List of tributaries of the Columbia River
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Tributaries and sub-tributaries are hierarchically listed in order from the mouth of the Columbia River upstream. Major dams and reservoir lakes are also noted.
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List of major tributaries
The main river and tributaries are (sorted in order from the mouth heading upstream):
Left
tributary |
Right
tributary |
Length
(km) |
Basin size
(km2) |
Average discharge
(m3/s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lower Columbia
Mouth to Bonneville Dam | ||||
Youngs | 43 | 257.6 | 14.7 | |
Grays | 48 | 320 | 15.9 | |
Elochoman | 24 | 490 | 10.8 | |
Clatskanie | 40 | 269.2 | 10.6 | |
Cowlitz | 169 | 6,698 | 286.6 | |
Kalama | 72 | 530 | 34.5 | |
Lewis | 153 | 2,709 | 173.4 | |
Lake | 18 | 260 | ||
Willamette | 301 | 28,949 | 1,098.7 | |
Washougal | 53 | 550 | 24.7 | |
Sandy | 92 | 1,316 | 65 | |
Middle Columbia | ||||
Wind | 48 | 580 | 34.2 | |
Little White Salmon | 31 | 350 | ||
White Salmon | 71.3 | 1,000 | 30.4 | |
Hood | 40 | 720 | 27.6 | |
Klickitat | 154.3 | 3,496 | 44.5 | |
Fifteenmile Creek | 87 | 970 | 5.6 | |
Deschutes | 406 | 27,549.6 | 215.7 | |
John Day | 457 | 20,521.3 | 80.4 | |
Willow Creek | 127 | 2,300 | 0.9 | |
Umatilla | 143 | 6,345 | 14 | |
Upper Columbia | ||||
Walla Walla | 98 | 4,553 | 34.3 | |
Snake | 1,735 | 260,938.7 | 1,755.6 | |
Yakima | 344 | 15,930.4 | 100.3 | |
Crab Creek | 262 | 13,200 | 40.4 | |
Wenatchee | 85 | 3,473.1 | 103.7 | |
Entiat | 92 | 1,210 | 20.2 | |
Chelan | 6.6 | 2,390 | 57.8 | |
Methow | 129 | 4,727 | 44.4 | |
Okanogan | 185 | 21,385.7 | 99 | |
Nespelem | 580.8 | 2.5 | ||
Sanpoil | 95 | 2,540 | 11.4 | |
Spokane | 179 | 17,353.4 | 228.6 | |
Colville | 97 | 2,646.8 | 16.4 | |
Kettle | 282 | 10,877 | 82.3 | |
Pend Oreille | 771 | 67,055.5 | 850.2 | |
Kootenay | 780 | 50,298 | 868 | |
Whatshan | 581.4 | 12 | ||
Mosquito Creek | 435 | 10.2 | ||
Kuskanax Creek | 350.9 | 10.6 | ||
Halfway | 447.4 | 14.2 | ||
Incomappleux | 1,020 | 55.8 | ||
Akolkolex | 388.7 | 16.5 | ||
Illecillewaet | 62 | 1,213.3 | 61.4 | |
Jordan | 345.6 | 11.1 | ||
Downie Creek | 655.8 | 27.9 | ||
Goldstream | 954.4 | 39.5 | ||
Big Mouth Creek | 591.2 | 22.9 | ||
Canoe | 712.6 | 15.2 | ||
Wood | 841.7 | 18.1 | ||
Cummins | 262.6 | 8.5 | ||
Kinbasket | 261.3 | 7.6 | ||
Windy | 252.3 | 10.2 | ||
Sullivan | 632.5 | 18.9 | ||
Bush | 1,100.1 | 25.5 | ||
Gold | 566.4 | 27.9 | ||
Beaver | 1,163 | 54.3 | ||
Bluewater | 392.5 | 12.5 | ||
Waitabit Creek | 352.2 | 9.6 | ||
Blaeberry | 60 | 745.6 | 17.8 | |
Kicking Horse | 1,815.4 | 40.9 | ||
Canyon Creek | 161.7 | 4.9 | ||
Spillimacheen | 118 | 1,456.2 | 38 | |
Bugaboo Creek | 368.4 | 7.3 | ||
Forster Creek | 592.4 | 8.8 | ||
Horsethief Creek | 630.5 | 10 | ||
Toby Creek | 673.5 | 9 | ||
Dutch Creek | 676.5 | 7.9 |
- Wallacut River (Washington)
- Chinook River (Washington)
- Alder Creek (Oregon)
- Tansy Creek (Oregon)
