This list is arranged by
drainage basin, with tributaries indented by order of confluence, from mouth to source.
New York Harbor , 2.
East River, 3.
Long Island Sound, 4.
Newark Bay, 5. Upper New York Bay, 6.
Lower New York Bay, 7.
Jamaica Bay, 8.
Atlantic Ocean Block Island Sound •
Peconic River •
Little River Long Island Sound (northern side) •
Housatonic River (CT) •
Tenmile River •
Swamp River •
Mill River •
Webatuck Creek •
Green River •
Norwalk River (CT) •
Silvermine River •
Rippowam River •
Mill River •
Mianus River •
Byram River •
Wampus River • Blind Brook •
Mamaroneck River •
Sheldrake River •
Hutchinson River •
Hudson River Long Island Sound (southern side) •
Nissequogue River •
Wading River •
Carmans River 10 miles •
Connetquot River 6 miles •
Forge River 3.2 miles •
Swan River 2 miles •
Patchogue River 1 mile •
Carlls River •
Massapequa Creek •
Aspatuck River •
Speonk River Arthur Kill •
Arthur Kill •
Fresh Kills •
Richmond Creek •
Passaic River (NJ) •
Saddle River •
Pompton River (NJ) •
Pequannock River (NJ) •
Wanaque River •
Ringwood River •
Ramapo River •
Mahwah River •
Hackensack River •
Pascack Brook Upper New York Bay •
Kill Van Kull (tidal strait) •
East River (tidal strait) •
Newtown Creek •
Harlem River (tidal strait) •
Bronx Kill (tidal strait) •
Bronx River •
Flushing River •
Westchester Creek Lower New York Bay •
Raritan River (NJ) •
Green Brook (NJ) •
Lawrence Brook (NJ) •
Middle Brook (NJ) •
Mile Run (NJ) •
Millstone River (NJ) •
North Branch Raritan River (NJ) •
Peters Brook (NJ) •
South Branch Raritan River (NJ) •
South River (NJ) •
Navesink River (NJ) •
Swimming River (NJ) •
Shrewsbury River (NJ) Hudson River Basin •
Hudson River (also known as the
North River) •
Saw Mill River •
Rum Brook •
Mine Brook •
Nanny Hagen Brook •
Tertia Brook •
Wickers Creek •
Sparkill Creek • Sunnyside Brook •
Pocantico River •
Caney Brook •
Rockefeller Brook •
Gory Brook •
Sing Sing Brook •
Croton River •
Kisco River •
Muscoot River •
Cross River •
Stone Hill River •
Waccabuc River •
Titicus River •
East Branch Croton River •
Middle Branch Croton River •
West Branch Croton River •
Minisceongo Creek •
Cedar Pond Brook •
Annsville Creek •
Peekskill Hollow Creek •
Sprout Brook •
Canopus Creek •
Broccy Creek •
Popolopen Creek •
Hemlock Brook •
Highland Brook •
Stoney Lonesome Brook •
Arden Brook •
Indian Brook •
Crows Nest Brook •
Foundry Brook •
Breakneck Brook •
Moodna Creek •
Silver Stream •
Woodbury Creek •
Mineral Spring Brook •
Cromline Creek •
Otter Kill •
Black Meadow Creek •
Beaverdam Brook •
Gordons Brook •
Wades Brook •
Squirrel Hollow Creek •
Fishkill Creek •
Clove Creek •
Sprout Creek •
Jackson Creek •
Whortlekill Creek •
Quassaick Creek •
Bushfield Creek •
Gedneytown Creek •
Wappinger Creek •
Little Wappinger Creek •
Lattintown Creek •
Casperkill •
Fonteyn Kill •
Fall Kill •
Twaalfskill Creek •
Maritje Kill •
Crum Elbow Creek •
Bard Rock Creek •
Indian Kill •
North Staatsburg Creek •
Black Creek (Hudson River tributary) •
Fallsburg Creek •
Landsman Kill •
Rhinebeck Kill •
Rondout Creek •
Wallkill River •
Shawangunk Kill •
Dwaar Kill (Shawangunk Kill tributary) •
Pakasink Creek •
Verkeerder Kill •
Platte Kill (Shawangunk Kill tributary) •
Little Shawangunk Kill •
Dwaar Kill (Wallkill River tributary) •
Tin Brook •
Muddy Kill •
Mannayunk Kill •
Monhagen Brook •
Pochuck Creek •
Wawayanda Creek •
Rutgers Creek •
Catlin Creek •
Joe Creek •
Indigot Creek •
Cottekill Brook •
Coxing Kill •
Kripplebush Creek •
Peters Kill •
Stony Kill •
Sanders Kill •
Rochester Creek •
Mill Brook (Rochester Creek tributary) •
Vly Brook •
Mettacahonts Creek •
Ver Nooy Kill •
