Major waterways

• Angelina River
  Angelina River
  The Angelina River is formed by the junction of Barnhardt and Shawnee creeks three miles northwest of Laneville in southwest central Rusk County, Texas ....
  
  
• Blanco River
• Bosque River
  Bosque River
  The Bosque River is a long river in Central Texas fed by four primary branches. The longest branch, the North Bosque, forms near Stephenville, and flows toward Waco through Hamilton, Bosque and McLennan counties. It is subsequently joined by the East Bosque in Bosque County and the Middle and...
  
  
• Brazos River
  Brazos River
  The Brazos River, called the Rio de los Brazos de Dios by early Spanish explorers , is the longest river in Texas and the 11th longest river in the United States at from its source at the head of Blackwater Draw, Curry County, New Mexico to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a drainage...
  
  
• Colorado River
  Colorado River (Texas)
  The Colorado River is a river that runs through the U.S. state of Texas; it should not be confused with the much longer Colorado River which flows from Colorado into the Gulf of California....
  
  
• Concho River
  Concho River
  The Concho River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It has three primary feeds: the North, Middle, and South Concho rivers. The North Concho River is the longest fork, starting in Howard County and traveling southeast for until merging with the South and Middle forks near Goodfellow Air...
  
  
• Canadian River
  Canadian River
  The Canadian River is the longest tributary of the Arkansas River. It is about long, starting in Colorado and traveling through New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, and most of Oklahoma....
  
  
• Devils River
  Devils River (Texas)
  The Devils River is a pristine, whitewater river in southwestern Texas, USA. It begins in northwest Sutton County, at , where six watercourses come together, Dry Devils River, Granger Draw, House Draw, Jackson, Flat Rock Draw, and Rough Canyon...
  
  
• Frio River
  Frio River
  The Frio River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. The word frio is Spanish for cold, a clear reference to the spring-fed coolness of the river.-Geography:The Frio River has three primary feeds; the East, West, and Dry Frio rivers...
  
  
• Guadalupe River
  Guadalupe River (Texas)
  The Guadalupe River runs from Kerr County, Texas to San Antonio Bay on the Gulf of Mexico. The river is a popular destination for rafters and canoers. Larger cities along the river include New Braunfels, Kerrville, Seguin, Gonzales, Cuero, and Victoria...
  
  
• Lampasas River
  Lampasas River
  The Lampasas River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. The river originates near the city of Hamilton and travels southeast for seventy-five miles through central Texas to a man-made reservoir called Stillhouse Hollow Lake...
  
  
• Lavaca River
  Lavaca River
  The Lavaca River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It begins in the northeastern part of Gonzales County, and travels generally southeast for 115 miles until it empties into Lavaca Bay, which is a component of Matagorda Bay.-History:...
  
  
• Leon River
  Leon River
  The Leon River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It has three primary forks; the North, Middle, and South Leon rivers which meet near Eastland and then run for around 185 miles until it meets up with the Lampasas River and the Salado Creek to form the Little River near Belton....
  
  
• Little River
  Little River (Texas)
  The Little River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It is formed by the confluence of the Leon River and the Lampasas River near Little River, Texas. It flows generally southeast for seventy-five miles until it empties into the Brazos River near Port Sulllivan....
  
  
• Llano River
  Llano River
  The Llano River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 105 mi long, in central Texas in the United States. It drains part of the Edwards Plateau in Texas Hill Country northwest of Austin....
  
  
• Medina River
  Medina River
  The Medina River is located in south central Texas, USA, in the Medina Valley. Named after Pedro Medina, a Spanish engineer, by Alonso de León, Spanish governor of Coahuila, New Spain in 1689. It was also known as the Rio Mariano, Rio San Jose, or Rio de Bagres...
  
  
• Navidad River
  Navidad River
  The Navidad River is a 90 mile long coastal river in the U.S. state of Texas that runs roughly parallel to its sister river, the Lavaca River. It is not spring fed, and all of its volume is runoff which eventually provides for much of the water in Lake Texana.-Course:It begins in two primary...
  
  
• Neches River
  Neches River
  The Neches River flows for through east Texas to its mouth on Sabine Lake near the Rainbow Bridge. Two major reservoirs, Lake Palestine and B. A. Steinhagen Reservoir are located on the Neches. Several cities are located along the Neches River Basin, including Evadale, Tyler, Lufkin, Silsbee,...
  
  
• Nueces River
  Nueces River
  The Nueces River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas, approximately long. It drains a region in central and southern Texas southeastward into the Gulf of Mexico. It is the southernmost major river in Texas northeast of the Rio Grande...
  
  
• Paluxy River
  Paluxy River
  The Paluxy River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a tributary of the Brazos River. It is formed by the convergence of the North Paluxy River and the South Paluxy River near Bluff Dale, Texas in Erath County and flows a distance of before joining the Brazos just to the east of Glen...
  
  
• Pecos River
  Pecos River
  The headwaters of the Pecos River are located north of Pecos, New Mexico, United States, at an elevation of over 12,000 feet on the western slope of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Mora County. The river flows for through the eastern portion of that state and neighboring Texas before it...
  
  
• Pedernales River
  Pedernales River
  The Pedernales River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long, in central Texas in the United States. It drains an area of the Edwards Plateau, flowing west to east across the Texas Hill Country west of Austin...
  
  
• Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River
  Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River
  Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River is a sandy-braided stream about long, formed at the confluence of Palo Duro Creek and Tierra Blanca Creek, about northeast of Canyon in Randall County, Texas, and flowing east-southeastward to the Red River about east of the 100th meridian, south-southwest of...
  
  
• Red River
• Rio Grande
  Rio Grande
  The Rio Grande is a river that flows from southwestern Colorado in the United States to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way it forms part of the Mexico – United States border. Its length varies as its course changes...
  
  
• Sabine River
• San Antonio River
  San Antonio River
  The San Antonio River is a major waterway that originates in central Texas in a cluster of springs in north central San Antonio, approximately four miles north of downtown, and follows a roughly southeastern path through the state. It eventually feeds into the Guadalupe River about ten miles from...
  
  
• San Bernard River
  San Bernard River
  -Origin:San Bernard River flows from its headwaters northwest of San Felipe, Texas to its mouth on the Gulf of Mexico, some to the southeast of the source. Its principal tributary is Caney Creek. Along its course, it passes through portions of Austin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Matagorda...
  
  
• San Gabriel River
  San Gabriel River (Texas)
  The San Gabriel River is a river that flows through central Texas. The San Gabriel River is formed in Georgetown, Texas by the confluence of the North Fork San Gabriel and the South Fork San Gabriel, both of which originate in Burnet County. There are two major impoundments of the river: Lake...
  
