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

Contents

• By drainage basin
• Gulf of Mexico
• Gulf of St. Lawrence
• Alphabetically
• See also

By drainage basin

Alphabetically

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

See also

• List of rivers in the United States
• Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
• Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park
• Illinois and Michigan Canal
• Watersheds of Illinois