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This is a list of river
s in the United States
that have names starting with the letter A. For the main page, which includes links to listings by state, see List of rivers in the United States.
This is a list of river
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
s in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
that have names starting with the letter A. For the main page, which includes links to listings by state, see List of rivers in the United States.
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- Aberjona RiverAberjona RiverThe Aberjona River is a , heavily urbanized river in the northwestern suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts.The river arises in Reading, flows roughly south through Woburn and Winchester, and empties into the Mystic Lakes...
- Massachusetts - Abiqua CreekAbiqua CreekAbiqua Creek is a tributary of the Pudding River in the U.S. state of Oregon. The creek originates near Lookout Mountain in the foothills of the Cascade Range in the northwestern part of the state. It flows northwest for about to its confluence with the Pudding, about west of Silverton, in the...
- Oregon - Abita RiverAbita RiverThe Abita River is a river in southeastern Louisiana in the United States. It is a tributary of the Bogue Falaya, which flows to the Tchefuncte River and then onto Lake Pontchartrain....
- Louisiana - Acushnet RiverAcushnet RiverThe Acushnet River is the largest river, long, flowing into Buzzards Bay in southeastern Massachusetts, in the United States. The name "Acushnet" comes from the Wampanoag or Algonquian word, "Cushnea", meaning "as far as the waters", a word that was used by the original owners of the land in...
- Massachusetts - Agawam RiverAgawam RiverThe Agawam River is a stream in southeastern Massachusetts, USA, that is part of the Wareham River estuary watershed. The Agawam River is named in honor of the peaceful Native Americans that helped the Massachusetts Bay Colony establish its first Connecticut River Valley settlement at Springfield,...
- Massachusetts - Agua Fria River - Arizona
- Ahnapee RiverAhnapee RiverThe Ahnapee River is a river on the Door Peninsula in eastern Wisconsin in the United States. It rises in Door County, Wisconsin and flows through Kewaunee County into Lake Michigan. It is about 15 mi long...
- Wisconsin - Alabama RiverAlabama RiverThe Alabama River, in the U.S. state of Alabama, is formed by the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers, which unite about north of Montgomery.The river flows west to Selma, then southwest until, about from Mobile, it unites with the Tombigbee, forming the Mobile and Tensaw rivers, which discharge into...
- Alabama - Alafia RiverAlafia RiverThe Alafia River is long, with a watershed of in Hillsborough County flowing into Tampa Bay. The watershed contains ten named lakes and ponds, and 29 named rivers, streams and canals. During the rainy season, excess water is pumped to the new C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir, which opened in...
- Florida - Alagnak RiverAlagnak RiverThe Alagnak River is a 79-mile long river in Alaska. It has a catchment area of approximately 1400 square mi . It is located in central Lake and Peninsula Borough...
- Alaska - Alameda CreekAlameda CreekAlameda Creek is a large perennial stream in the San Francisco Bay Area. The creek runs for from a lake northeast of Packard Ridge to the eastern shore San Francisco Bay by way of Niles Canyon and a flood control channel.-History:...
- California - Alamo RiverAlamo RiverThe Alamo River is a river flowing west and north from the Mexicali Valley across the Imperial Valley . The river drains into the Salton Sea....
- California - Alamosa RiverAlamosa RiverThe Alamosa River is a river in the southern part of the U.S. state of Colorado. It is about long, flowing roughly east through the San Luis Valley. Its watershed comprises about .The river's name means "shaded with cottonwoods" in Spanish....
- Colorado - Alapaha RiverAlapaha RiverThe Alapaha River is a river in southern Georgia and northern Florida in the United States. It is a tributary of the Suwannee River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.- Course :...
- Georgia, Florida - Alatna RiverAlatna RiverThe Alatna River is a federally-designated wild and scenic river partially contained within the boundaries of Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska. It is called one of the most beautiful rivers in the United States...
