
        
        
      • North Fork Kentucky River
        • Middle Fork Kentucky River
        • Troublesome Creek
      • South Fork Kentucky River
        • Goose Creek
        • Red Bird River
          Red Bird River
          The Red Bird River is a tributary of the South Fork Kentucky River, located in the Daniel Boone National Forest in extreme southeastern Kentucky.-Course:...
          
          

• • • Licking River
      Licking River (Kentucky)
      The Licking River is a tributary of the Ohio River in northeastern Kentucky in the United States. The river and its tributaries drain much of the region of northeastern Kentucky between the watersheds of the Kentucky River to the west and the Big Sandy River to the east.-Origin of name:The Native...
      
      
      • Banklick Creek
        Banklick Creek
        Banklick Creek is a tributary of the Licking River in northern Kentucky in the United States. By the Licking River and the Ohio River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed....
        
        
      • South Fork Licking River
      • North Fork Licking River
    • Kinniconick Creek
    • Tygarts Creek
      Tygarts Creek
      Tygarts Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River, about long, in northeastern Kentucky in the United States. Via the Ohio, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River...
      
      
    • Little Sandy River
      Little Sandy River (Kentucky)
      The Little Sandy River is a tributary of the Ohio River, about long, in northeastern Kentucky in the United States. Via the Ohio, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.-Course:...
      
      
    • Big Sandy River
      Big Sandy River (Ohio River)
      The Big Sandy River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately long, in western West Virginia and northeastern Kentucky in the United States. The river forms part of the boundary between the two states along its entire course...
      
      
      • Blaine Creek
      • Levisa Fork
        • Paint Creek
          Paint Creek (Johnson County, Kentucky)
          Paint Creek is a tributary of the Levisa Fork in Johnson County, Kentucky. The stream is formed at the confluence of the Little Paint and Open Fork creeks. It is named for the colorful Adena Indian ideographs that were painted on white birch trees and rocks that once lined the stream.Paint Creek...
          
          
        • Russell Fork
      • Tug Fork

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• Banklick Creek
  Banklick Creek
  Banklick Creek is a tributary of the Licking River in northern Kentucky in the United States. By the Licking River and the Ohio River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed....
  
  
• Barren River
  Barren River
  The Barren River is a river in western Kentucky, USA. It is the largest tributary of the Green River, which drains more of Kentucky than any other river. The Barren River rises in Monroe County and flows into the Green in northeast Warren County....
  
  
• Beargrass Creek
  Beargrass Creek
  Beargrass Creek is the name given to several forks of a creek in Jefferson County, Kentucky. The Beargrass Creek watershed is the largest in the county, draining over ....
  
  
• Beech Fork
  Beech Fork
  The Beech Fork, or Beech Fork River, is a river in central Kentucky in the United States. It is a tributary of the Rolling Fork of the Salt River, with its waters flowing eventually to the Ohio River and ultimately the Mississippi River....
  
   (Beech Fork of the Salt River)
• Big Sandy River
  Big Sandy River (Ohio River)
  The Big Sandy River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately long, in western West Virginia and northeastern Kentucky in the United States. The river forms part of the boundary between the two states along its entire course...
  
  
• Blood River
• Cedar Creek
• Chaplin River
  Chaplin River
  The Chaplin River is an tributary of the Beech Fork of the Salt River in Kentucky.The name comes from Captain Abraham Chapline, an early explorer of the area....
  
  
• Clarks River
  Clarks River
  The Clarks River, named for William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, is a tributary of the Tennessee River in the Jackson Purchase region of western Kentucky. For the greater part of its length, it consists of two parallel forks of approximately equal size, the East Fork and the West Fork...
  
  
• Clear Fork
  Clear Fork (Cumberland River)
  The Clear Fork is a tributary of the Cumberland River in Kentucky and Tennessee. By the Cumberland and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed....
  
  
• Cumberland River
  Cumberland River
  The Cumberland River is a waterway in the Southern United States. It is long. It starts in Harlan County in far southeastern Kentucky between Pine and Cumberland mountains, flows through southern Kentucky, crosses into northern Tennessee, and then curves back up into western Kentucky before...
  
  
• Dix River
  Dix River
  The Dix River is a tributary of the Kentucky River in central Kentucky in the United States.It begins in western Rockcastle County, about west of Mount Vernon. It flows generally northwest, in a tight meandering course, passing north of Stanford and east of Danville. Northwest of Danville it is...
  
  
• Elkhorn Creek
  Elkhorn Creek
  Elkhorn Creek is an stream running through several counties in central Kentucky in the United States. It derives its name from the shape, as seen on a map, of its main stem with its two primary forks....
  
  
• Floyds Fork (Floyds Fork of the Salt River)
• Gasper River
  Gasper River
  The Gasper River is a river in southwestern Kentucky, USA. It flows northeasterly into the Barren River. It is a rural river; the only town near it is Hadley in Warren County. It begins in northeast Logan County, and the river also flows through Warren and Logan counties...
  
  
• Green River
  Green River (Kentucky)
  The Green River is a tributary of the Ohio River that rises in Lincoln County in south-central Kentucky. Tributaries of the Green River include the Barren River, the Nolin River, the Pond River and the Rough River...
  
