By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries, arranged in the order of their confluence from mouth to source, indented under each larger stream's name.
Atlantic Ocean north of Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay
- Potomac River
- Hull Creek
- Coan River
- Yeocomico River
- Lower Machodoc Creek
- Nomini Creek
- Popes Creek
- Mattox Creek
- Rosier Creek
- Upper Machodoc Creek
- Potomac Creek
- Aquia Creek
- Chopawamsic Creek
- Quantico Creek
- Neabsco Creek
- Occoquan River
- Pohick Creek
- Accotink Creek
- Dogue Creek
- Little Hunting Creek
- Hunting Creek
- Four Mile Run
- Pimmit Run
- Difficult Run
- Sugarland Run
- Broad Run
- Goose Creek
- Catoctin Creek
- Shenandoah River
Shenandoah drainage basin - Opequon Creek
- Back Creek
- Sleepy Creek
- South Branch Potomac River
- Little Wicomico River
- Great Wicomico River
- Rappahannock River
- Piankatank River
- East River
- North River
- Ware River
- Severn River
- York River
- Poquoson River
- Back River
- Hampton Roads
- Hampton River
- Elizabeth River
- James River
James drainage basin - Hoffler Creek
- Nansemond River
- Chuckatuck Creek
- Pagan River
- Warwick River
- Lawnes Creek
- Skiffes Creek
- College Creek
- Grays Creek
- Chickahominy River
- Upper Chippokes Creek
- Wards Creek
- Bailey Creek
- Appomattox River
- Falling Creek
- Powhite Creek
- Deep Creek
- Muddy Creek
- Willis River
- Byrd Creek
- Rivanna River
- Slate River
- Hardware River
- Rockfish River
- Tye River
- David Creek
- Beaver Creek
- Blackwater Creek
- Harris Creek
- Pedlar River
- Maury River
- Cedar Creek (James River tributary)
- Catawba Creek
- Craig Creek
- Mill Creek (James River tributary)
- Sinking Creek
- Cowpasture River
- Jackson River
- Lynnhaven River
Atlantic Ocean south of Chesapeake Bay
- Chowan River (NC)
- Meherrin River
- Somerton Creek
- Blackwater River
- Nottoway River
- Mill Creek
- Nottoway Swamp
- Assamoosick Swamp
- Three Creek
- Raccoon Creek
- Hunting Quarter Swamp
- Rowanty Creek
- Stony Creek
- Sturgeon Creek
- Waqua Creek
- Tommeheton Creek
- Crooked Creek
- Little Nottoway River
- Roanoke River (or Staunton River)
- Allen Creek (Roanoke River tributary)
- Island Creek
- Grassy Creek
- Bluestone Creek
- Dan River
- Line Branch
- Aarons Creek
- Hyco River
- Lick Branch
- Banister River
- Gibson Creek
- Wolf Trap Creek
- Myers Creek
- Winn Creek
- Toots Creek
- Terrible Creek
- Kents Creek
- Polecat Creek
- Sandy Creek
- Bye Creek
- Bradley Creek
- Runaway Creek
- Elkhorn Creek
- Brush Creek
- Squirrel Creek
- Allen Creek
- Bird Creek
- Stinking River
- Shockoe Creek
- Whitethorn Creek
- Cherrystone Creek
- White Oak Creek
- Pudding Creek
- Bearskin Creek
- Strawberry Creek
- Robins Branch
- Wet Sleeve Creek
- Mitchell Branch
- Chatman Branch
- Grassy Creek
- Perrin Creek
- Reedy Creek
- Poplar Creek
- Pond Branch
- Miry Creek
- Lawsons Creek
- Country Line Creek
- Sandy River
- Cascade Creek
- Smith River
- Mayo River
- Little Dan River
- Difficult Creek
- Roanoke Creek
- Cub Creek
- Falling River
- Straightstone Creek
- Seneca Creek
- Otter River
- Big Otter River
- Goose Creek (Roanoke River tributary)
- Pigg River
- Blackwater River
- Back Creek
- Tinker Creek
- North Fork Roanoke River
- South Fork Roanoke River
- Pee Dee River (NC)
Mississippi River
Tennessee River
- Tennessee River (TN)
- Clinch River
- Holston River (TN)
Ohio River
- Ohio River (KY, WV)
- Big Sandy River (KY)
- Kanawha River (WV)