- Alaska - Albion RiverAlbion RiverThe Albion River is an river in Mendocino County, California. The river drains about on the Mendocino Coast and empties into the Pacific Ocean near the town of Albion, California, where California State Route 1 crosses it on the Albion River Bridge. The river's overall direction is east to west,...
- California - Alcovy RiverAlcovy RiverThe Alcovy River is a tributary of the Ocmulgee River in north-central Georgia in the United States. Via the Ocmulgee River, it is part of the watershed of the Altamaha River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.-Course:...
- Georgia - Alexander CreekAlexander Creek (Susitna River)Alexander Creek, also known as Taguntna Creek, is a stream from Alexander Lake which merges with the big Susitna River near the village of Alexander Creek, Alaska also known as Alexander, Alaska, an Alaska Native and Alaska Bush community, in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska.- Watershed :Alexander...
- Alaska - Aliso Creek (Los Angeles County)Aliso Creek (Los Angeles County)Aliso Creek is a major tributary of the Los Angeles River in Los Angeles County, California, with a watershed of . It is the second major tributary to enter the Los Angeles River downstream of the Bell Creek/Calabasas Creek merge. The stream runs about from Aliso Canyon below Oat Mountain to its...
- California - Aliso Creek (Orange County) - California
- Allagash RiverAllagash RiverThe Allagash River is a tributary of the St. John River, approximately long, in northern Maine in the United States. It drains a remote and scenic area of wilderness in the Maine North Woods north of Mount Katahdin...
- Maine - Allegheny RiverAllegheny RiverThe Allegheny River is a principal tributary of the Ohio River; it is located in the Eastern United States. The Allegheny River joins with the Monongahela River to form the Ohio River at the "Point" of Point State Park in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
- Pennsylvania, New York - Alligator RiverAlligator River (North Carolina)The Alligator River is a small river in eastern North Carolina, USA, separating Dare County with Tyrrell County. It is a tributary of the Albemarle Sound and is part of the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. The Lindsey C. Warren Bridge of U.S. Route 64 crosses the river.A 21-mile canal...
- North Carolina - Alsea RiverAlsea RiverThe Alsea River flows from Alsea, an unincorporated community in the coastal mountains of the U.S. state of Oregon, to the Pacific Ocean near the city of Waldport. It begins at the confluence of the North Fork Alsea River and the South Fork Alsea River and ends in Alsea Bay, a wide estuary at...
- Oregon - Alsek RiverAlsek RiverThe Alsek River is a wilderness river flowing from the Yukon into Northern British Columbia and into Alaska. The surrounding area from the Western edge of the Alsek to East of the East Alsek is known to locals as Dry Bay.-Course:...
- Alaska - Altamaha RiverAltamaha RiverThe Altamaha River is a major river of the American state of Georgia. It flows generally eastward for 137 miles from its origin at the confluence of the Oconee River and Ocmulgee River towards the Atlantic Ocean, where it empties into the ocean near Brunswick, Georgia. There are no dams...
- Georgia - Alum CreekAlum CreekAlum Creek is long creek that runs north to south in central Ohio. The creek originates in Morrow County and then flows through Delaware County and finally into Franklin County, where it ends at Big Walnut Creek, which drains into the Scioto River. In 1974, the Army Corps of Engineers completed...
- Ohio
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- Amargosa RiverAmargosa RiverThe Amargosa River is an intermittent waterway, long, in southern Nevada and eastern California in the United States. It drains a high desert region, the Amargosa Valley in the Amargosa Desert northwest of Las Vegas, into the Mojave Desert, and finally into Death Valley where it disappears into...
- California, Nevada - American Fork River - Utah
- American RiverAmerican RiverThe American River is a California watercourse noted as the site of Sutter's Mill, northwest of Placerville, California, where gold was found in 1848, leading to the California Gold Rush...
- California - American RiverAmerican River (Washington)The American River is a tributary of the Bumping River, in Washington in the United States. It flows down the east side of the Cascade Range, through Wenatchee National Forest and the William O...