- Skipanon River (Oregon)
- Youngs River (Oregon)
- Lewis and Clark River (Oregon)
- Wallooskee River (Oregon)
- Klaskanine River (Oregon)
- Frank Born Creek (Washington)
- Sisson Creek (Washington)
- Deep River (Washington)
- Grays River (Washington)
- Crooked Creek (Washington)
- Harlow's Creek (Washington): Formerly "Jim Crow Creek"
- Elochoman River (Washington)
- John Day River (Oregon)
- Eskeline Creek (Oregon)
- Hillcrest Creek (Oregon)
- Big Creek (Oregon)
- Little Creek (Oregon)
- Gnat Creek (Oregon)
- Kelly Creek (Oregon)
- Spear Creek (Oregon)
- Hunt Creek (Oregon)
- Driscoll Slough (Oregon)
- Westport Slough (Oregon)
- Plympton Creek (Oregon)
- West Creek (Oregon)
- Ross Creek (Oregon)
- Olsen Creek (Oregon)
- Eilertsen Creek (Oregon)
- OK Creek (Oregon)
- Favorite Creek (Oregon)
- Tandy Creek (Oregon)
- Graham Creek (Oregon)
- Clatskanie River (Oregon)
- Fall Creek (Oregon)
- Merril Creek (Oregon)
- Perkins Creek (Oregon)
- Coal Creek Slough (Washington)
- Cougar Creek (Washington)
- Abe Creek (Washington)
- Mill Creek (Washington)
- Abernathy Creek (Washington)
- Germany Creek (Washington)
- Coal Creek Slough (Washington)
- Cowlitz River (Washington)
- Coweeman River (Washington)
- Toutle River (Washington)
- Mayfield Dam and Lake Mayfield (Washington)
- Tilton River (Washington)
- Mossyrock Dam and Riffe Lake (Washington)
- Cowlitz Falls Dam and Lake Scanewa (Washington)
- Cispus River (Washington)
- Muddy Fork (Washington)
- Clear Fork (Washington)
- Ohanapecosh River (Washington)
- Kalama River (Washington)
- Lewis River (Washington)
- East Fork Lewis River (Washington)
- Merwin Dam and Lake Merwin (Washington)
- Yale Dam and Yale Lake (Washington)
- Swift Dam and Swift Reservoir (Washington)
- Lake River (Washington)
- Buckmire Slough (Washington)
- Salmon Creek (Washington)
- Whipple Creek (Washington)
- Flume Creek (Washington)
- Bachelor Island Slough (Washington)
- Willamette River (Oregon; see below for sub-tributaries)
- Washougal River (Washington)
- Sandy River (Oregon)
- Bull Run River
- Salmon River (Oregon)
- Zigzag River (Oregon)
- Gibbons Creek (Washington)
- Crusher Creek (Oregon)
- Rainbow Creek (Oregon)
- Lawton Creek (Washington)
- Latourell Creek (Oregon)
- Young Creek (Oregon)
- Bridal Veil Creek (Oregon)
- Coopey Creek (Oregon)
- Dalton Creek (Oregon)
- Mist Creek (Oregon)
- Wahkeena Creek (Oregon)
- Multnomah Creek (Oregon)
- Good Bear Creek (Washington)
- Archer Creek (Washington)
- Indian Mary Creek (Washington)
- Oneonta Creek (Oregon)
- Horsetail Creek (Oregon)
- Duncan Creek (Washington)
- Tumalt Creek (Oregon)
- Woodard Creek (Washington)
- Hardy Creek (Washington)
- McCord Creek (Oregon)
- Hamilton Creek (Washington)
- Metasequoia Creek (Oregon)
- Moffett Creek (Oregon)
- Tanner Creek (Oregon)
- Bonneville Dam and Lake Bonneville (Washington, Oregon)
- Eagle Creek (Oregon)
- Sorenson Creek
- Tish Creek
- Opal Creek (Oregon)
- Ruckel Creek (Oregon)
- Rudolph Creek (Oregon)