  
• Hickman Creek
  Hickman Creek
  Hickman Creek is a tributary of the Kentucky River, flowing through Jessamine County, Kentucky. Via the Kentucky and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed...
  
  
• Kentucky River
  Kentucky River
  The Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River, long, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The river and its tributaries drain much of the central region of the state, with its upper course passing through the coal-mining regions of the Cumberland Mountains, and its lower course passing through the...
  
  
• Laurel River
• Levisa Fork (Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River)
• Licking River
  Licking River (Kentucky)
  The Licking River is a tributary of the Ohio River in northeastern Kentucky in the United States. The river and its tributaries drain much of the region of northeastern Kentucky between the watersheds of the Kentucky River to the west and the Big Sandy River to the east.-Origin of name:The Native...
  
  
• Little Barren River
• Little Kentucky River
  Little Kentucky River
  The Little Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately long, in northern Kentucky in the United States.It rises in southwestern Henry County, approximately northeast of Louisville. It follows a winding course generally north across Trimble and Carroll counties...
  
  
• Little River
  Little River (Kentucky)
  Little River is a river in Trigg County, Kentucky, in the United States. It rises in Christian County southwest of Hopkinsville and flows northwest past Cadiz before emptying into Lake Barkley. It is a tributary of the Cumberland River and therefore, via the Ohio River, part of the Mississippi...
  
  
• Little Sandy River
  Little Sandy River (Kentucky)
  The Little Sandy River is a tributary of the Ohio River, about long, in northeastern Kentucky in the United States. Via the Ohio, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.-Course:...
  
  
• Massac Creek
• Middle Fork Kentucky River
• Mississippi River
  Mississippi River
  The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...
  
  
• Mud River
  Mud River (Kentucky)
  The Mud River is a tributary of the Green River in western Kentucky in the United States. Via the Green and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. It is about long.-Course:...
  
  
• Nolin River
  Nolin River
  The Nolin River is a tributary of the Green River in central Kentucky in the United States. Via the Green and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River...
  
  
• North Fork Kentucky River
• Ohio River
  Ohio River
  The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...
  
  
• Paint Creek
  Paint Creek (Johnson County, Kentucky)
  Paint Creek is a tributary of the Levisa Fork in Johnson County, Kentucky. The stream is formed at the confluence of the Little Paint and Open Fork creeks. It is named for the colorful Adena Indian ideographs that were painted on white birch trees and rocks that once lined the stream.Paint Creek...
  
  
• Pond River
  Pond River
  The Pond River is a tributary of the Green River in western Kentucky in the United States. Via the Green and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River....
  
  
• Red Bird River
  Red Bird River
  The Red Bird River is a tributary of the South Fork Kentucky River, located in the Daniel Boone National Forest in extreme southeastern Kentucky.-Course:...
  
  
• Red River
  Red River (Kentucky)
  The Red River is a tributary of the Kentucky River in east-central Kentucky in the United States. Via the Kentucky and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed....
  
   (eastern Kentucky)
• Red River (western Kentucky)
• Rockcastle River
  Rockcastle River
  The Rockcastle River is a river primarily in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It is a tributary of the Cumberland River and therefore, via the Ohio River, part of the Mississippi River watershed. In 1750 it was discovered and named the Lawless River by Dr. Thomas Walker and his exploring party. It was...
  
  
• Rolling Fork
  Rolling Fork (Kentucky)
  The Rolling Fork is a river in central Kentucky. The river flows through Marion and Hardin counties, as well as being the border between LaRue and Nelson counties. The Rolling Fork drains much of the land in these counties, and is a key part of life in this area of the Knob Region...
  
   (Rolling Fork of the Salt River)
• Rough River
  Rough River
  The Rough River is a tributary of the Green River in west-central Kentucky in the United States. Via the Green and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River...
  
  
• Russell Fork (Russell Fork of the Big Sandy River)
• Salt River
  Salt River (Kentucky)
  The Salt River is a river in Kentucky that drains . It begins near Danville, Kentucky, rising from the north slope of Persimmon Knob south of KY 300 between Alum Springs and Wilsonville, and ends at the Ohio River near West Point...
  
  
• Silver Creek
  Silver Creek (Kentucky)
  Silver Creek is a large creek that flows for approximately through Madison County, Kentucky, in the United States.The creek's depth varies from a few inches to over at normal water levels. Its headwaters are located south of Berea. It reaches its terminus northwest of Richmond at the Kentucky...
  
  
• South Fork Kentucky River
• Tennessee River
  Tennessee River
  The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River. It is approximately 652 miles long and is located in the southeastern United States in the Tennessee Valley. The river was once popularly known as the Cherokee River, among other names...
  
  
• Tradewater River
  Tradewater River
  The Tradewater River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately long, in western Kentucky in the United States. It drains an area of in the limestone hills south of Evansville, Indiana, between the basins of the Cumberland River on the west and the Green River on the east.-Description:It...
  
  
• Tug Fork (Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River)
• Tygarts Creek
  Tygarts Creek
  Tygarts Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River, about long, in northeastern Kentucky in the United States. Via the Ohio, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River...
  
  
• Wolf River
  Wolf River (Middle Tennessee)
  The Wolf River is a river in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Kentucky that rises at the base of the Cumberland Plateau in Fentress County, Tennessee and flows westward for several miles before emptying into the Obey River at the Dale Hollow Reservoir. The river is part of the Cumberland River...