  
• San Jacinto River
• San Marcos River
  San Marcos River
  The San Marcos River rises from the San Marcos Springs, the location of Aquarena Springs, in San Marcos, Texas. The springs are home to several threatened or endangered species, including the Texas Blind Salamander, Fountain Darter, and Texas Wild Rice...
  
  
• San Saba River
  San Saba River
  The San Saba River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It is an undeveloped and scenic waterway located on the northern boundary of the Edwards Plateau.-Course:...
  
  
• Sulphur River
  Sulphur River
  The Sulphur River is a river in northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas in the United States.-Geography:The Sulphur River begins at the confluence of its north and south forks along the Delta–Lamar county line...
  
  
• Trinity River
  Trinity River (Texas)
  The Trinity River is a long river that flows entirely within the U.S. state of Texas. It rises in extreme north Texas, a few miles south of the Red River. The headwaters are separated by the high bluffs on the south side of the Red River....
  
  
• Wichita River
  Wichita River
  The Wichita River, part of the Red River watershed, lies in north-central Texas. Rising in northeastern Knox County at the confluence of its North and South Forks, the river flows northeast across Baylor, Archer, Wichita, and Clay counties before joining the Red River just west of Byers Bend in...
  
  
• White River
  White River (Texas)
  The White River is an intermittent stream in the South Plains of Texas and a tributary of the Brazos River of the United States. It rises west of Floydada in southwestern Floyd County at the confluence of Callahan and Runningwater Draws. From there, it runs southeast for to its mouth on the...
  
  

Seasonal and restrictive waterways

• Aransas River
  Aransas River
  The Aransas River is a short river in south Texas in the United States. It drains an area of the south Texas coastal plains into the Gulf of Mexico. It rises in Bee County southwest of Beeville and north of Skidmore, from the confluence of three creeks: Olmos, Aransas, and Poesta...
  
  
• Armand Bayou
  Armand Bayou
  Armand Bayou, also known as Middle Bayou, is a river in U.S. State of Texas. It runs near Galveston Bay in Pasadena and the Clear Lake Area.The river is most well known for the Armand Bayou Nature Center, which it runs through...
  
  
• Arroyo Colorado
  Arroyo Colorado
  Arroyo Colorado is a river in Hidalgo, Cameron and Willacy Counties, Texas that flows mostly eastward some 85 kilometers from Lake Llano Grande into the Laguna Madre.-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Attoyac Bayou
  Attoyac Bayou
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Austin Bayou
  Austin Bayou
  Austin Bayou is a river in Texas. The river is named for Stephen F. Austin, who led 300 American families into Texas and was the 1st Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas.-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Barton Creek
  Barton Creek
  Barton Creek is a tributary that feeds the Colorado River as it flows through the Texas Hill Country. The creek passes through some of the more scenic areas in Greater Austin and forms a greenbelt that is the habitat for many indigenous species of flora and fauna, including at least seven...
  
  
• Bastrop Bayou
  Bastrop Bayou
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Bedias Creek
  Bedias Creek
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Beech Creek
  Beech Creek (Texas)
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Big Cow Creek
  Big Cow Creek
  Big Cow Creek is a tributary of the Sabine River in eastern Texas.-References:*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Big Cypress Bayou
• Big Cypress Creek
  Big Cypress Creek
  Big Cypress Creek is an river in Texas. It is part of the Red River watershed, with its water eventually flowing to the Mississippi River and ultimately the Gulf of Mexico....
  
  
• Big Mineral Creek
  Big Mineral Creek
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Big Pine Creek
  Big Pine Creek (Texas)
  Big Pine Creek is an river in Texas. It is a tributary of the Red River, part of the Mississippi River watershed. The creek flows entirely within Red River County, Texas.-References:*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Big Sandy Creek
  Big Sandy Creek (Village Creek)
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Bois D'Arc Creek
  Bois D'Arc Creek
  Bois d'Arc Creek is a river in Texas. It is a tributary of the Red River and is part of the Mississippi River watershed.It rises in eastern Grayson County, northwest of Whitewright, and flows southeast into Fannin County, gradually turning northeast in an arc around the town of Randolph...
  
  
• Buffalo Bayou
  Buffalo Bayou
  Buffalo Bayou is a main waterway flowing through Houston, in Harris County, Texas, USA. It begins in Katy, Fort Bend County, Texas and flows approximately east to the Houston Ship Channel and then into Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico...
  
  
• Caney Creek
• Catfish Creek
  Catfish Creek (Texas)
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Cedar Bayou
  Cedar Bayou
  Cedar Bayou is a salt water channel on the Texas coast that separates San Jose Island from Matagorda Island. The pass serves as a water exchange between the Gulf of Mexico and the San Antonio, Matagorda and Aransas Bay systems.-History:...
  
  
• Chacon Creek
  Chacon Creek
  Chacon Creek is a small stream of water located in Webb County, Texas which runs through Laredo, Texas. The creek is formed 6 miles from Webb, Texas and runs southwest for 20 miles until the creek connects to the Rio Grande. Chacon was dammed in 1951 in east Laredo to form Lake Casa Blanca, a 1,680...
  
  
• Cibolo Creek
  Cibolo Creek
  Cibolo Creek is a stream in South Central Texas, United States that runs approximately from its source at Turkey Knob near Boerne, Texas, to its confluence with the San Antonio River in Karnes County...
  
  
• Clear Creek
• Coffee Mill Creek
  Coffee Mill Creek
  Coffee Mill Creek is a tributary of the Red River in Texas. It is part of the Mississippi River watershed. It flows entirely within Fannin County.-References:*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Coleto Creek
  Coleto Creek
  Coleto Creek is a river in Texas. It runs through the small town of Yorktown, Texas. It feeds the Coleto Creek Reservoir. It's mouth is at the Guadalupe River.-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Comal River
  Comal River
  The Comal River is the shortest navigable river in the state of Texas in the United States. Proclaimed the "longest shortest river in the world" by locals, it runs entirely within the city limits of New Braunfels in southeast Comal County. It is a tributary of the Guadalupe River...
  
  
• Denton Creek
  Denton Creek
  Denton Creek is a creek in Texas, beginning in Wise County, and flowing south-east into Denton County. It was dammed up by the Army Corps of Engineers to make Lake Grapevine. After flowing out of the lake, it flows into the Trinity River...
  
  
• Dickinson Bayou
  Dickinson Bayou
  Dickinson Bayou is a river in Texas.Dickinson Bayou is located in southeast Texas in theSan Jacinto-Brazos Coastal Basin. Dickinson Bayou rises two miles northeast of Alvin in northwestern Galveston County and flows east for over twenty miles to its mouth on Dickinson Bay and Galveston Bay, just...
  