- Dry Creek (Oregon)
- Rock Creek (Washington)
- Kanaka Creek (Washington)
- Herman Creek (Oregon)
- Nelson Creek (Washington)
- Carson Creek (Washington)
- Grays Creek (Oregon)
- Wind River (Washington)
- Gorton Creek (Oregon)
- Harphan Creek (Oregon)
- Summit Creek (Oregon)
- Collins Creek (Washington)
- Lindsey Creek (Oregon)
- Wonder Creek (Oregon)
- Warren Creek (Oregon)
- Cabin Creek (Oregon)
- Starvation Creek (Oregon)
- Dog Creek (Washington)
- Viento Creek (Oregon)
- Perham Creek (Oregon)
- Little White Salmon River (Washington)
- Phelps Creek (Oregon)
- White Salmon River (Washington)
- Henderson Creek (Oregon)
- Hood River (Oregon)
- Dry Creek (Washington)
- Jewett Creek (Washington)
- Mosier Creek (Oregon)
- Catherine Creek (Washington)
- Major Creek (Washington)
- Rowena Creek (Oregon)
- Klickitat River (Washington)
- Gooseberry Creek (Oregon)
- Chenoweth Creek (Oregon)
- Mill Creek (Oregon)
- Fifteenmile Creek (Oregon)
- The Dalles Dam and Lake Celilo (Washington, Oregon)
- Deschutes River (Oregon)
- White River (Oregon)
- Warm Springs River (Oregon)
- Round Butte Dam and Lake Billy Chinook (Oregon)
- Crooked River (Oregon)
- Arthur R. Bowman Dam and Prineville Reservoir (Oregon)
- Metolius River (Oregon)
- Whychus Creek (Oregon)
- Tumalo Creek (Oregon)
- Spring River (Oregon)
- Little Deschutes River (Oregon)
- Fall River (Oregon)
- Cultus River (Oregon)
- Snow Creek (Oregon)
- John Day Dam and Lake Umatilla (Washington, Oregon)
- John Day River (Oregon)
- Willow Creek (Oregon)
- Umatilla River (Oregon)
- McNary Dam and Lake Wallula (Washington, Oregon)
- Walla Walla River (Washington, Oregon)
- Touchet River (Washington)
- Snake River (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming; see below for sub-tributaries)
- Yakima River (Washington; see below for sub-tributaries)
- Priest Rapids Dam (Washington) and Priest Rapids Lake (Washington)
- Crab Creek (Washington)
- Wanapum Dam (Washington) and Lake Wanapum (Washington)
- Rock Island Dam (Washington) and Rock Island Pool (Washington)
- Wenatchee River (Washington)
- Rocky Reach Dam and Lake Entiat (Washington)
- Entiat River (Washington)
- Mad River (Washington)
- Chelan River (and Lake Chelan) (Washington)
- Stehekin River (Washington)
- Wells Dam and Lake Pateros (Washington)
- Methow River (Washington)
- Twisp River (Washington)
- Okanogan River (Washington, British Columbia)
- Similkameen River (British Columbia, Washington)
- Tulameen River (British Columbia)
- Pasayten River (British Columbia, Washington)
- Okanagan Lake (British Columbia)
- Similkameen River (British Columbia, Washington)
- Chief Joseph Dam and Rufus Woods Lake (Washington)
- Nespelem River (Washington)
- Grand Coulee Dam and Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (Washington)
- Sanpoil River (Washington)
- Spokane River (Washington, Idaho)
- Spokane Falls (Washington)
- Little Spokane River (Washington)
- Latah Creek (Washington and Idaho)
