{{Short description|none}} {{For|a list of dams in reservoirs in Arkansas|List of dams and reservoirs in Arkansas}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
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This article is a list of [[river]]s in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Arkansas]].
==By drainage basin== This list is arranged by [[drainage basin]], with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
===Red River===
[[Image:Red watershed.png|thumb|300px|right|Red River Drainage Basin]] [[Image:Ouachita watershed.png|thumb|300px|right|Ouachita Drainage Basin]] * [[Mississippi River]] ** [[Red River of the South|Red River]] *** ''Black River (LA)'' **** ''Tensas River (LA)'' ***** [[Bayou Macon]] **** [[Ouachita River]] ***** [[Boeuf River]] ***** ''Bayou D'Arbonne (LA)'' ****** [[Cornie Bayou]] ***** [[Bayou Bartholomew]] ***** [[Saline River (Ouachita River tributary)|Saline River]] ****** [[Hurricane Creek (Arkansas)|Hurricane Creek]] ***** [[Moro Creek]] ***** [[Smackover Creek]] ***** [[Little Missouri River (Arkansas)|Little Missouri River]] ****** [[Terre Noire Creek]] ****** [[Terre Rouge Creek]] ****** [[Antoine River (Arkansas)|Antoine River]] ****** [[Hickory Creek (Little Missouri River tributary)|Hickory Creek]] ***** [[Caddo River]] *** ''Loggy Bayou (LA)'' **** ''Flat River (LA)'' ***** ''Red Chute Bayou (LA)'' ****** [[Bodcau Creek|Bodcau Bayou and Creek]] **** [[Dorcheat Bayou|Bayou Dorcheat]] *** [[Sulphur River]] *** [[McKinney Bayou]] *** [[Little River (Red River tributary)|Little River]] **** [[Saline River (Little River tributary)|Saline River]] **** [[Cossatot River]] ***** [[Little Cossatot River]] **** [[Rolling Fork (Arkansas)|Rolling Fork]] **** [[Mountain Fork]]
===Arkansas River=== * [[Mississippi River]] ** [[Arkansas River]] *** [[Bayou Meto River|Bayou Meto]] *** [[Fourche Creek (Arkansas)|Fourche Creek]] *** [[Little Maumelle River]] *** [[Maumelle River]] *** [[Fourche La Fave River]] **** [[South Fourche La Fave River]] *** [[Cadron Creek]] *** [[Point Remove Creek]] *** [[Petit Jean River]] *** [[Illinois Bayou]] *** [[Big Piney Creek]] *** [[Mulberry River (Arkansas)|Mulberry River]] *** [[Poteau River]] **** [[James Fork]] *** [[Lee Creek (Arkansas)|Lee Creek]] *** [[Illinois River (Oklahoma)|Illinois River]] **** [[Flint Creek (Arkansas/Oklahoma)|Flint Creek]] ***** [[Sager Creek]] **** [[Hickory Creek (Illinois River tributary)|Hickory Creek]] *** ''Neosho River (OK)'' **** ''Elk River (OK)'' ***** [[Big Sugar Creek]] ***** [[Little Sugar Creek]] ****** [[Tanyard Creek (Arkansas)|Tanyard Creek]]
===White River===
[[Image:White River AR.png|thumb|300px|right|White River Drainage Basin]] * [[Mississippi River]] ** [[White River (Arkansas)|White River]] *** [[Arkansas Post Canal]] *** [[La Grue Bayou]] *** [[Big Creek (White River tributary)|Big Creek]] *** [[Cache River (Arkansas)|Cache River]] **** [[Bayou De View]] *** [[Bayou des Arc]] *** [[Little Red River (Arkansas)|Little Red River]] *** [[Village Creek (Arkansas)|Village Creek]] *** [[Black River (Arkansas)|Black River]] **** [[Strawberry River (Arkansas)|Strawberry River]] ***** [[Strawberry River (Arkansas)|Little Strawberry River]] **** [[Spring River (Arkansas)|Spring River]] ***** [[Warm Fork Spring River]] ***** [[Eleven Point River]] **** [[Fourche River]] **** [[Current River (Ozarks)|Current River]] ***** [[Little Black River (Arkansas)|Little Black River]] *** [[North Fork River (Missouri–Arkansas)|North Fork River]] **** [[Bennetts River]] *** [[Buffalo National River|Buffalo River]] **** [[Little Buffalo River (Arkansas)|Little Buffalo River]] *** [[Crooked Creek (Arkansas)|Crooked Creek]] *** [[Kings River (Arkansas)|Kings River]] *** [[Hickory Creek (White River, Madison County, Arkansas)|Hickory Creek]]
===St. Francis River=== * [[Mississippi River]] ** [[St. Francis River]] *** [[L'Anguille River]] *** [[Tyronza River]] *** [[Little River (St. Francis River tributary)|Little River]]
==By size== {{External links|date=February 2025|section}} Rivers are measured by their mean annual flow of water in cubic feet per second (cuft/s). 1 cubic foot per second equals {{convert|1|cuft/s|disp=out}}.