  
• Double Bayou, East Fork
  Double Bayou, East Fork
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Garcitas Creek
  Garcitas Creek
  Garcitas Creek is a river in Texas that La Salle and his men populated. They started a fort around it because it was their only source of fresh water. the fort was Fort Saint Louis, named after the current king of France...
  
  
• Highland Bayou
  Highland Bayou
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Keechi Creek
  Keechi Creek
  Keechi Creek is a river in Palo Pinto County, Texas. It originates two miles east of Graford, and empties into the Brazos River northwest of Mineral Wells.-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Lake Charlotte Creek
  Lake Charlotte Creek
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
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• Little Cypress Bayou
• Navasota River
  Navasota River
  The Navasota River is a river in east Texas, USA. It is about 125 miles long, beginning near Mount Calm and flowing south into the Brazos River at a point where Brazos County, Grimes County, and Washington County meet.-Name:...
  
  
• Onion Creek
  Onion Creek (Texas)
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Oyster Bayou
  Oyster Bayou
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Oyster Creek
  Oyster Creek (Texas)
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Palo Pinto Creek
  Palo Pinto Creek
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Pecan Bayou
  Pecan Bayou (Colorado River)
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Pine Island Bayou
  Pine Island Bayou
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Rainwater Creek
  Rainwater Creek
  Rainwater Creek is a tributary stream of Lake Fork Creek. It flows into Lake Fork Creek downstream from the Lake Fork Reservoir Dam approximately four miles west of Quitman in western Wood County, Texas. Its primary source is a spring, augmented by stormwater runoff...
  
  
• Sabinal River
  Sabinal River
  The Sabinal River is a river in Texas. During exceptional drought large portions of this river may flow underground, with scattered pools of surface water.-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Salado Creek
  Salado Creek
  Salado Creek is a waterway in San Antonio that runs from Northern Bexar County for about to the San Antonio River near Buena Vista.-Watershed:...
  
  
• Sanders Creek
  Sanders Creek
  Sanders Creek is a waterway in Lamar County, Texas, United States, near Paris, Texas. It is a tributary of the Red River.It is the primary inflow of Pat Mayse Lake. It contains several species of catfish and gar, largemouth bass, carp, bowfin, buffalo, pickerel and various other local species of...
  
  
• Spring Creek
  Spring Creek (Texas)
  Spring Creek is a river in Texas. It terminates in Twin Buttes Reservoir where it joins water from the South Concho River and the Middle Concho River.-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Taylor Bayou
  Taylor Bayou
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Turkey Creek
  Turkey Creek (Texas)
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Zacate Creek
  Zacate Creek
  Zacate Creek is a small stream of water located in Webb County, Texas which runs through Laredo, Texas. The creek is formed inside Laredo, Texas city limits and runs southwest for 10 miles until it connects to the Rio Grande. Zacate Creek has several ditches leading to it. The terrain surrounding...
  
  

Waterways 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 (LA,AR)
  • Red River
    • Cross Bayou
      Cross Bayou
      Cross Bayou is a river in Texas and Louisiana. It is a tributary of the Red River, part of the Mississippi River watershed.It rises in southeastern Harrison County, Texas, southeast of Marshall, and flows east into Caddo Parish, Louisiana...
      
      
      • Twelvemile Bayou (LA)
        • Black Bayou
          Black Bayou
          Black Bayou is a river in Texas and Louisiana. It is a tributary of Twelvemile Bayou, which feeds Cross Bayou and consequently the Red River and the Mississippi River. It rises in Cass County, Texas, north of Atlanta, and flows south past Atlanta, then southeast into Caddo Parish, Louisiana...
          
          
        • Big Cypress Bayou
          • Little Cypress Bayou
          • Black Cypress Bayou
            Black Cypress Bayou
            Black Cypress Bayou is a river in Texas. It is a tributary of Big Cypress Bayou and is part of the Red River watershed.-References:*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
            
            
          • Big Cypress Creek
            Big Cypress Creek
            Big Cypress Creek is an river in Texas. It is part of the Red River watershed, with its water eventually flowing to the Mississippi River and ultimately the Gulf of Mexico....
            
            
    • Sulphur River
      Sulphur River
      The Sulphur River is a river in northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas in the United States.-Geography:The Sulphur River begins at the confluence of its north and south forks along the Delta–Lamar county line...
      
      
      • White Oak Creek
      • North Sulphur River
      • South Sulphur River
    • Pecan Bayou
      Pecan Bayou (Red River)
      Pecan Bayou is a tributary of the Red River in Texas. It is located entirely in Red River County, flowing west to east in a course north of Clarksville.-References:*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • Big Pine Creek
      Big Pine Creek (Texas)
      Big Pine Creek is an river in Texas. It is a tributary of the Red River, part of the Mississippi River watershed. The creek flows entirely within Red River County, Texas.-References:*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • Sanders Creek
      Sanders Creek
      Sanders Creek is a waterway in Lamar County, Texas, United States, near Paris, Texas. It is a tributary of the Red River.It is the primary inflow of Pat Mayse Lake. It contains several species of catfish and gar, largemouth bass, carp, bowfin, buffalo, pickerel and various other local species of...
      
      
    • Bois D'Arc Creek
      Bois D'Arc Creek
      Bois d'Arc Creek is a river in Texas. It is a tributary of the Red River and is part of the Mississippi River watershed.It rises in eastern Grayson County, northwest of Whitewright, and flows southeast into Fannin County, gradually turning northeast in an arc around the town of Randolph...
      
      
      • Coffee Mill Creek
        Coffee Mill Creek
        Coffee Mill Creek is a tributary of the Red River in Texas. It is part of the Mississippi River watershed. It flows entirely within Fannin County.-References:*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
    • Caney Creek
    • Washita River
      Washita River
      The Washita River is a river in Texas and Oklahoma, United States. The river is long and terminates into Lake Texoma in Johnston County , Oklahoma and the Red River.-Geography:...
      
      
    • Big Mineral Creek
      Big Mineral Creek
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • Little Wichita River
      Little Wichita River
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • Wichita River
      Wichita River
      The Wichita River, part of the Red River watershed, lies in north-central Texas. Rising in northeastern Knox County at the confluence of its North and South Forks, the river flows northeast across Baylor, Archer, Wichita, and Clay counties before joining the Red River just west of Byers Bend in...
      
      
      • Holliday Creek
        Holliday Creek
        Holliday Creek is a stream located in Archer and Wichita counties, Texas. Its headwaters are in western Archer County, Texas. It crosses Archer County and then enters Wichita County and Lake Wichita...
        
        
      • Beaver Creek
        Beaver Creek (Wichita River)
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
      • North Wichita River
        • Middle Fork Wichita River
      • South Wichita River
    • Pease River
      Pease River
      The Pease River is river in Texas in the United States; it is a tributary of the Red River that runs in an easterly direction through West Texas . It was discovered and mapped for the first time in 1856 by Jacob de Córdova, who found the river while surveying for the Galveston, Houston and...
      