- Washington - Americano CreekAmericano CreekAmericano Creek is a long westward-flowing stream in the California counties of Sonoma and Marin, which flows into the Estero Americano, a long estuary, and thence to the Pacific Ocean. This article covers both watercourses.-Course:...
- California - Amite RiverAmite RiverThe Amite River is a tributary of Lake Maurepas in Mississippi and Louisiana in the United States. It is about long. It starts as two forks in southwestern Mississippi and flows south through Louisiana, passing Greater Baton Rouge, to Lake Maurepas. The lower of the river is navigable...
- Mississippi, Louisiana - Ammonoosuc RiverAmmonoosuc RiverThe Ammonoosuc River is a river, 55 mi long, in northwestern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound. "Ammonoosuc" is Abnaki for "small, narrow fishing place"....
- New Hampshire - Amnicon River - Wisconsin
- Anacostia RiverAnacostia RiverThe Anacostia River is a river in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States. It flows from Prince George's County in Maryland into Washington, D.C., where it joins with the Washington Channel to empty into the Potomac River at Buzzard Point. It is approximately long...
- Maryland, District of Columbia - Anahulu RiverAnahulu RiverThe Anahulu River is the longest watercourse on the island of O'ahu in the U.S. state of Hawai'i. It is long.-Description:...
- Hawaii - Anaktuvuk RiverAnaktuvuk RiverThe Anaktuvuk River is a river in Alaska's North Slope. One hundred and thirty-five miles long, it flows west from glaciers in the Endicott Mountains changing direction just north of Anaktuvuk Pass to flow north to the Arctic Coastal Plain where it joins the Colville River...
- Alaska - Anclote RiverAnclote RiverThe Anclote River, running for near Tarpon Springs, Florida flows westward towards the Gulf of Mexico from its source of creeks and springs inland. The river is home to a variety of fish and wildlife. Anclote River is home to the sponging and fishing industries of Tarpon Springs...
- Florida - Anderson RiverAnderson River (Indiana)The Anderson River is a tributary of the Ohio River in southern Indiana in the United States. Via the Ohio, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River....
- Indiana - Andreafsky RiverAndreafsky RiverThe Andreafsky River is a river in the U.S. state of Alaska.The Andreafsky River flows southward to its confluence with the Yukon River near the village of St. Mary's. Its entire course lies within the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge....
- Alaska - Androscoggin RiverAndroscoggin RiverThe Androscoggin River is a river in the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire, in northern New England. It is long and joins the Kennebec River at Merrymeeting Bay in Maine before its water empties into the Gulf of Maine on the Atlantic Ocean. Its drainage basin is in area...
- New Hampshire, Maine - Angelina RiverAngelina RiverThe Angelina River is formed by the junction of Barnhardt and Shawnee creeks three miles northwest of Laneville in southwest central Rusk County, Texas ....
- Texas - Aniak RiverAniak RiverThe Aniak River is a river in Alaska, USA. Aniak is a Yup'ik word meaning "the place where it comes out," which refers to the mouth of the Aniak River...
- Alaska - Aniakchak RiverAniakchak RiverThe Aniakchak River is a river in Lake and Peninsula Borough on the Alaska Peninsula. It arises in Surprise Lake in the Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve and flows eastward into Aniakchak Bay and the Pacific Ocean....
- Alaska - Animas RiverAnimas RiverAnimas River is a river in the western United States, a tributary of the San Juan River, part of the Colorado River System. The Spanish named the river "Rio de las Animas Perdidas", "River of the Lost Souls". It is also the last free-flowing river in Colorado. The river's free-flowing status...
- Colorado, New Mexico - Anna RiverAnna River (Michigan)The Anna is a small river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The mouth of the river is at in the city of Munising on the South Bay of the Grand Island Harbor on Lake Superior....
- Michigan - Annaquatucket RiverAnnaquatucket RiverThe Annaquatucket River is a river in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It flows approximately 7 km and drains a watershed of 18.9 km² . There are two dams along the river's length.-Course:...
