List of rivers of New York

Rivers in the U.S. state of New York include:

By drainage basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with tributaries indented by order of confluence, from mouth to source.

New York Harbor

Block Island Sound Peconic River Little River

Long Island Sound (northern side)

Housatonic River (CT) Tenmile River Swamp River Mill River Webatuck Creek Green River Norwalk River (CT) Silvermine River Rippowam River Mill River Mianus River Byram River Wampus River Blind Brook Mamaroneck River Sheldrake River Hutchinson River Hudson River

Long Island Sound (southern side) Nissequogue River Wading River Carmans River 10 miles Connetquot River 6 miles Forge River 3.2 miles Swan River 2 miles Patchogue River 1 mile Carlls River Massapequa Creek Aspatuck River Speonk River

Arthur Kill Arthur Kill Fresh Kills Richmond Creek Passaic River (NJ) Saddle River Pompton River (NJ) Pequannock River (NJ) Wanaque River Ringwood River Ramapo River Mahwah River Hackensack River Pascack Brook

Upper New York Bay Kill Van Kull (tidal strait) East River (tidal strait) Newtown Creek Harlem River (tidal strait) Bronx Kill (tidal strait) Bronx River Flushing River Westchester Creek

Lower New York Bay Raritan River (NJ) Green Brook (NJ) Lawrence Brook (NJ) Middle Brook (NJ) Mile Run (NJ) Millstone River (NJ) North Branch Raritan River (NJ) Peters Brook (NJ) South Branch Raritan River (NJ) South River (NJ) Navesink River (NJ) Swimming River (NJ) Shrewsbury River (NJ)