      
      • Catfish Creek
        Catfish Creek (Texas)
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
      • North Pease River
      • Middle Pease River
        • Tongue River
          Tongue River (Texas)
          -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
          
          
    • Wanderers Creek
      Wanderers Creek
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • Groesbeck Creek
      Groesbeck Creek
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • North Fork Red River
      North Fork Red River
      The North Fork Red River is a river in the United States, rising in the Texas panhandle and flowing in a generally eastward direction into Oklahoma, after which it flows roughly SSE before joining the Red River near Frederick, Oklahoma and Vernon, Texas....
      
      
      • Elm Fork Red River
        Elm Fork Red River
        The Elm Fork Red River is a river in Oklahoma. It flows into the North Fork of the Red River.-External links:*United States Geological Survey. .*United States Geological Survey. ....
        
        
      • Sweetwater Creek
        Sweetwater Creek (Gray County, Texas)
        Sweetwater Creek forms in the northeastern Gray County, Texas, and terminates with its joining with the North Fork of the Red River just northeast of Texola, Oklahoma....
        
        
      • McClellan Creek
        McClellan Creek
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
    • Salt Fork Red River
      Salt Fork Red River
      The Salt Fork Red River is a sandy-braided stream about long, heading on the Llano Estacado of West Texas about north of Claude of Armstrong County, Texas, flowing east across the Texas Panhandle and Western Oklahoma to join the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River about south of Altus of Jackson...
      
      
    • Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River
      Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River
      Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River is a sandy-braided stream about long, formed at the confluence of Palo Duro Creek and Tierra Blanca Creek, about northeast of Canyon in Randall County, Texas, and flowing east-southeastward to the Red River about east of the 100th meridian, south-southwest of...
      
      
      • Buck Creek
        Buck Creek (Red River)
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
      • Mulberry Creek
        Mulberry Creek (Red River)
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
      • Tule Creek
        Tule Creek
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
      • Palo Duro Creek
        Palo Duro Creek
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
      • Tierra Blanca Creek
        Tierra Blanca Creek
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        

• • Arkansas River (AR,OK)
    • Canadian River
      Canadian River
      The Canadian River is the longest tributary of the Arkansas River. It is about long, starting in Colorado and traveling through New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, and most of Oklahoma....
      
      
      • North Canadian River
        North Canadian River
        The North Canadian River is a tributary of the Canadian River, approximately long, that flows through New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma in the United States....
        
        
        • Beaver River
          Beaver River (Oklahoma)
          The Beaver River is the historic name for an intermittent river in Oklahoma that drains most of the Oklahoma Panhandle. It is also known as the North Canadian River. Both names are in common use. By one convention the headwaters of the Beaver River are at the convergence of the Corrumpa, Rafael,...
          
          
          • Kiowa Creek
            Kiowa Creek
            -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
            
            
          • Palo Duro Creek
            Palo Duro Creek
            -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
            
            
          • Coldwater Creek
            Coldwater Creek (Oklahoma)
            -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
            
            
        • Wolf Creek
          Wolf Creek (Oklahoma)
          -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
          
          
      • Punta de Agua Creek
        Punta de Agua Creek
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
        • Rita Blanca Creek
          Rita Blanca Creek
          -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
          
          
          • Carrizo Creek
            Carrizo Creek
            Carrizo Creek is a river in New Mexico and Texas. It is a tributary of Rita Blanca Creek, itself a tributary of the Canadian River. Via the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers, water from Carrizo Creek eventually reaches the Gulf of Mexico.-References:*...
            
            

Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is a partially landlocked ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States, on the southwest and south by Mexico, and on the southeast by Cuba. In...

 Coastal

• Sabine River
  • Big Cow Creek
    Big Cow Creek
    Big Cow Creek is a tributary of the Sabine River in eastern Texas.-References:*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • Big Sandy Creek
    Big Sandy Creek (Sabine River)
    Big Sandy Creek is a tributary of the Sabine River in Franklin, Wood and Upshur counties in northeastern Texas....
    
    
  • Lake Fork Creek
    Lake Fork Creek
    Lake Fork Creek is a river in Hunt, Rains and Wood counties in Texas. It is a major tributary of the Sabine River, and has as its major tributaries Dry Creek, Glade Creek, Caney Creek, Little Caney Creek, Rainwater Creek, and Birch Creek....
    
    
    • Rainwater Creek
      Rainwater Creek
      Rainwater Creek is a tributary stream of Lake Fork Creek. It flows into Lake Fork Creek downstream from the Lake Fork Reservoir Dam approximately four miles west of Quitman in western Wood County, Texas. Its primary source is a spring, augmented by stormwater runoff...
      
      
• Neches River
  Neches River
  The Neches River flows for through east Texas to its mouth on Sabine Lake near the Rainbow Bridge. Two major reservoirs, Lake Palestine and B. A. Steinhagen Reservoir are located on the Neches. Several cities are located along the Neches River Basin, including Evadale, Tyler, Lufkin, Silsbee,...
  
  
  • Pine Island Bayou
    Pine Island Bayou
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • Village Creek
    Village Creek (Neches River)
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
    • Beech Creek
      Beech Creek (Texas)
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • Big Sandy Creek
      Big Sandy Creek (Village Creek)
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
  • Angelina River
    Angelina River
    The Angelina River is formed by the junction of Barnhardt and Shawnee creeks three miles northwest of Laneville in southwest central Rusk County, Texas ....
    
    
    • Ayish Bayou
      Ayish Bayou
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • Attoyac Bayou
      Attoyac Bayou
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • Mud Creek
      Mud Creek (Angelina River)
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
  • Piney Creek
    Piney Creek (Neches River)
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
• Taylor Bayou
  Taylor Bayou
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Oyster Bayou
  Oyster Bayou
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Double Bayou
  Double Bayou
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
  • Double Bayou, East Fork
    Double Bayou, East Fork
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • West Fork Double Bayou

• Trinity River
  Trinity River (Texas)
  The Trinity River is a long river that flows entirely within the U.S. state of Texas. It rises in extreme north Texas, a few miles south of the Red River. The headwaters are separated by the high bluffs on the south side of the Red River....
  