Beer Kill Creek •
Fantine Kill •
Brandy Brook •
Trout Creek (Rondout Creek tributary) •
Chestnut Creek (Rondout Creek tributary) •
Sugarloaf Brook •
Sundown Creek •
High Falls Brook •
Stone Cabin Brook •
Bear Hole Brook •
Buttermilk Falls Brook •
Picket Brook •
Mudder Kill •
Saw Kill •
Lakes Kill •
Stony Creek •
Esopus Creek •
Plattekill Creek (Esopus Creek tributary) •
Saw Kill (Esopus Creek tributary) •
Bush Kill (Esopus Creek tributary) •
Maltby Hollow Brook •
Wittenberg Brook •
South Hollow Brook •
Kanape Brook •
Little Beaver Kill (Esopus Creek tributary) •
Beaver Kill (Esopus Creek tributary) •
Woodland Creek •
Muddy Brook (Woodland Creek tributary) •
Panther Kill •
Dougherty Branch •
Stony Clove Creek •
Hollow Tree Brook •
Bushnellsville Creek •
Angle Creek (Bushnellsville Creek tributary) •
Birch Creek (Esopus Creek tributary) •
Elk Bushkill •
Sawyer Kill •
Roeliff Jansen Kill •
Shekomeko Creek •
Bean River •
Bash Bish Brook •
Catskill Creek •
Kaaterskill Creek •
Potic Creek •
Cob Creek •
Jan De Bakkers Kill •
Basic Creek •
Wolf Fly Creek •
Bowery Creek •
Tenmile Creek •
Eightmile Creek •
Fox Creek •
Lake Creek •
Stockport Creek •
Claverack Creek •
Taghkanic Creek •
Kinderhook Creek •
Valatie Kill •
Kline Kill •
Stony Kill •
Tackawasick Creek •
Wyomanock Creek •
Black River •
Mill Creek •
Coxsackie Creek •
Hannacrois Creek •
Coeymans Creek •
Mosher Brook •
Onesquethaw Creek •
Schodack Creek •
Muitzes Kill •
Mill Creek •
Vloman Kill •
Dowers Kill •
Phillipin Kill •
Moordener Kill •
Normans Kill •
Bozen Kill •
Wynants Kill •
Poesten Kill •
Quacken Kill •
Mohawk River •
Alplaus Kill •
Delphus Kill •
Shakers Creek •
Lisha Kill •
Plotter Kill •
Moccasin Kill •
Sandsea Kill •
Terwilleger Creek •
North Chuctanunda Creek •
South Chuctanunda Creek •
Schoharie Creek •
Cobleskill Creek •
West Creek •
Fox Creek •
Switz Kill •
Batavia Kill •
Little West Kill •
West Kill •
Hunter Brook •
East Kill •
Auries Creek •
Cayadutta Creek •
Van Wie Creek •
Yatesville Creek •
Lasher Creek •
Flat Creek •
Canajoharie Creek •
Otsquago Creek •
Otsquene Creek •
Otstungo Creek •
Loyal Creek •
Caroga Creek •
Peck Creek •
Sprite Creek •
Mill Creek •
Glasgow Creek •
North Creek •
East Canada Creek •
Spruce Creek •
Sprite Creek •
Nowadaga Creek •
West Canada Creek •
Honnedaga Brook •
Seabury Brook •
Big Brook •
Mill Creek •
Mad Tom Brook •
Concklin Brook •
Cincinnati Creek •
Shed Brook •
Mill Brook •
Indian River •
Metcalf Brook •
Betty Green Brook •
South Branch West Canada Creek •
Fourmile Brook •
Mill Creek •
Cold Brook •
Oklahoma Creek •
White Creek •
Grandpa’s River (White Creek tributary) •
City Brook •
Maltanner Creek •
Stony Creek •
North Creek •
Fulmer Creek •
Flat Creek •
Day Creek •
Steele Creek •
Moyer Creek •
Sauquoit Creek •
Oriskany Creek •
Ninemile Creek •
Sixmile Creek •
Hurlbut Glen Brook •
Wells Creek •
Tannery Brook •
Stringer Brook •
Lansing Kill •
Haynes Brook •
Blue Brook •
Hoosic River •
Tomhannock Creek •
Sunkauissia Creek •
Owl Kill •
Walloomsac River •
Little Hoosic River •
Fish Creek •
Kayaderosseras Creek •
Glowegee Creek •
Batten Kill •
Slocum Creek •
Moses Kill •
Dead Creek •
Snook Kill •
Champlain Canal •
Sturdevant Creek •
Sacandaga River •
Paul Creek •
Kennyetto Creek •
East Stony Creek •
West Stony Creek •
West Branch Sacandaga River •
Hamilton Lake Stream •
Piseco Outlet •
Fall Stream •
East Branch Sacandaga River •
Kunjamuk River •
Schroon River •
Trout Brook •
Minerva Stream •
The Branch •
Patterson Brook •
North Creek •
Boreas River •
Indian River •
Jessup River •
Miami River •
Cedar River •
Rock River •
Goodnow River •
Newcomb River •