Hudson River Basin

Hudson River (also known as the North River) Saw Mill River Rum Brook Mine Brook Nanny Hagen Brook Tertia Brook Wickers Creek Sparkill Creek Sunnyside Brook Pocantico River Caney Brook Rockefeller Brook Gory Brook Sing Sing Brook Croton River Kisco River Muscoot River Cross River Stone Hill River Waccabuc River Titicus River East Branch Croton River Middle Branch Croton River West Branch Croton River Minisceongo Creek Cedar Pond Brook Annsville Creek Peekskill Hollow Creek Sprout Brook Canopus Creek Broccy Creek Popolopen Creek Hemlock Brook Highland Brook Stoney Lonesome Brook Arden Brook Indian Brook Crows Nest Brook Foundry Brook Breakneck Brook Moodna Creek Silver Stream Woodbury Creek Mineral Spring Brook Cromline Creek Otter Kill Black Meadow Creek Beaverdam Brook Gordons Brook Wades Brook Squirrel Hollow Creek Fishkill Creek Clove Creek Sprout Creek Jackson Creek Whortlekill Creek Quassaick Creek Bushfield Creek Gedneytown Creek Wappinger Creek Little Wappinger Creek Lattintown Creek Casperkill Fonteyn Kill Fall Kill Twaalfskill Creek Maritje Kill Crum Elbow Creek Bard Rock Creek Indian Kill North Staatsburg Creek Black Creek (Hudson River tributary) Fallsburg Creek Landsman Kill Rhinebeck Kill Rondout Creek Wallkill River Shawangunk Kill Dwaar Kill (Shawangunk Kill tributary) Pakasink Creek Verkeerder Kill Platte Kill (Shawangunk Kill tributary) Little Shawangunk Kill Dwaar Kill (Wallkill River tributary) Tin Brook Muddy Kill Mannayunk Kill Monhagen Brook Pochuck Creek Wawayanda Creek Rutgers Creek Catlin Creek Joe Creek Indigot Creek Cottekill Brook Coxing Kill Kripplebush Creek Peters Kill Stony Kill Sanders Kill Rochester Creek Mill Brook (Rochester Creek tributary) Vly Brook Mettacahonts Creek Ver Nooy Kill Beer Kill Creek Fantine Kill Brandy Brook Trout Creek (Rondout Creek tributary) Chestnut Creek (Rondout Creek tributary) Sugarloaf Brook Sundown Creek High Falls Brook Stone Cabin Brook Bear Hole Brook Buttermilk Falls Brook Picket Brook Mudder Kill Saw Kill Lakes Kill Stony Creek Esopus Creek Plattekill Creek (Esopus Creek tributary) Saw Kill (Esopus Creek tributary) Bush Kill (Esopus Creek tributary) Maltby Hollow Brook Wittenberg Brook South Hollow Brook Kanape Brook Little Beaver Kill (Esopus Creek tributary) Beaver Kill (Esopus Creek tributary) Woodland Creek Muddy Brook (Woodland Creek tributary) Panther Kill Dougherty Branch Stony Clove Creek Hollow Tree Brook Bushnellsville Creek Angle Creek (Bushnellsville Creek tributary) Birch Creek (Esopus Creek tributary) Elk Bushkill Sawyer Kill Roeliff Jansen Kill Shekomeko Creek Bean River Bash Bish Brook Catskill Creek Kaaterskill Creek Potic Creek Cob Creek Jan De Bakkers Kill Basic Creek Wolf Fly Creek Bowery Creek Tenmile Creek Eightmile Creek Fox Creek Lake Creek Stockport Creek Claverack Creek Taghkanic Creek Kinderhook Creek Valatie Kill Kline Kill Stony Kill Tackawasick Creek Wyomanock Creek Black River Mill Creek Coxsackie Creek Hannacrois Creek Coeymans Creek Mosher Brook Onesquethaw Creek Schodack Creek Muitzes Kill Mill Creek Vloman Kill Dowers Kill Phillipin Kill Moordener Kill Normans Kill Bozen Kill Wynants Kill Poesten Kill Quacken Kill Mohawk River Alplaus Kill Delphus Kill Shakers Creek Lisha Kill Plotter Kill Moccasin Kill Sandsea Kill Terwilleger Creek North Chuctanunda Creek South Chuctanunda Creek Schoharie Creek Cobleskill Creek West Creek Fox Creek Switz Kill Batavia Kill Little West Kill West Kill Hunter Brook East Kill Auries Creek Cayadutta Creek Van Wie Creek Yatesville Creek Lasher Creek Flat Creek Canajoharie Creek Otsquago Creek Otsquene Creek Otstungo Creek Loyal Creek Caroga Creek Peck Creek Sprite Creek Mill Creek Glasgow Creek North Creek East Canada Creek Spruce Creek Sprite Creek Nowadaga Creek West Canada Creek Honnedaga Brook Seabury Brook Big Brook Mill Creek Mad Tom Brook Concklin Brook Cincinnati Creek Shed Brook Mill Brook Indian River Metcalf Brook Betty Green Brook South Branch West Canada Creek Fourmile Brook Mill Creek Cold Brook Oklahoma Creek White Creek Grandpa’s River (White Creek tributary) City Brook Maltanner Creek Stony Creek North Creek Fulmer Creek Flat Creek Day Creek Steele Creek Moyer Creek Sauquoit Creek Oriskany Creek Ninemile Creek Sixmile Creek Hurlbut Glen Brook Wells Creek Tannery Brook Stringer Brook Lansing Kill Haynes Brook Blue Brook Hoosic River Tomhannock Creek Sunkauissia Creek Owl Kill Walloomsac River Little Hoosic River Fish Creek Kayaderosseras Creek Glowegee Creek Batten Kill Slocum Creek Moses Kill Dead Creek Snook Kill Champlain Canal Sturdevant Creek Sacandaga River Paul Creek Kennyetto Creek East Stony Creek West Stony Creek West Branch Sacandaga River Hamilton Lake Stream Piseco Outlet Fall Stream East Branch Sacandaga River Kunjamuk River Schroon River Trout Brook Minerva Stream The Branch Patterson Brook North Creek Boreas River Indian River Jessup River Miami River Cedar River Rock River Goodnow River Newcomb River Opalescent River

Delaware River Basin

Delaware River Neversink River Basher Kill Sheldrake Stream East Branch Neversink River Erts Brook Riley Brook Tray Mill Brook Flat Brook (East Branch Neversink River tributary) Deer Shanty Brook Donovan Brook West Branch Neversink River Fall Brook (West Branch Neversink River tributary) Flat Brook (West Branch Neversink River tributary) High Falls Brook Biscuit Brook Pigeon Brook Mongaup River Black Brook (Mongaup River tributary) West Branch Mongaup River Middle Mongaup River East Mongaup River Tenmile River Callicoon Creek East Branch Callicoon Creek North Branch Callicoon Creek Hankins Creek Basket Creek North Branch Basket Creek East Branch Basket Creek Hoolihan Brook Pea Brook Bouchoux Brook Abe Lord Creek Humphries Brook Blue Mill Stream East Branch Delaware River Beaver Kill Willowemoc Creek Little Beaver Kill Fir Brook Jersey Brook Voorhees Brook Shin Creek Mary Smith Brook Upper Beech Hill Brook Alder Creek (Beaver Kill tributary) Scudder Brook Black Brook (Beaver Kill tributary) Gulf of Mexico Brook Tremper Kill Platte Kill West Branch Delaware River Oquaga Creek Little Delaware River