  
  • Lake Charlotte Creek
    Lake Charlotte Creek
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
     (Lake Pass)
  • Bedias Creek
    Bedias Creek
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • Keechi Creek
    Keechi Creek
    Keechi Creek is a river in Palo Pinto County, Texas. It originates two miles east of Graford, and empties into the Brazos River northwest of Mineral Wells.-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • Tehuacana Creek
    Tehuacana Creek
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • Richland Creek
    Richland Creek
    Richland Creek is a river in Texas.Richland Creek is also the name of the main creek flowing through Belleville, Illinois, and is a tributary to the Kaskaskia River.-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
    • Chambers Creek
      Chambers Creek
      Chambers Creek is a river in Texas.-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
  • Cedar Creek
    Cedar Creek (Texas)
    Cedar Creek is a creek in Kaufman, Van Zandt, and Henderson counties in Texas. It is most known for being the creek impounded to create Cedar Creek Lake. It is a tributary to the Trinity River, flowing into it south of Trinidad...
    
    
    • Kings Creek
      King's Creek (Texas)
      King's Creek is a creek in Rockwall and Kaufman counties in Texas.It flows from central Rockwall County south past US 80, IH 20, US 175, and SH 274 into Cedar Creek Lake near Kemp. At one time it also flowed into Cedar Creek, which in turn flowed into the Trinity River....
      
      
  • Red Oak Creek
    Red Oak Creek
    Red Oak Creek or Bullock Creek is a stream in the Trinity River watershed in North Texas .Beginning in southwestern Dallas County near U.S. Route 67 and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in Cedar Hill, it enters the Trinity River east of Bristol, Texas in northeast Ellis County, some away,...
    
    
  • East Fork Trinity River
  • White Rock Creek
    White Rock Creek
    White Rock Creek is a 30 mile creek in the Elm Fork Trinity River watershed. From its headwaters near Frisco, Texas, it runs south-by-south-east through suburban Dallas for 23.5 miles where it widens into White Rock Lake, then continues south for another 8 miles to its mouth on the Trinity...
    
    
  • Turtle Creek
    Turtle Creek (Dallas County, Texas)
    Turtle Creek is the name of small tributary of the Trinity River with headwaters in north Dallas, Texas . It generally runs southwest through north Dallas, passing through Highland Park , then back into Dallas through the Oak Lawn community and Turtle Creek neighborhood alongside Turtle Creek...
    
    
  • Elm Fork Trinity River
    • Bachman Branch
      Bachman Branch
      Bachman Branch is the name of a medium sized tributary of the Trinity River with headwaters in northwest Dallas, Texas . The tributary is 10 miles  in length and rises at Forest Lane, 0.5 miles  west of the Dallas North Tollway...
      
      
    • Denton Creek
      Denton Creek
      Denton Creek is a creek in Texas, beginning in Wise County, and flowing south-east into Denton County. It was dammed up by the Army Corps of Engineers to make Lake Grapevine. After flowing out of the lake, it flows into the Trinity River...
      
      
    • Clear Creek
      Clear Creek (Trinity River)
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • Isle du Bois Creek
      Isle du Bois Creek
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
      • Range Creek
        Range Creek (Texas)
        Range Creek is a tributary of the Elm Fork of the Trinity River in Texas. It rises just a few miles from the Red River in Grayson County. It reaches its mouth at Lake Ray Roberts, a reservoir formed by a dam on the Elm Fork.-External links:*...
        
        
  • West Fork Trinity River
    • Johnson Creek
      Johnson Creek (Texas)
      Johnson Creek is a stream in the Trinity River watershed in North Texas .The creek rises near Interstate 20 in eastern Tarrant County and runs northeasterly for to the West Fork of the Trinity River in Grand Prairie, within Dallas County...
      
      
    • Clear Fork Trinity River
    • Big Sandy Creek
      Big Sandy Creek (Trinity River)
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
• Cedar Bayou
  Cedar Bayou
  Cedar Bayou is a salt water channel on the Texas coast that separates San Jose Island from Matagorda Island. The pass serves as a water exchange between the Gulf of Mexico and the San Antonio, Matagorda and Aransas Bay systems.-History:...
  
  

• San Jacinto River
  • Buffalo Bayou
    Buffalo Bayou
    Buffalo Bayou is a main waterway flowing through Houston, in Harris County, Texas, USA. It begins in Katy, Fort Bend County, Texas and flows approximately east to the Houston Ship Channel and then into Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico...
    
    
    • Vince Bayou
    • Whiteoak Bayou
      White Oak Bayou
      White Oak Bayou is one of the several waterways that give Houston, Texas, USA, its popular nickname, "The Bayou City." The Bayou originates northwest of FM 1960, near Highway 6 and U.S...
      
      
  • East Fork San Jacinto River
    • Peach Creek
      Peach Creek (San Jacinto River)
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
      • Caney Creek
        Caney Creek (San Jacinto River)
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
  • West Fork San Jacinto River
    • Spring Creek
      Spring Creek (Harris County, Texas)
      Spring Creek is a creek that divides Harris and Montgomery County in Southeast Texas. It is the only natural creek in both Harris and Montgomery County. The Creek flows into the west fork of the San Jacinto River west of Lake Houston...
      
      
      • Cypress Creek
        Cypress Creek (Texas)
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
    • Lake Creek
      Lake Creek
      -Communities:* Lake Creek Township, Calhoun County, Iowa, one of seventeen townships* Lake Creek, Oregon, an unincorporated community located near Eagle Point* Lake Creek, Texas, an unincorporated community located near Cooper...
      
      
• Clear Creek
  Clear Creek (Harris County, Texas)
  Clear Creek is a small river in Southeast Texas in the United States, which channels much of the run-off in southeast Harris County into Clear Lake and Galveston Bay. Much of the length of the stream forms the boundary between Harris County and Galveston County...
  
  
  • Armand Bayou
    Armand Bayou
    Armand Bayou, also known as Middle Bayou, is a river in U.S. State of Texas. It runs near Galveston Bay in Pasadena and the Clear Lake Area.The river is most well known for the Armand Bayou Nature Center, which it runs through...
    
    
• Dickinson Bayou
  Dickinson Bayou
  Dickinson Bayou is a river in Texas.Dickinson Bayou is located in southeast Texas in theSan Jacinto-Brazos Coastal Basin. Dickinson Bayou rises two miles northeast of Alvin in northwestern Galveston County and flows east for over twenty miles to its mouth on Dickinson Bay and Galveston Bay, just...
  
  
• Highland Bayou
  Highland Bayou
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Chocolate Bayou
• Bastrop Bayou
  Bastrop Bayou
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
  • Austin Bayou
    Austin Bayou
    Austin Bayou is a river in Texas. The river is named for Stephen F. Austin, who led 300 American families into Texas and was the 1st Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas.-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
• Oyster Creek
  Oyster Creek (Texas)
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  

• Brazos River
  Brazos River
  The Brazos River, called the Rio de los Brazos de Dios by early Spanish explorers , is the longest river in Texas and the 11th longest river in the United States at from its source at the head of Blackwater Draw, Curry County, New Mexico to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a drainage...
  
