List of rivers of Illinois

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

## By drainage basin

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### Gulf of Mexico

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* Mississippi River
* Ohio River
* Lusk Creek
* Saline River
* Wabash River
* Little Wabash River
* Skillet Fork
* Elm River
* Fox River
* Salt Creek
* Bonpas Creek
* Embarras River (Illinois)
* North Fork Embarras River
* Little Embarras River
* Little Vermilion River
* Vermilion River
* Middle Fork Vermilion River
* Salt Fork Vermilion River
* Saline Branch
* Boneyard Creek
* Cache River
* Cypress Creek
* Big Muddy River
* Beaucoup Creek
* Little Muddy River
* Casey Creek (Casey Fork)
* Marys River
* Little Marys River
* Kaskaskia River
* Shoal Creek
* West Okaw River
* Palmer Creek
* Wood River
* Illinois River
* Macoupin Creek
* Big Sandy Creek
* La Moine River
* Sangamon River
* Salt Creek
* Spring Creek
* Sugar Creek
* Lick Creek
* Spoon River
* Mackinaw River
* Little Mackinaw River
* Panther Creek
* Red River
* Big Bureau Creek
* Little Vermilion River
* Vermilion River
* Rooks Creek
* Fox River
* Indian Creek
* Somonauk Creek
* Flint Creek
* Mazon River
* Des Plaines River
* DuPage River
* Salt Creek
* Addison Creek
* Buffalo Creek
* Hickory Creek
* Mill Creek
* Indian Creek
* Seavey Drainage Ditch
* Kankakee River
* Rock Creek
* Iroquois River
* Henderson Creek
* Edwards River
* Rock River
* Green River
* Pine Creek
* Kyte River
* Leaf River
* Stillman Creek
* Kishwaukee River
* Killbuck Creek
* South Branch Kishwaukee River
* Owens Creek
* East Branch South Branch Kishwaukee River
* Beaver Creek
* Piscasaw Creek
* Mokeler Creek
* Coon Creek
* Rush Creek
* North Branch Kishwaukee River
* Pecatonica River
* Sugar River
* Yellow Creek
* Plum River
* Apple River
* Galena River
* Sinsinawa River
* Little Menominee River
* Menominee River

### Gulf of St. Lawrence

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* Lake Michigan
* Waukegan River
* Chicago River
* North Branch Chicago River
* Skokie River
* South Branch Chicago River
* Bubbly Creek or South Fork South Branch Chicago River
* Calumet River
* Grand Calumet River
* Little Calumet River
* Midlothian Creek
* Thorn Creek
* Butterfield Creek

## Alphabetically

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* 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

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

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