Opalescent River Delaware River Basin •
Delaware River •
Neversink River •
Basher Kill •
Sheldrake Stream •
East Branch Neversink River •
Erts Brook •
Riley Brook •
Tray Mill Brook •
Flat Brook (East Branch Neversink River tributary) •
Deer Shanty Brook •
Donovan Brook •
West Branch Neversink River •
Fall Brook (West Branch Neversink River tributary) •
Flat Brook (West Branch Neversink River tributary) •
High Falls Brook •
Biscuit Brook •
Pigeon Brook •
Mongaup River •
Black Brook (Mongaup River tributary) •
West Branch Mongaup River •
Middle Mongaup River •
East Mongaup River •
Tenmile River •
Callicoon Creek •
East Branch Callicoon Creek •
North Branch Callicoon Creek •
Hankins Creek •
Basket Creek •
North Branch Basket Creek •
East Branch Basket Creek •
Hoolihan Brook •
Pea Brook •
Bouchoux Brook •
Abe Lord Creek •
Humphries Brook •
Blue Mill Stream •
East Branch Delaware River •
Beaver Kill •
Willowemoc Creek •
Little Beaver Kill •
Fir Brook •
Jersey Brook •
Voorhees Brook •
Shin Creek •
Mary Smith Brook •
Upper Beech Hill Brook •
Alder Creek (Beaver Kill tributary) •
Scudder Brook •
Black Brook (Beaver Kill tributary) •
Gulf of Mexico Brook •
Tremper Kill •
Platte Kill •
West Branch Delaware River •
Oquaga Creek •
Little Delaware River Susquehanna River Basin •
Susquehanna River •
Chemung River •
Baldwin Creek •
Bentley Creek •
Seeley Creek •
South Creek •
Mudlick Creek •
Newtown Creek •
Post Creek •
Cohocton River •
Meads Creek •
Mud Creek •
Campbell Creek •
Fivemile Creek •
Goff Creek •
Tioga River •
Canisteo River •
Tuscarora Creek •
North Branch Tuscarora Creek •
Colonel Bills Creek •
Bennetts Creek •
Purdy Creek •
Crosby Creek •
Canacadea Creek •
Cowanesque River •
Troups Creek •
North Fork Cowanesque River •
Cayuta Creek •
Wappasening Creek •
Pipe Creek •
Owego Creek •
Catatonk Creek •
Willseyville Creek •
East Branch Owego Creek •
West Branch Owego Creek •
Apalachin Creek •
Nanticoke Creek •
Choconut Creek •
Chenango River •
Page Brook •
Tioughnioga River •
Otselic River •
Merrill Creek •
Mud Creek •
Dudley Creek •
Hunts Creek •
Labrador Creek •
East Branch Tioughnioga River •
West Branch Tioughnioga River •
Genegantslet Creek •
Bowman Creek •
Mill Brook •
Canasawacta Creek •
Sangerfield River •
Electric Light Stream •
Callahan Brook •
Little Snake Creek •
Snake Creek •
Tuscarora Creek •
Hotchkins Creek •
Sanford Creek •
Occanum Creek •
Sage Creek •
Ouaquaga Creek •
Watersnake Creek •
Belden Brook •
Wylie Brook •
Reed Creek •
Cornell Creek •
Kelsey Brook •
Landers Creek •
Osborn Brook •
Newton Brook •
Yaleville Creek •
Unadilla River •
Butternut Creek •
Wharton Creek •
Beaver Creek •
Carrs Creek •
Martin Brook •
Ouleout Creek •
Treadwell Creek •
Sand Hill Creek •
Brier Creek •
Flax Island Creek •
Otsdawa Creek •
Mill Creek •
Otego Creek •
Charlotte Creek •
Schenevus Creek •
Elk Creek •
Cherry Valley Creek •
Burditt Brook •
Black Brook • Chase Creek •
Oaks Creek •
Fly Creek •
Muskrat Pond Outlet •
Lidell Creek •
Phinney Creek •
Red Creek St. Lawrence River Basin Lake Champlain •
Great Chazy River •
Beaver Creek •
North Branch Great Chazy River •
Little Chazy River •
Saranac River •
North Branch Saranac River •
Salmon River •
Little Ausable River •
Ausable River •
East Branch Ausable River •
West Branch Ausable River •
Black Brook •
Chubb River •
Boquet River •
North Branch Boquet River •
Black River •
La Chute •
Northwest Bay Brook •
East Bay •
Poultney River •
Mettawee River •
Wood Creek (Champlain Canal) •
Halfway Creek •
Big Creek •
Indian River St. Lawrence River •
Saint Lawrence River •
English River •
Chateauguay River •
Marble River •
Trout River •
Little Trout River •