  
  • Mill Creek
    Mill Creek (Brazos River)
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • Navasota River
    Navasota River
    The Navasota River is a river in east Texas, USA. It is about 125 miles long, beginning near Mount Calm and flowing south into the Brazos River at a point where Brazos County, Grimes County, and Washington County meet.-Name:...
    
    
  • Yegua Creek
    Yegua Creek
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • Little Brazos River
    Little Brazos River
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • Little River
    Little River (Texas)
    The Little River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It is formed by the confluence of the Leon River and the Lampasas River near Little River, Texas. It flows generally southeast for seventy-five miles until it empties into the Brazos River near Port Sulllivan....
    
    
    • San Gabriel River
      San Gabriel River (Texas)
      The San Gabriel River is a river that flows through central Texas. The San Gabriel River is formed in Georgetown, Texas by the confluence of the North Fork San Gabriel and the South Fork San Gabriel, both of which originate in Burnet County. There are two major impoundments of the river: Lake...
      
      
      • Brushy Creek
        Brushy Creek (San Gabriel River)
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
    • Lampasas River
      Lampasas River
      The Lampasas River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. The river originates near the city of Hamilton and travels southeast for seventy-five miles through central Texas to a man-made reservoir called Stillhouse Hollow Lake...
      
      
    • Leon River
      Leon River
      The Leon River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It has three primary forks; the North, Middle, and South Leon rivers which meet near Eastland and then run for around 185 miles until it meets up with the Lampasas River and the Salado Creek to form the Little River near Belton....
      
      
      • Cowhouse Creek
        Cowhouse Creek
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
      • Sabana River
        Sabana River
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
  • Bosque River
    Bosque River
    The Bosque River is a long river in Central Texas fed by four primary branches. The longest branch, the North Bosque, forms near Stephenville, and flows toward Waco through Hamilton, Bosque and McLennan counties. It is subsequently joined by the East Bosque in Bosque County and the Middle and...
    
    
    • North Bosque River
      • East Bosque River
    • South Bosque River
      • Middle Bosque River
  • Aquilla Creek
    Aquilla Creek
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • Nolan River
    Nolan River
    -See also:*List of rivers of TexasFour miles south of Rio Vista on Highway 174 is a marker erected to the memory of Philip Nolan. This is on the Hill County side and a small cemetery is west-northwest in the timber, near the river. The river is named after Philip Nolan.-References:**USGS Hydrologic...
    
    
  • Paluxy River
    Paluxy River
    The Paluxy River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a tributary of the Brazos River. It is formed by the convergence of the North Paluxy River and the South Paluxy River near Bluff Dale, Texas in Erath County and flows a distance of before joining the Brazos just to the east of Glen...
    
    
  • Palo Pinto Creek
    Palo Pinto Creek
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • Clear Fork Brazos River
    Clear Fork Brazos River
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
    • Hubbard Creek
      Hubbard Creek
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • Paint Creek
      Paint Creek (Clear Fork Brazos River)
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • Elm Creek
      Elm Creek (Clear Fork Brazos River)
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • Sweetwater Creek
      Sweetwater Creek (Clear Fork Brazos River)
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
  • Elm Creek
    Elm Creek (Brazos River)
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • Millers Creek
    Millers Creek (Brazos River)
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • Double Mountain Fork Brazos River
    Double Mountain Fork Brazos River
    The Double Mountain Fork Brazos River is an ephemeral, sandy-braided stream about long, heading on the Llano Estacado of West Texas about southeast of Tahoka, Texas, flowing east-northeast across the western Rolling Plains to join the Salt Fork, forming the Brazos River about west-northwest of...
    
    
    • North Fork Double Mountain Fork Brazos River
      Yellow House Canyon
      Yellow House Canyon is a canyon that is about long, heading in Lubbock, Texas, at the junction of Blackwater Draw and Yellow House Draw, and trending generally southeastward to the edge of the Llano Estacado about east of Slaton, Texas; it forms one of three major canyons along the east side of...
      
      
      • Blackwater Draw
        Blackwater Draw
        Blackwater Draw is a dry stream channel about long, heading in Curry County, New Mexico, about southwest of Texico, New Mexico and trending generally southeastward across the Llano Estacado to the city of Lubbock, Texas, where it joins Yellow House Draw to form Yellow House Canyon at the head of...
        
        
      • Yellow House Draw
        Yellow House Draw
        Yellow House Draw is an ephemeral watercourse about long, heading about north of Morton, Texas, and tending generally east-southeastward across the Llano Estacado to the city of Lubbock where it joins Blackwater Draw to form Yellow House Canyon at the head of the North Fork Double Mountain Fork...
        
        
  • Salt Fork Brazos River
    • Croton Creek
      Croton Creek
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • Duck Creek
      Duck Creek (Brazos River)
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • White River
      White River (Texas)
      The White River is an intermittent stream in the South Plains of Texas and a tributary of the Brazos River of the United States. It rises west of Floydada in southwestern Floyd County at the confluence of Callahan and Runningwater Draws. From there, it runs southeast for to its mouth on the...
      
      
      • Running Water Draw
        Running Water Draw
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
• San Bernard River
  San Bernard River
  -Origin:San Bernard River flows from its headwaters northwest of San Felipe, Texas to its mouth on the Gulf of Mexico, some to the southeast of the source. Its principal tributary is Caney Creek. Along its course, it passes through portions of Austin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Matagorda...
  
  
• Caney Creek
  Caney Creek (Matagorda Bay)
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  

• Colorado River
  Colorado River (Texas)
  The Colorado River is a river that runs through the U.S. state of Texas; it should not be confused with the much longer Colorado River which flows from Colorado into the Gulf of California....
  
  
  • Cummins Creek
    Cummins Creek (Colorado River)
    Cummins Creek . Cummins Creek rises near Giddings in Lee County and runs southeast through Lee, Fayette, and Colorado counties for sixty-five miles to its mouth on a horseshoe bend of the Colorado River, opposite Columbus . The stream is named for James Cummins, one of Stephen F...
    
    
  • Bull Creek
    Bull Creek (Texas)
    Bull Creek is one of the tributaries that feed the Texas Colorado River, USA, from the Texas Hill Country. The creek passes through some of the more scenic areas in the Austin region and forms a greenbelt that is the habitat for many indigenous species of flora and fauna...
    
    
  • Onion Creek
    Onion Creek (Texas)
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • Barton Creek
    Barton Creek
    Barton Creek is a tributary that feeds the Colorado River as it flows through the Texas Hill Country. The creek passes through some of the more scenic areas in Greater Austin and forms a greenbelt that is the habitat for many indigenous species of flora and fauna, including at least seven...
    