Susquehanna River Basin

Susquehanna River Chemung River Baldwin Creek Bentley Creek Seeley Creek South Creek Mudlick Creek Newtown Creek Post Creek Cohocton River Meads Creek Mud Creek Campbell Creek Fivemile Creek Goff Creek Tioga River Canisteo River Tuscarora Creek North Branch Tuscarora Creek Colonel Bills Creek Bennetts Creek Purdy Creek Crosby Creek Canacadea Creek Cowanesque River Troups Creek North Fork Cowanesque River Cayuta Creek Wappasening Creek Pipe Creek Owego Creek Catatonk Creek Willseyville Creek East Branch Owego Creek West Branch Owego Creek Apalachin Creek Nanticoke Creek Choconut Creek Chenango River Page Brook Tioughnioga River Otselic River Merrill Creek Mud Creek Dudley Creek Hunts Creek Labrador Creek East Branch Tioughnioga River West Branch Tioughnioga River Genegantslet Creek Bowman Creek Mill Brook Canasawacta Creek Sangerfield River Electric Light Stream Callahan Brook Little Snake Creek Snake Creek Tuscarora Creek Hotchkins Creek Sanford Creek Occanum Creek Sage Creek Ouaquaga Creek Watersnake Creek Belden Brook Wylie Brook Reed Creek Cornell Creek Kelsey Brook Landers Creek Osborn Brook Newton Brook Yaleville Creek Unadilla River Butternut Creek Wharton Creek Beaver Creek Carrs Creek Martin Brook Ouleout Creek Treadwell Creek Sand Hill Creek Brier Creek Flax Island Creek Otsdawa Creek Mill Creek Otego Creek Charlotte Creek Schenevus Creek Elk Creek Cherry Valley Creek Burditt Brook Black Brook Chase Creek Oaks Creek Fly Creek Muskrat Pond Outlet Lidell Creek Phinney Creek Red Creek

St. Lawrence River Basin

Lake Champlain

Great Chazy River Beaver Creek North Branch Great Chazy River Little Chazy River Saranac River North Branch Saranac River Salmon River Little Ausable River Ausable River East Branch Ausable River West Branch Ausable River Black Brook Chubb River Boquet River North Branch Boquet River Black River La Chute Northwest Bay Brook East Bay Poultney River Mettawee River Wood Creek (Champlain Canal) Halfway Creek Big Creek Indian River

St. Lawrence River Saint Lawrence River English River Chateauguay River Marble River Trout River Little Trout River Salmon River Pike Creek Little Salmon River Farrington Brook St. Regis River Deer River Trout Brook (Deer River tributary) West Branch Deer River West Branch St. Regis River Trout Brook (St. Regis River tributary) Stony Brook Long Pond Outlet Windfall Brook Lake Ozonia Outlet East Branch St. Regis River Osgood River Onion River Raquette River Plum Brook Trout Brook (Raquette River tributary) Jordan River Bog River Round Lake Stream Ampersand Brook Moose Creek Cold River Big Brook Salmon River Marion River South Inlet Grass River Little River Harrison Creek Tanner Creek (Grass River tributary) North Branch Grass River Middle Branch Grass River South Branch Grass River Brandy Brook Sucker Brook Oswegatchie River Indian River Black Creek Otter Creek West Creek Bonaparte Creek Indian Creek West Branch Oswegatchie River Big Creek Middle Branch Oswegatchie River Palmer Creek Little River Robinson River Chippewa Creek Crooked Creek Cranberry Creek Mullet Creek French Creek

Lake Ontario

Chaumont River Perch River Black River Deer River West Branch Deer River Beaver River Black Creek Crystal Creek Independence River Roaring Brook Otter Creek Moose River Pine Creek Middle Branch Moose River North Branch Moose River South Branch Moose River Red River Indian River Cobblestone Creek Otter Brook Sugar River Moose Creek White River Woodhull Creek Little Woodhull Creek Little Black Creek Mill Creek Stony Creek Sandy Creek (Jefferson County, New York) South Sandy Creek Abijah Creek Grunley Creek North Branch Sandy Creek Gulf Stream Little Sandy Creek Salmon River North Branch Salmon River Mad River East Branch Salmon River Grindstone Creek North Branch Grindstone Creek South Branch Grindstone Creek Little Salmon River North Branch Little Salmon River South Branch Little Salmon River

Oswego River Oneida River Caughdenoy Creek Oneida Lake: Scriba Creek Chittenango Creek Limestone Creek Butternut Creek Oneida Creek Fish Creek Wood Creek East Branch Fish Creek Point Rock Creek West Branch Fish Creek Little River (Fish Creek tributary) Mad River Little River (Mad River tributary) Seneca River Onondaga Lake: Ninemile Creek Ley Creek Onondaga Creek Skaneateles Creek Owasco Outlet Clyde River Canandaigua Outlet Flint Creek Canandaigua Lake: