List of rivers of Arkansas

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This article is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Arkansas.

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By drainage basin

This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.

Red River

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Red River Drainage Basin
Ouachita Drainage Basin Ouachita watershed.png
Ouachita Drainage Basin

Arkansas River

White River

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White River Drainage Basin

St. Francis River

By size

Rivers are measured by their mean annual flow of water in cubic feet per second (cuft/s). 1 cubic foot per second euqals 0.028 m3/s.

RiverFlowLocation of monitoring stationNotes
cu ft/sm3/s
Mississippi River671,50019,010near Vicksburg, Mississippi
Arkansas River47,9701,358Murray Dam, near Little Rock
White River26,760758near De Valls Bluff
Red River19,230545 near Spring Bank
Ouachita River11,012311.8near Louisiana border
St. Francis10,000280below junction with L'Anguille Riverestimated from limited data from US Army Corps of Engineers. See notes, below
Black River9,893280.1near Elgin Ferry
Little River4,621130.9near Millwood Lake no measurement gauge nearby; probably 1,000–2,000 cu ft/s (28–57 m3/s) higher flow
Current River2,80279.3near Doniphan, Missouri
Saline River2,62974.4near Rye
Little Red River1,77750.3near Dewey
Spring River1,43240.5near Imboden
Buffalo River1,37939.0near Harriet
Cache River1,36938.8near Cotton Plant
Bayou Bartholomew1,22134.6near Portland
Eleven Point River1,15732.8near Ravenden Springs
L'Anguille River1,08530.7near Palestine
Petit Jean River82823.4near Danville
Crooked Creek66918.9near Yellville
Illinois River62217.6near Siloam Springs larger downstream in Oklahoma
Kings River58216.5near Berryville
Mulberry River55715.8near Mulberry
Lee Creek53115.0near Van Buren
Big Piney Creek48113.6near Dover
Smackover Creek41511.8near Smackover
Saline River38510.9near Lockesburg
Illinois Bayou37910.7near Scottsville
Mammoth Spring3519.9near Mammoth Spring
War Eagle Creek2958.4near Hindsville
Antoine Creek2787.9near Antoine
Cadron Creek2717.7near Guy
Caddo River2667.5near Caddo Gap upper course, larger downstream
West Fork Point Remove Creek2577.3near Hattieville
Moro Creek2567.2near Fordyce
Bayou Macon2406.8near Eudora
South Fork of Little Red River2386.7near Clinton
Cossatot River1875.3near Vandervoort upper course, larger downstream
Richland Creek1795.1near Goshen
West Fork White River1664.7near Fayetteville
Little Missouri River1484.2near Langley
James Fork1474.2near Hackett
Osage Creek1343.8near Elm Springs
Richland Creek1183.3near Witts Spring
Bear Creek1083.1near Silver Hill
Rolling Fork River ?No measurement gauge, but hundreds of cubic feet
Strawberry River ?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 http://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

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