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- !rowspan=2| River !colspan=2| Flow !rowspan=2| Location of monitoring station !rowspan=2| Notes |- !cu ft/s !m<sup>3</sup>/s |- | Mississippi River || {{convert|671,500|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]] || |- | Arkansas River || {{convert|47,970|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || Murray Dam, near [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]] || |- | White River || {{convert|26,760|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[De Valls Bluff, Arkansas|De Valls Bluff]] || |- | Red River || {{convert|19,230|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || [[near Spring Bank, Arkansas|near Spring Bank]] || |- | Ouachita River || {{convert|11,012|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Louisiana]] border || |- | St. Francis || {{convert|10,000|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || below junction with L'Anguille River || estimated from limited data from US Army Corps of Engineers. See notes, below |- | Black River || {{convert|9,893|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Elgin Ferry, Arkansas|Elgin Ferry]] || |- | Little River || {{convert|4,621|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Millwood Lake]] || no measurement gauge nearby; probably {{convert|1,000|–|2,000|cuft/s|abbr=on}} higher flow |- | Current River || {{convert|2,802|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Doniphan, Missouri]] || |- | Saline River || {{convert|2,629|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Rye, Arkansas|Rye]] || |- | Little Red River || {{convert|1,777|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Dewey, White County, Arkansas|Dewey]] || |- | Spring River || {{convert|1,432|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Imboden, Arkansas|Imboden]] || |- | Buffalo River || {{convert|1,379|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Harriet, Arkansas|Harriet]] || |- | Cache River || {{convert|1,369|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Cotton Plant, Arkansas|Cotton Plant]] || |- | Bayou Bartholomew || {{convert|1,221|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Portland, Arkansas|Portland]] || |- | Eleven Point River || {{convert|1,157|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Ravenden Springs, Arkansas|Ravenden Springs]] || |- | L'Anguille River || {{convert|1,085|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Palestine, Arkansas|Palestine]] || |- | Petit Jean River || {{convert|828|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Danville, Arkansas|Danville]] || |- | Crooked Creek || {{convert|669|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Yellville, Arkansas|Yellville]] || |- | Illinois River || {{convert|622|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Siloam Springs, Arkansas|Siloam Springs]] || larger downstream in Oklahoma |- | Kings River || {{convert|582|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Berryville, Arkansas|Berryville]] || |- | Mulberry River || {{convert|557|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Mulberry, Arkansas|Mulberry]] || |- | Lee Creek || {{convert|531|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Van Buren, Arkansas|Van Buren]] || |- | Big Piney Creek || {{convert|481|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Dover, Arkansas|Dover]] || |- | Smackover Creek || {{convert|415|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Smackover, Arkansas|Smackover]] || |- | Saline River || {{convert|385|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Lockesburg, Arkansas|Lockesburg]] || |- | Illinois Bayou || {{convert|379|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Scottsville, Arkansas|Scottsville]] || |- | Mammoth Spring || {{convert|351|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Mammoth Spring, Arkansas|Mammoth Spring]] || |- | War Eagle Creek || {{convert|295|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Hindsville, Arkansas|Hindsville]] || |- | Antoine Creek || {{convert|278|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Antoine, Arkansas|Antoine]] || |- | Cadron Creek || {{convert|271|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Guy, Arkansas|Guy]] || |- | Caddo River || {{convert|266|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Caddo Gap, Arkansas|Caddo Gap]] || upper course, larger downstream |- | West Fork Point Remove Creek || {{convert|257|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Hattieville, Arkansas|Hattieville]] || |- | Moro Creek || {{convert|256|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Fordyce, Arkansas|Fordyce]]|| |- | Bayou Macon || {{convert|240|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Eudora, Arkansas|Eudora]] || |- | South Fork of Little Red River || {{convert|238|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Clinton, Arkansas|Clinton]] || |- | Cossatot River || {{convert|187|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Vandervoort, Arkansas|Vandervoort]] || upper course, larger downstream |- | Richland Creek || {{convert|179|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Goshen, Arkansas|Goshen]] || |- | West Fork White River || {{convert|166|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]] || |- | Little Missouri River || {{convert|148|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Langley, Arkansas|Langley]] || |- | James Fork || {{convert|147|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Hackett, Arkansas|Hackett]] || |- | Osage Creek || {{convert|134|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Elm Springs, Arkansas|Elm Springs]] || |- | Richland Creek || {{convert|118|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Witts Spring, Arkansas|Witts Spring]] || |- | Bear Creek || {{convert|108|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table|sortable=on}} || near [[Silver Hill, Arkansas|Silver Hill]]|| |- | Rolling Fork River || ? ||<!--placeholder, remove "||" when adding a value--> || || No measurement gauge, but hundreds of cubic feet |- | Strawberry River || ? ||<!--placeholder, remove "||" when adding a value-->|| || No measurement gauge, but hundreds of cubic feet |} Notes and sources: There are two Richland Creeks and two Saline Rivers in Arkansas. Flow of rivers differs substantially between years and seasons. Source for all rivers except St. Francis is the "USGS Water-Data Report – 2012" at https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ar/nwis/current/?type=flow&group_key=basin_cd; The flow of the St. Francis River flow is estimated from US Army Corps of Engineers data at https://archive.today/20130708123645/http://w3.mvm.usace.army.mil/hydraulics/docs/historic/sfdata/sf13284d
==Alphabetically== * [[Antoine River (Arkansas)|Antoine River]] * [[Arkansas River]] * [[Bayou De View]] * [[Bayou des Arc]] * [[Bayou Macon]] * [[Bennetts River]] * [[Big Piney Creek]] * [[Big Sugar Creek]] * [[Black River (Arkansas)|Black River]] * [[Boeuf River]] * [[Buffalo National River]] or Buffalo River * [[Cache River (Arkansas)|Cache River]] * [[Caddo River]] * [[Cossatot River]] * [[Current River (Missouri)|Current River]] * [[Dorcheat Bayou]] * [[Eleven Point River]] * [[Flint Creek (Arkansas)|Flint Creek]] * [[Fourche La Fave River]] * [[Fourche River]] * [[Glazypeau Creek]] * [[Illinois River (Oklahoma)|Illinois River]] * [[James Fork]] * [[Kings River (Arkansas)|Kings River]] * [[L'Anguille River]] * [[L'Eau Frais Creek]] * [[Lee Creek (Arkansas)|Lee Creek]] * [[Little Antoine River]] * [[Little Black River (Arkansas)|Little Black River]] * [[Little Buffalo River (Arkansas)|Little Buffalo River]] * [[Little Cossatot River]] * [[Little Maumelle River]] * [[Little Missouri River (Arkansas)|Little Missouri River]] * [[Little Red River (Arkansas)|Little Red River]] * [[Little River (Red River tributary)]] in southwestern Arkansas * [[Little River (St. Francis River tributary)]] in northeastern Arkansas * [[Strawberry River (Arkansas)|Little Strawberry River]] * [[Little Sugar Creek]] * [[Maumelle River]] * [[Mississippi River]] * [[Mountain Fork]] * [[Mulberry River (Arkansas)|Mulberry River]] * [[North Fork River (Missouri–Arkansas)|North Fork River]] * [[Ouachita River]] * [[Petit Jean River]] * [[Poteau River]] * [[Red River of the South|Red River]] * [[Rolling Fork (Arkansas)|Rolling Fork]] * [[Sager Creek]] * [[St. Francis River]] * [[Saline River (Little River tributary)]] in southwestern Arkansas * [[Saline River (Ouachita River tributary)]] in southern Arkansas * [[Spring River (Arkansas)|Spring River]] * [[Strawberry River (Arkansas)|Strawberry River]] * [[Sulphur River]] * [[Tanyard Creek (Arkansas)|Tanyard Creek]] * [[Tyronza River]] * [[White River (Arkansas)|White River]]
==References== * [https://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/ USGS Geographic Names Information Service] * USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of Arkansas (1974)
==See also== * [[List of rivers in the United States]] {{Clear}} {{Rivers in the United States}} {{Arkansas}}
[[Category:Lists of rivers of the United States by state|Arkansas rivers]] [[Category:Rivers of Arkansas| ]] [[Category:Lists of landforms of Arkansas|Rivers]]