List of rivers of Indiana facts for kids
Indiana is a state in the United States, and it's home to many important rivers. Rivers are natural flowing watercourses, usually freshwater, that flow towards an ocean, sea, lake, or another river. This article lists the main rivers found in Indiana, helping you understand how they connect and where they flow.
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How Rivers Connect: By Tributary
A tributary is a smaller stream or river that flows into a larger river or lake. Think of it like a branch joining a bigger tree trunk. This section shows how Indiana's rivers are connected, starting from the largest bodies of water they eventually reach.
Rivers Flowing into Lake Erie
These rivers eventually reach Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes.
- Maumee River
- St. Marys River
- St. Joseph River
- Cedar Creek
- Little Cedar Creek
- Willow Creek
- Fish Creek
- Cedar Creek
Rivers Flowing into Lake Michigan
These rivers eventually reach Lake Michigan, another one of the Great Lakes.
- St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan)
- Elkhart River
- Little Elkhart River
- Fawn River
- Galena River (This river becomes the Galien River when it flows into Michigan.)
- Trail Creek
- East Arm Little Calumet River
- Grand Calumet River (This river connects to the Calumet River in Illinois through the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal.)
- Little Calumet River (This river also connects to the Calumet River in Illinois through the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal.)
Rivers Flowing into the Mississippi River
Most of Indiana's rivers eventually flow into the mighty Mississippi River, which then empties into the Gulf of Mexico.
- Ohio River
- Wabash River (This is Indiana's state river and one of its most important.)
- Black River
- Bonpas Creek (This creek is now along the Indiana-Illinois border because the Wabash River has changed its path over time.)
- Patoka River
- White River
- Eagle Creek
- Wabash River (This is Indiana's state river and one of its most important.)
* Little Eagle Creek
* Lost River * Muscatatuck River ** Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River * Flatrock River ** Little Flatrock River * Driftwood River ** Big Blue River *** Little Blue River ** Sugar Creek (Driftwood River tributary) * Salt Creek (White River tributary) ** Clear Creek (Salt Creek) *** Jackson Creek
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- Sugar Creek (Wabash River tributary) (Also known as Sugar River or Rock River.)
- Little Vermilion River
- Vermilion River
- Big Pine Creek
- Wildcat Creek
- Tippecanoe River
- Eel River
- Mississinewa River
- Salamonie River
- Little River (Also called Little Wabash River.)
- Crooked Creek
- Pigeon Creek (Also called Pigeon River.)
- Little Pigeon Creek (Also called Little Pigeon River.)
- Anderson River
- Little Blue River
- Blue River
- Silver Creek
- Fourteen Mile Creek
- Great Miami River
- Whitewater River
- Stillwater River (OH)
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- Illinois River (IL)
- Kankakee River
- Iroquois River
- Yellow River
- Little Kankakee River
- Kankakee River
Rivers in Alphabetical Order
This section lists the rivers of Indiana in alphabetical order, making it easy to find a specific river.
- Anderson River
- Big Blue River
- Big Pine Creek
- Black River (Flows near Owensville and New Harmony.)
- Blue River
- Bonpas Creek
- Cedar Creek
- Deep River
- Driftwood River
- East Arm Little Calumet River
- East Fork White River
- Eel River (Wabash River tributary) (This one is in northern Indiana.)
- Eel River (White River tributary) (This one is in southern Indiana.)
- Elkhart River
- Fall Creek
- Fawn River
- Flatrock Creek
- Flatrock River
- Fourteen Mile Creek
- Galena River
- Grand Calumet River
- Great Miami River
- Greenville Creek
- Iroquois River
- Jackson Creek (Monroe County)
- Kankakee River
- Little Blue River (Found in Perry and Crawford counties.)
- Little Blue River (Found in Shelby, Rush, and Henry counties.)
- Little Calumet River
- Little Elkhart River
- Little Flatrock River
- Little Kankakee River
- Little Pigeon Creek
- Little River (Also called Little Wabash River.)
- Little Vermilion River
- Lost River
- Maumee River
- Mill Creek (Jackson County, Indiana)
- Mississinewa River
- Muscatatuck River
- Ohio River
- Patoka River
- Pigeon Creek (Also called Pigeon River.)
- Pigeon River (Also called Pigeon Creek or Turkey Creek.)
- Redinger Ditch
- St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan)
- St. Joseph River (Maumee River tributary)
- St. Marys River
- Salamonie River
- Salt Creek (Little Calumet River tributary)
- Salt Creek (White River tributary)
- Sand River
- Silver Creek
- Sugar Creek (Driftwood River tributary)
- Sugar Creek (Wabash River tributary) (Also called Sugar Creek or Rock River.)
- Tippecanoe River
- Trail Creek
- Vermilion River
- Vernon Fork Muscatatuck River
- Wabash River
- White Lick Creek
- White River
- Whitewater River
- Wildcat Creek
- Yellow River
- Youngs Creek (Johnson County, Indiana)
- Youngs Creek (Orange County, Indiana)
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