List of rivers of Georgia (U.S. state)

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List of rivers of Georgia (U.S. state) .

By drainage basin

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

By drainage basin
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Miscellaneous
Alphabetically
References
See also

Atlantic Ocean

Savannah drainage basin Savannahrivermap.png — Savannah drainage basin

Ogeechee drainage basin Ogeecheerivermap.png — Ogeechee drainage basin

Satilla drainage basin Satillarivermap.png — Satilla drainage basin

Gulf of Mexico

Suwannee drainage basin Suwanneerivermap.png — Suwannee drainage basin

Apalachicola River (FL)
- Chattahoochee River
  - Sawhatchee Creek
  - Pataula Creek
  - Hannahatchee Creek
  - Upatoi Creek
  - Bull Creek
  - Mulberry Creek
  - Mountain Oak Creek
  - Flat Shoal Creek
  - Yellowjacket Creek
    - Beech Creek
  - New River
    - Caney Creek
  - Dog River
    - Billy Creek
      - Nancy Long Creek
  - Camp Creek
  - Sweetwater Creek
    - Noses Creek
  - Peachtree Creek
    - Nancy Creek
    - North Fork Peachtree Creek
      - Henderson Mill Creek
    - South Fork Peachtree Creek
  - Sope Creek
    - Sewell Mill Creek
  - Willeo Creek
  - Vickery Creek (Big Creek tributary)
    - Hog Wallow Creek
    - Foe Killer Creek
  - Crooked Creek
  - Johns Creek (Chattahoochee River tributary)
  - Chestatee River
    - Tesnatee Creek
  - Soque River
    - Hazel Creek
    - Deep Creek
      - Liberty Creek
    - Shoal Creek
      - Alley Creek
- Flint River
  - Spring Creek
  - Ichawaynochaway Creek
  - Kinchafoonee Creek
    - Muckalee Creek
  - Wildcat Creek
    - Heads Creek
    - Shoal Creek
  - Horton Creek
    - Woolsey Creek
    - Antioch Creek
  - Line Creek

Upper Coosa drainage basin Coosaheadwatersmap.png — Upper Coosa drainage basin

Mobile River (AL)
- Alabama River (AL)
  - Coosa River
  - Tallapoosa River
    - Little Tallapoosa River

Hiwassee drainage basin Hiwasseerivermap.png — Hiwassee drainage basin

Mississippi River
- Ohio River
  - Tennessee River (TN)
    - Hiwassee River
      - Toccoa River
      - Nottely River
    - Little Tennessee River

Miscellaneous

River Styx - Georgia has two very small rivers named after the mythical Styx. Both flow into swamps. One is in the Savannah River watershed, the other is in the St. Marys River watershed.

Alphabetically

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System
USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Georgia (1974)
Graham, Paul K. (2010). Atlas of East and Coastal Georgia Watercourses and Militia Districts. The Genealogy Company. ISBN 0-9755312-3-9.

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v t e Significant waterways of Georgia
Larger rivers	Alapaha Alcovy Altamaha Apalachee Aucilla Broad Chattahoochee Chattooga (Coosa River) Chattooga (Tugaloo River) Canoochee Conasauga Coosa Etowah Flint Hiwassee Little (Oconee River) Little (Savannah River) Little (Withlacoochee River) Little Tallapoosa Little Tennessee Nottely Ochlockonee Ocmulgee Oconee Ogeechee River Ohoopee Satilla Savannah South (Ocmulgee River) St. Marys Suwannee Tallapoosa Toccoa/Ocoee Towaliga Withlacoochee Yellow
Lakes	Allatoona Banks Lake Blackshear Burton Carters Chatuge Chehaw George W. Andrews Goat Rock Harding Hartwell Jackson Lanier Nottely Oconee Oliver Rabun Richard B. Russell Seminole Sinclair Strom Thurmond Tugalo Walter F. George West Point
Smaller rivers	Alabaha Alapahoochee Black (Okefenokee Swamp) Cartecay Coleman Coosawattee Dog Ellijay Hudson Jacks Jerico Little (Etowah River) Little Ochlockonee Little Ogeechee (Hancock County) Little Satilla (Satilla River) Mulberry River New (Chattahoochee River) New (Withlacoochee River) Oostanaula Soque South Newport Tallulah Tugaloo Willacoochee
Tidal rivers	Bear Belfast Broro Brunswick Buffalo Bull Chestatee Crescent Crooked Cumberland Darien Duplin Frederica Halfmoon Hampton Herb Laurel View Little Ogechee (Chatham County) Little Satilla (Atlantic Ocean) Mackay Medway Mud North River (Darien River) North (St. Marys River) North Newport Odingsell Sapelo Shad Skidaway Sope Tivoli Turtle Vernon Wilmington
Creeks and streams	Alligator (Little Ocmulgee River) Big Satilla Brasstown Ebenezer Euchee Ichawaynochaway Kettle Kinchafoonee Little Satilla Muckalee Noonday Okapilco Peachtree Rocky Comfort Spring (Flint River) Suwannoochee Sweetwater (Chattahoochee River) Tobesofkee Toccoa Walnut (South River) Walnut (Ocmulgee River) Williamson Swamp
Canals	Augusta Canal Brunswick–Altamaha Canal Savannah–Ogeechee Canal Suwannee Canal
See also	Grand Bay Intracoastal Waterway Okefenokee Swamp List of Georgia rivers

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