- Lake Coeur d'Alene (Idaho)
- Coeur d'Alene River (Idaho)
- Saint Joe River (Idaho)
- Saint Maries River (Idaho)
- Colville River (Washington)
- Martin Creek (Washington)
- South Fork Roper Creek (Washington)
- Sherman Creek (Washington)
- Nancy Creek (Washington)
- Katy Creek (Washington)
- Kettle River (Washington, British Columbia)
- Granby River (British Columbia)
- West Kettle River (British Columbia)
- Pend Oreille River (British Columbia, Washington, Idaho; see below for sub-tributaries)
- Kootenay River (British Columbia, Idaho, Montana; see below for sub-tributaries)
- Hugh Keenleyside Dam and Arrow Lakes (British Columbia)
- Whatshan River (British Columbia)
- Whatshan Dam (British Columbia)
- Beaton Creek (British Columbia)
- Incomappleux River (British Columbia)
- Illecillewaet River (British Columbia)
- Revelstoke Dam and Revelstoke Lake (British Columbia)
- Goldstream River (British Columbia)
- Mica Dam and Kinbasket Lake (British Columbia)
- Canoe River (British Columbia)
- Wood River (British Columbia)
- Bush River (British Columbia)
- Valenciennes River (British Columbia)
- Blaeberry River (British Columbia)
- Beaver River (British Columbia)
- Kicking Horse River (British Columbia)
- Yoho River (British Columbia)
- Spillimacheen River (British Columbia)
- Templeton River
- Columbia Lake (British Columbia)
Willamette River system
[edit]- Columbia Slough
- Multnomah Channel
- Stephens Creek
- Johnson Creek
- Kellogg Creek
- Tryon Creek
- Oswego Creek and Oswego Lake
- Clackamas River
- Tualatin River
- Molalla River
- Yamhill River
- Luckiamute River
- Santiam River
- Calapooia River
- Marys River
- Long Tom River
- McKenzie River
- Coast Fork Willamette River
- Middle Fork Willamette River
Snake River system
[edit]- Ice Harbor Dam and Lake Sacajawea (Washington)
- Lower Monumental Dam and Lake Herbert G. West (Washington)
- Palouse River (Washington, Idaho)
- Tucannon River (Washington)
- Little Goose Dam and Lake Bryan (Washington)
- Lower Granite Dam (Washington)
- Clearwater River (Idaho)
- Potlatch River (Idaho)
- North Fork Clearwater River (Idaho)
- Middle Fork Clearwater River (Idaho)
- South Fork Clearwater River (Idaho)
- Grande Ronde River (Washington, Oregon)
- Wallowa River (Oregon)
- Lostine River (Oregon)
- Minam River (Oregon)
- Wallowa River (Oregon)
- Salmon River (Idaho)
- Imnaha River (Oregon)
- Hells Canyon Dam (Idaho, Oregon)
- Oxbow Dam (Idaho, Oregon)
- Brownlee Dam (Idaho, Oregon)
- Powder River (Oregon)
- Weiser River (Idaho)
- Burnt River (Oregon)
- Payette River (Idaho)
- Malheur River (Oregon)
- Owyhee River (Oregon, Idaho, Nevada)
- Owyhee Dam and Owyhee Reservoir (Oregon)
- Boise River (Idaho)
- Lucky Peak Dam and Lucky Peak Lake (Idaho)
- Arrowrock Dam and Arrowrock Reservoir (Idaho)
- Anderson Ranch Dam and Anderson Ranch Reservoir (Idaho)
- Swan Falls Dam (Idaho)
- C. J. Strike Dam (Idaho)
- Bruneau River (Idaho)
- Bliss Dam (Idaho)
- Malad River (Idaho)
- Lower Salmon Dam (Idaho)