    
  • Pedernales River
    Pedernales River
    The Pedernales River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long, in central Texas in the United States. It drains an area of the Edwards Plateau, flowing west to east across the Texas Hill Country west of Austin...
    
    
  • Llano River
    Llano River
    The Llano River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 105 mi long, in central Texas in the United States. It drains part of the Edwards Plateau in Texas Hill Country northwest of Austin....
    
    
    • Gentry Creek
      Gentry Creek
      Gentry Creek is located in Kimble County a half mile south of the Menard-Kimble county line. The creek runs southeast for twenty-one miles to its mouth on the Llano River. It is two miles south of Teacup Mountain and four miles northeast of Junction, Texas. This area is prominently ranchland...
      
      
    • North Llano River
    • South Llano River
  • San Saba River
    San Saba River
    The San Saba River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It is an undeveloped and scenic waterway located on the northern boundary of the Edwards Plateau.-Course:...
    
    
    • Brady Creek
      Brady Creek (San Saba River)
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
  • Pecan Bayou
    Pecan Bayou (Colorado River)
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
    • Jim Ned Creek
      Jim Ned Creek
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
  • Home Creek
    • Loss Creek
  • Concho River
    Concho River
    The Concho River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It has three primary feeds: the North, Middle, and South Concho rivers. The North Concho River is the longest fork, starting in Howard County and traveling southeast for until merging with the South and Middle forks near Goodfellow Air...
    
    
    • Kickapoo Creek
      Kickapoo Creek (Concho River)
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • North Concho River
      North Concho River
      The North Concho River is a river in western-central Texas and one of three tributaries of the Concho River. The river is long. The other two tributaries are the Middle Concho and South Concho Rivers...
      
      
    • South Concho River
      South Concho River
      The South Concho River is one of the few rivers in Texas to run south to north for its entire length. Rising from Anson Springs some four miles south of Christoval, Texas in Tom Green County, it flows north through the town of Christoval, then continues north for 13 miles before it joins the Middle...
      
      
      • Spring Creek
        Spring Creek (Texas)
        Spring Creek is a river in Texas. It terminates in Twin Buttes Reservoir where it joins water from the South Concho River and the Middle Concho River.-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
      • Middle Concho River
  • Beals Creek
    Beals Creek
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
    • Mustang Draw
      • Johnson Draw
        Johnson Draw
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
      • McKenzie Draw
        McKenzie Draw
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
      • Monument Draw
        Monument Draw
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
      • Seminole Draw
        Seminole Draw
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
    • Sulphur Springs Draw
      Sulphur Springs Draw
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
• Tres Palacios Creek
  Tres Palacios Creek
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Garancahua Creek
  Garancahua Creek
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Lavaca River
  Lavaca River
  The Lavaca River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It begins in the northeastern part of Gonzales County, and travels generally southeast for 115 miles until it empties into Lavaca Bay, which is a component of Matagorda Bay.-History:...
  
  
  • Navidad River
    Navidad River
    The Navidad River is a 90 mile long coastal river in the U.S. state of Texas that runs roughly parallel to its sister river, the Lavaca River. It is not spring fed, and all of its volume is runoff which eventually provides for much of the water in Lake Texana.-Course:It begins in two primary...
    
    
    • Sandy Creek
      Sandy Creek (Navidad River)
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
• Garcitas Creek
  Garcitas Creek
  Garcitas Creek is a river in Texas that La Salle and his men populated. They started a fort around it because it was their only source of fresh water. the fort was Fort Saint Louis, named after the current king of France...
  
  

• Guadalupe River
  Guadalupe River (Texas)
  The Guadalupe River runs from Kerr County, Texas to San Antonio Bay on the Gulf of Mexico. The river is a popular destination for rafters and canoers. Larger cities along the river include New Braunfels, Kerrville, Seguin, Gonzales, Cuero, and Victoria...
  
  
  • San Antonio River
    San Antonio River
    The San Antonio River is a major waterway that originates in central Texas in a cluster of springs in north central San Antonio, approximately four miles north of downtown, and follows a roughly southeastern path through the state. It eventually feeds into the Guadalupe River about ten miles from...
    
    
    • Cibolo Creek
      Cibolo Creek
      Cibolo Creek is a stream in South Central Texas, United States that runs approximately from its source at Turkey Knob near Boerne, Texas, to its confluence with the San Antonio River in Karnes County...
      
      
      • Martinez Creek
        Martinez Creek
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
        • Woman Hollering Creek
          Woman Hollering Creek
          Woman Hollering Creek is a creek located in Central Texas. At one point, it crosses Interstate 10, between Seguin, Texas and San Antonio, Texas.The creek's name is probably a loose translation of the Spanish La Llorona, or "The weeping woman"...
          
          
    • Kicaster Creek
      Kicaster Creek
      Kicaster Creek is a short stream in south-central Texas in the United States. The creek begins in the recharge zone for the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer, near Kicaster, six miles southwest of the town of La Vernia in northwestern Wilson County...
      
      
    • Calaveras Creek
      Calaveras Creek
      Calaveras Creek is a waterway that starts near Martinez, Texas and runs for fifteen miles to its mouth at the San Antonio River. It is the source of Calaveras Lake where it is dammed near Elmendorf. Calaveras means skulls in Spanish....
      
      
    • Medina River
      Medina River
      The Medina River is located in south central Texas, USA, in the Medina Valley. Named after Pedro Medina, a Spanish engineer, by Alonso de León, Spanish governor of Coahuila, New Spain in 1689. It was also known as the Rio Mariano, Rio San Jose, or Rio de Bagres...
      
      
      • Coker Creek
        Coker Creek
        Coker Creek is an intermittent Stream that flows into the Medina River in Eastern Bandera County, Texas about five miles Northwest of the town of Bandera, Texas.-History:...
        
        
    • Salado Creek
      Salado Creek
      Salado Creek is a waterway in San Antonio that runs from Northern Bexar County for about to the San Antonio River near Buena Vista.-Watershed:...
      
      
      • Rosillo Creek
        Rosillo Creek
        Rosillo Creek begins at 29°31' N, 98°22' W, approximately 0.5 miles north of FM 1976, in Northeastern Bexar County, Texas, within the city limits of Windcrest, Texas, and flows southwestward for eighteen miles through the Rosillo Creek Basin, with an elevation ranging from 265 meters above sea...
        
        
  • Coleto Creek
    Coleto Creek
    Coleto Creek is a river in Texas. It runs through the small town of Yorktown, Texas. It feeds the Coleto Creek Reservoir. It's mouth is at the Guadalupe River.-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • Sandies Creek
    Sandies Creek
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • Peach Creek
    Peach Creek (Guadalupe River)
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • San Marcos River
    San Marcos River
    The San Marcos River rises from the San Marcos Springs, the location of Aquarena Springs, in San Marcos, Texas. The springs are home to several threatened or endangered species, including the Texas Blind Salamander, Fountain Darter, and Texas Wild Rice...
    
