List of rivers of South Dakota

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This is a list of rivers in the state of South Dakota in the United States.

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By tributary

Minnesota River watershed

Missouri River

Red River of the North watershed

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Spearfish, South Dakota</span> Census-designated place in South Dakota, United States

North Spearfish is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,366 at the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grand River (South Dakota)</span> Stream in South Dakota, USA


The Grand River is a tributary of the Missouri River in South Dakota in the United States. The length of the combined branch is 110 mi (177 km). With its longest fork, its length is approximately 200 mi (320 km).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moreau River (South Dakota)</span> Stream in South Dakota, USA

The Moreau River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 200 miles (320 km) long, in South Dakota in the United States. Moreau River has the name of a pioneer trader.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cheyenne River</span> River in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming

The Cheyenne River, also written Chyone, referring to the Cheyenne people who once lived there, is a tributary of the Missouri River in the U.S. states of Wyoming and South Dakota. It is approximately 295 miles (475 km) long and drains an area of 24,240 square miles (62,800 km2). About 60% of the drainage basin is in South Dakota and almost all of the remainder is in Wyoming.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keya Paha River</span> River in Nebraska, United States

The Keya Paha River is a river flowing 127 miles (204 km) through the U.S. states of South Dakota and Nebraska.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vermillion River (South Dakota)</span> River in South Dakota, United States

The Vermillion River is a tributary of the Missouri River, 96 miles (154 km) long, in eastern South Dakota in the United States. The origin of the river name is Waséoyuze, Lakota for "place where vermilion is obtained".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Great Sioux Reservation</span> Former Indian reservation in the United States

The Great Sioux Reservation initially set aside land west of the Missouri River in South Dakota and Nebraska for the use of the Lakota Sioux, who had dominated this territory. The reservation was established in the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. It included all of present-day western South Dakota and modern Boyd County, Nebraska. This area was established by the United States as a reservation for the Teton Sioux, also known as the Lakota: the seven western bands of the "Seven Council Fires".

The Missouri National Recreational River is a National Recreational River located on the border between Nebraska and South Dakota. The designation was first applied in 1978 to a 59-mile section of the Missouri River between Gavins Point Dam and Ponca State Park. In 1991, an additional 39-mile section between Fort Randall Dam and Niobrara, Nebraska, was added to the designation. These two stretches of the Missouri River are the only parts of the river between Montana and the mouth of the Missouri that remain undammed or unchannelized. The last 20 miles of the Niobrara River and 6 miles of Verdigre Creek were also added in 1991.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thunder Butte</span> Geographic feature in South Dakota, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ponca Creek (Missouri River tributary)</span> River in Nebraska, United States

Ponca Creek is a stream that flows from southern South Dakota and into northern Nebraska. It is 139 miles (224 km) long. Its source is about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of U.S. 183, near Colome. It flows into the Missouri River 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Niobrara. Ponca Creek starts out going east, then takes a southeast direction. It flows like that until around Bristow, Nebraska where it turns east again until it flows into the Missouri River. The entire Ponca Creek watershed drains 520,000 acres (2,100 km2). The watershed stretches from central Tripp County to central Gregory County.