- Upper Salmon Dam (Idaho)
- Salmon Falls Creek (Idaho and Nevada)
- Shoshone Falls (Idaho)
- Milner Dam (Idaho)
- Minidoka Dam and Lake Walcott (Idaho)
- Raft River (Idaho, Utah)
- American Falls Dam (Idaho)
- Portneuf River (Idaho)
- Blackfoot River (Idaho)
- Gem State Dam (Idaho)
- Henrys Fork (Idaho)
- Teton River (Idaho)
- Palisades Dam (Idaho)
- Salt River (Wyoming)
- Greys River (Wyoming)
- Gros Ventre River (Wyoming)
- Jackson Lake Dam and Jackson Lake (Wyoming)
- "Closed basin" rivers that drain to the Snake underground:
- Big Lost River (Idaho)
- Little Lost River (Idaho)
Yakima River system
[edit]- Amon Creek (Washington)
- Naches River (Washington)
- Tieton River (Washington)
- Tieton Dam and Rimrock Lake (Washington)
- Bumping River (Washington)
- American River (Washington)
- Tieton River (Washington)
- Wenas Creek (Washington)
- Selah Creek (Washington)
- Teanaway River (Washington)
- Cle Elum River (Washington)
- Kachess River (Washington)
- Kachess Lake (Washington)
- Keechelus Lake (Washington)
Pend Oreille River system
[edit]- Waneta Dam (British Columbia)
- Seven Mile Dam (British Columbia)
- Salmo River (British Columbia)
- Boundary Dam (Washington)
- Box Canyon Dam (Washington) (Washington)
- Albeni Falls Dam (Idaho)
- Priest River (Idaho)
- Lake Pend Oreille (Idaho)
- Pack River (Idaho)
- Clark Fork (Idaho, Montana)
- Cabinet Gorge Dam (Idaho)
- Noxon Rapids Dam (Montana)
- Thompson River (Montana)
- Little Thompson River (Montana)
- Vermilion River (Montana)
- Flathead River (Montana, British Columbia)
- Jocko River (Montana)
- SKQ Dam (Montana)
- Flathead Lake (Montana)
- Swan River (Montana)
- Whitefish River (Montana)
- Stillwater River (Montana)
- South Fork Flathead River (Montana)
- Hungry Horse Dam (Montana)
- North Fork Flathead River (Montana, British Columbia)
- Bitterroot River (Montana)
- Blackfoot River (Montana)
- Little Blackfoot River (Montana)
Kootenay River system
[edit]- Brilliant Dam (British Columbia)
- Slocan River (British Columbia)
- Corra Linn Dam (British Columbia)
- Kootenay Lake (British Columbia)
- Duncan River (British Columbia)
- Duncan Dam (British Columbia)
- Goat River (British Columbia)
- Moyie River (Idaho, British Columbia)
- Yaak River (Montana, Yahk River in British Columbia)
- Fisher River (Montana)
- Libby Dam (Montana) and Lake Koocanusa (Montana, British Columbia)
- Elk River (British Columbia)
- Wigwam River (British Columbia, Montana)
- Coal Creek (British Columbia)
- Fording River (British Columbia)
- Bull River (British Columbia)
- Wild Horse River (British Columbia)
- St. Mary River (British Columbia)
- Lussier River (British Columbia)
- Palliser River (British Columbia)
- Cross River (British Columbia)
- Vermilion River (British Columbia)
See also
[edit]- List of rivers of British Columbia
- List of rivers of Idaho
- List of rivers of Montana
- List of rivers of Oregon
- List of rivers of Washington (state)
- List of rivers of the Americas