- Rhode Island - Annisquam RiverAnnisquam RiverThe Annisquam River is a tidal, salt-water estuary in Annisquam and Gloucester, Massachusetts, connecting Annisquam Harbor on the north to Gloucester Harbor on the south. The segment between Gloucester Harbor and the Boston and Maine railroad bridge is also known as the Blynman Canal.The estuary is...
- Massachusetts - Antietam CreekAntietam CreekAntietam Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River located in south central Pennsylvania and western Maryland in the United States, a region known as the Hagerstown Valley...
- Pennsylvania, Maryland - Antoine RiverAntoine RiverThe Antoine River is a tributary of the Little Missouri River in southwestern Arkansas in the United States. Via the Little Missouri, Ouachita and Red rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. According to the GNIS, it has also been known as Antoine Creek...
- Arkansas - Anvik RiverAnvik RiverAnvik River is a 140-mile-long river in the U.S. state of Alaska. Itflows southeast to the Yukon River 1.5 miles north of Anvik....
- Alaska
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- Apalachicola RiverApalachicola RiverThe Apalachicola River is a river, approximately 112 mi long in the State of Florida. This river's large watershed, known as the ACF River Basin for short, drains an area of approximately into the Gulf of Mexico. The distance to its farthest headstream in northeast Georgia is approximately 500...
- Florida - Apple RiverApple River (Illinois)The Apple River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about long, in southwestern Wisconsin and northwestern Illinois in the United States. It rises in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, and flows for most of its length in Illinois, through Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties. Along its course it...
- Wisconsin, Illinois - Apple RiverApple River (Wisconsin)The Apple River is a tributary of the St. Croix River, about 70 mi long, in northwestern Wisconsin in the United States. Via the St. Croix, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River....
- Wisconsin - Applegate RiverApplegate RiverThe Applegate River is a long tributary of the Rogue River in the U.S. state of Oregon. It drains approximately . Rising in northern California, it soon crosses the border and flows northeast then northwest to meet the Rogue about west of Grants Pass...
- Oregon - Appomattox RiverAppomattox RiverThe Appomattox River is a tributary of the James River, approximately long, in central and eastern Virginia in the United States, named for the Appomattocs Indian tribe who lived along its lower banks in the 17th century...
- Virginia - Appoquinimink RiverAppoquinimink RiverThe Appoquinimink River is a river flowing to Delaware Bay in northern Delaware in the United States. The river is long and drains an area of on the Atlantic Coastal Plain.The Appoquinimink flows for its entire length in southern New Castle County...
- Delaware - Aransas RiverAransas RiverThe 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...
- Texas - Ararat RiverArarat RiverThe Ararat River is a tributary of the Yadkin River in southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina in the United States. Via the Yadkin it is part of the watershed of the Pee Dee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean....
- Virginia, North Carolina - Arikaree RiverArikaree RiverThe Arikaree River is a tributary of the Republican River that starts near Limon in Lincoln County, Colorado. The river flows east into Kansas, crossing the extreme northwestern corner of that state before entering Nebraska...
- Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska - Arkansas RiverArkansas RiverThe Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. The Arkansas generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's initial basin starts in the Western United States in Colorado, specifically the Arkansas...
- Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas - Aroostook RiverAroostook RiverThe Aroostook River is a tributary of the Saint John River in the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Its basin is the largest sub-drainage of the St. John River....
- Maine - Arrow CreekArrow Creek (Montana)Arrow Creek is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 45 miles long, in Montana in the United States. It rises in the Lewis and Clark National Forest near Highwood Baldy in the Highwood Mountains in southern Chouteau County...
- Montana - Arroyo de en MedioArroyo de en MedioArroyo de en Medio is a coastal stream in western San Mateo County, California. Arroyo de en Medio rises on the western slopes of Montara Mountain and discharges to the Pacific Ocean at Half Moon Bay at the location of the unincorporated community of Miramar at Miramar Beach...