    
    • Blanco River
  • Comal River
    Comal River
    The Comal River is the shortest navigable river in the state of Texas in the United States. Proclaimed the "longest shortest river in the world" by locals, it runs entirely within the city limits of New Braunfels in southeast Comal County. It is a tributary of the Guadalupe River...
    
    
• Capano Creek
  Capano Creek
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Mission River
  Mission River
  The Mission River is a river in Texas. It is formed by the confluence of Blanco and Medio creeks in central Refugio County and runs southeast, past Refugio, for twenty-four miles to its mouth on Mission Bay, an inlet of Copano Bay...
  
  
  • Blanco Creek
    Blanco Creek
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • Medio Creek
    Medio Creek
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
• Aransas River
  Aransas River
  The Aransas River is a short river in south Texas in the United States. It drains an area of the south Texas coastal plains into the Gulf of Mexico. It rises in Bee County southwest of Beeville and north of Skidmore, from the confluence of three creeks: Olmos, Aransas, and Poesta...
  
  

• Nueces River
  Nueces River
  The Nueces River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas, approximately long. It drains a region in central and southern Texas southeastward into the Gulf of Mexico. It is the southernmost major river in Texas northeast of the Rio Grande...
  
  
  • Frio River
    Frio River
    The Frio River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. The word frio is Spanish for cold, a clear reference to the spring-fed coolness of the river.-Geography:The Frio River has three primary feeds; the East, West, and Dry Frio rivers...
    
    
    • Atascosa River
      Atascosa River
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • San Miguel Creek
      San Miguel Creek (Texas)
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • Leona River
      Leona River
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • Hondo Creek
      Hondo Creek
      Hondo Creek is a tributary of the Frio River in Texas that rises in Bandera County northwest of Tarpley and runs approximately 67 miles to its mouth near Pearsall, Texas. The creek crosses through three counties including Bandera, Medina, and Frio.-Course:...
      
      
    • Sabinal River
      Sabinal River
      The Sabinal River is a river in Texas. During exceptional drought large portions of this river may flow underground, with scattered pools of surface water.-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
  • Turkey Creek
    Turkey Creek (Texas)
    -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • West Nueces River
• Petronila Creek
  Petronila Creek
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• San Fernando Creek
  San Fernando Creek
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Los Olmos Creek
  Los Olmos Creek
  -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  
• Arroyo Colorado
  Arroyo Colorado
  Arroyo Colorado is a river in Hidalgo, Cameron and Willacy Counties, Texas that flows mostly eastward some 85 kilometers from Lake Llano Grande into the Laguna Madre.-References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
  
  

Rio Grande

• Rio Grande
  Rio Grande
  The Rio Grande is a river that flows from southwestern Colorado in the United States to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way it forms part of the Mexico – United States border. Its length varies as its course changes...
  
  
  • Devils River
    Devils River (Texas)
    The Devils River is a pristine, whitewater river in southwestern Texas, USA. It begins in northwest Sutton County, at , where six watercourses come together, Dry Devils River, Granger Draw, House Draw, Jackson, Flat Rock Draw, and Rough Canyon...
    
    
    • Dry Devils River
  • Pecos River
    Pecos River
    The headwaters of the Pecos River are located north of Pecos, New Mexico, United States, at an elevation of over 12,000 feet on the western slope of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Mora County. The river flows for through the eastern portion of that state and neighboring Texas before it...
    
    
    • Howard Draw
      Howard Draw
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • Independence Creek
      Independence Creek
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • Tunas Creek
      Tunas Creek
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • Coyansa Draw
      Coyansa Draw
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
    • Toyah Creek
      Toyah Creek
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
      • Barilla Draw
        Barilla Draw
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
      • Salt Draw
        Salt Draw
        -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
        
        
    • Delaware River
      Delaware River (Texas)
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
  • San Francisco Creek
    San Francisco Creek
    -References:*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • Maravillas Creek
    Maravillas Creek
    -References:*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
    
    
  • Terlingua Creek
    Terlingua Creek
    Terlingua Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a tributary of the Rio Grande....
    
    
    • Calamity Creek
      Calamity Creek
      -References:**USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas...
      
      
  • Alamito Creek
    Alamito Creek
    Alamito Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a tributary of the Rio Grande, which is joins near Presidio, Texas....
    
    
  • Chacon Creek
    Chacon Creek
    Chacon Creek is a small stream of water located in Webb County, Texas which runs through Laredo, Texas. The creek is formed 6 miles from Webb, Texas and runs southwest for 20 miles until the creek connects to the Rio Grande. Chacon was dammed in 1951 in east Laredo to form Lake Casa Blanca, a 1,680...
    
    
    • San Ygnacio Creek
      San Ygnacio Creek
      San Ygnacio Creek is a small stream of water located in Webb County, Texas which runs through Laredo, Texas. The creek is formed 11 miles northwest of Laredo, Texas and runs southwest for until the creek connects to the Lake Casa Blanca. The terrain surrounding the creek is mostly clay. The...
      
      
  • Zacate Creek
    Zacate Creek
    Zacate Creek is a small stream of water located in Webb County, Texas which runs through Laredo, Texas. The creek is formed inside Laredo, Texas city limits and runs southwest for 10 miles until it connects to the Rio Grande. Zacate Creek has several ditches leading to it. The terrain surrounding...
    
    
  • San Ildefonso Creek
    San Ildefonso Creek
    San Idelfonso Creek is a small stream of water located in Webb County, Texas which runs through Laredo, Texas. The creek is formed within east Laredo and runs southwest for 8 miles until connecting to the Rio Grande. San Ildefonso Creek was dammed in east Laredo to form San Ildefonso Creek Lake,...
    
    
  • Sombrerillito Creek
    Sombrerillito Creek
    Sombrerillito Creek is a small stream of water located in Webb County, Texas which runs through Laredo, Texas. The creek is formed 13 miles north of Laredo and runs southwest for 16 miles until connecting to the Rio Grande. Sombrerillito Creek was dammed in northwest Laredo to form Sombrerillito...
    
    
  • Santa Isabel Creek
    Santa Isabel Creek
    Santa Isabel Creek is a small stream of water located in Webb County, Texas which runs through Laredo, Texas. The creek is formed 32 miles from Callaghan, Texas and runs southwest for until the creek connects to the Rio Grande. The terrain surrounding the creek is mostly clay. The vegetation...
    
    

See also

• List of rivers in the United States
• List of the ten longest Texas rivers
• List of geographical regions in Texas

External links

• The Handbook of Texas Online: Texas History Quiz -- Texas Rivers