- California - Arroyo SecoArroyo Seco (Los Angeles County)The Arroyo Seco, meaning "dry stream" in Spanish, is a seasonal river, canyon, watershed, and cultural area in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The Arroyo Seco has been called the most celebrated canyon in Southern California.-River course:...
- California - Arroyo Trabuco - California
- Artichoke RiverArtichoke RiverThe Artichoke River is a short tributary of the St. Louis River in northeastern Minnesota in the United States. Via the St. Louis River, it is part of the watershed of Lake Superior. It flows for its entire length in southern St. Louis County...
- Minnesota
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- Ashaway RiverAshaway RiverThe Ashaway River is a river in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It flows approximately 4 km . There are three dams along the river's length.- Course :The river is formed in Hopkinton by the confluence of Parmenter Brook and the Green Fall River...
- Rhode Island - Ashepoo RiverAshepoo RiverAshepoo River is a short blackwater river in South Carolina. It rises in a confluence of swamps south of Walterboro, flows in southeast direction and then empties into Saint Helena Sound at . The entire course of the river lies within the boundaries of Colleton County...
- South Carolina - Ashippun RiverAshippun RiverThe Ashippun River is a tributary of the Rock River in southeastern Wisconsin in the United States. The Ashippun's watershed lies in Dodge, Washington and Waukesha counties. Its tributaries include Mud Run, Dawson Creek and Davey Creek.-Description:...
- Wisconsin - Ashley RiverAshley River (South Carolina)The Ashley River is a blackwater / tidal river in South Carolina, rising from the Wassamassaw and Great Cypress Swamps in western Berkeley County. It consolidates its main channel about five miles west of Summerville, widening into a tidal estuary just south of Fort Dorchester...
- South Carolina - Ashtabula RiverAshtabula RiverThe Ashtabula River is a river located northeast of Cleveland in Ohio. The river flows into Lake Erie at the city of Ashtabula, Ohio. It is 40 mi in length and drains 137 mi² .-Name:...
- Ohio - Ashuelot RiverAshuelot RiverThe Ashuelot River is a tributary of the Connecticut River, approximately long, in southwestern New Hampshire in the United States. It drains a mountainous area of , including much of the area known as the Monadnock Region...
- New Hampshire - Assabet RiverAssabet RiverThe Assabet River is a small river about west of Boston, Massachusetts. The river is long. The , headquartered in West Concord, Massachusetts, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, protection, and enhancement of the natural and recreational features of the Assabet River and...
- Massachusetts - Assonet RiverAssonet RiverThe Assonet River is located in Bristol County, Massachusetts. It flows in a westerly direction through Freetown and joins the Taunton River near Assonet Neck in Berkley, Massachusetts. -Description:...
- Massachusetts - Atchafalaya RiverAtchafalaya RiverThe Atchafalaya River is a distributary of the Mississippi River and Red River in south central Louisiana in the United States. It flows south, just west of the Mississippi River....
- Louisiana - Au Sable RiverAu Sable River (Michigan)The Au Sable River in Michigan runs approximately through the northern Lower Peninsula, through the towns of Grayling and Mio, and enters Lake Huron at Oscoda. It is considered one of the best brown trout fisheries east of the Rockies and has been designated a blue ribbon trout stream by the...
- Michigan - Aucilla RiverAucilla RiverThe Aucilla River rises close to Thomasville, Georgia, USA, and passes through the Big Bend region of Florida, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico at Apalachee Bay. The river is long and has a drainage basin of . The Wacissa River is a tributary...
- Florida - Auglaize RiverAuglaize RiverThe Auglaize River is a tributary of the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio in the United States. It drains a primarily rural farming area in the watershed of Lake Erie. The name of the river either comes from a Shawnee phrase meaning "fallen timbers" or a French term for "frozen water."It rises in...
- Ohio - Ausable River - New York
- Awuna RiverAwuna RiverThe Awuna River is a tributary of the Colville River in Alaska....
- Alaska