Salmon River •
Pike Creek •
Little Salmon River •
Farrington Brook •
St. Regis River •
Deer River •
Trout Brook (Deer River tributary) •
West Branch Deer River •
West Branch St. Regis River •
Trout Brook (St. Regis River tributary) •
Stony Brook •
Long Pond Outlet •
Windfall Brook •
Lake Ozonia Outlet •
East Branch St. Regis River •
Osgood River •
Onion River •
Raquette River •
Plum Brook •
Trout Brook (Raquette River tributary) •
Jordan River •
Bog River •
Round Lake Stream •
Ampersand Brook •
Moose Creek •
Cold River •
Big Brook •
Salmon River •
Marion River •
South Inlet •
Grass River •
Little River •
Harrison Creek •
Tanner Creek (Grass River tributary) •
North Branch Grass River •
Middle Branch Grass River •
South Branch Grass River •
Brandy Brook •
Sucker Brook •
Oswegatchie River •
Indian River •
Black Creek •
Otter Creek •
West Creek •
Bonaparte Creek •
Indian Creek •
West Branch Oswegatchie River •
Big Creek •
Middle Branch Oswegatchie River •
Palmer Creek •
Little River •
Robinson River •
Chippewa Creek •
Crooked Creek •
Cranberry Creek •
Mullet Creek •
French Creek Lake Ontario •
Chaumont River •
Perch River •
Black River •
Deer River •
West Branch Deer River •
Beaver River •
Black Creek •
Crystal Creek •
Independence River •
Roaring Brook •
Otter Creek •
Moose River •
Pine Creek •
Middle Branch Moose River •
North Branch Moose River •
South Branch Moose River •
Red River •
Indian River •
Cobblestone Creek •
Otter Brook •
Sugar River •
Moose Creek •
White River •
Woodhull Creek •
Little Woodhull Creek •
Little Black Creek •
Mill Creek •
Stony Creek •
Sandy Creek (Jefferson County, New York) •
South Sandy Creek •
Abijah Creek •
Grunley Creek •
North Branch Sandy Creek •
Gulf Stream •
Little Sandy Creek •
Salmon River •
North Branch Salmon River •
Mad River •
East Branch Salmon River •
Grindstone Creek •
North Branch Grindstone Creek •
South Branch Grindstone Creek •
Little Salmon River •
North Branch Little Salmon River •
South Branch Little Salmon River •
Oswego River •
Oneida River •
Caughdenoy Creek •
Oneida Lake: •
Scriba Creek •
Chittenango Creek •
Limestone Creek •
Butternut Creek •
Oneida Creek •
Fish Creek •
Wood Creek •
East Branch Fish Creek •
Point Rock Creek •
West Branch Fish Creek •
Little River (Fish Creek tributary) •
Mad River •
Little River (Mad River tributary) •
Seneca River •
Onondaga Lake: •
Ninemile Creek •
Ley Creek •
Onondaga Creek •
Skaneateles Creek •
Owasco Outlet •
Clyde River •
Canandaigua Outlet •
Flint Creek •
Canandaigua Lake: •
West River •
Ganargua Creek •
Mud Creek •
Sucker Brook •
Cayuga Lake: •
Trumansburg Creek •
Taughannock Creek •
Salmon Creek •
Fall Creek •
Virgil Creek •
Cayuga Inlet •
Six Mile Creek •
Enfield Creek •
Buttermilk Creek •
Seneca Lake: •
Keuka Lake Outlet •
Catharine Creek •
Ninemile Creek •
Sterling Creek •
Irondequoit Creek •
Genesee River •
Black Creek (Genesee River-Monroe County, New York) •
Oatka Creek •
Honeoye Creek •
Canaseraga Creek •
Wiscoy Creek •
Rush Creek •
Cold Creek •
Caneadea Creek •
Black Creek (Genesee River-Allegany County, New York) •
Angelica Creek •
Baker Creek •
Black Creek (Angelica Creek tributary) •
Van Campen Creek •
Vandermark Creek •
Dyke Creek •
Chenunda Creek •
Cryder Creek •
Salmon Creek •
Otis Creek •
Sandy Creek (Monroe County, New York) •
Oak Orchard Creek •
Johnson Creek •
Eighteen Mile Creek •
Niagara River •
Fish Creek •
Bloody Run •
Gill Creek •
Cayuga Creek •
Woods Creek •
Burnt Ship Creek •
Gun Creek •
Little Sixmile Creek •
Big Sixmile Creek •
Spicer Creek •
Tonawanda Creek •
Ellicott Creek •
Two Mile Creek •
Scajaquada Creek Lake Erie •
Buffalo River •
Cazenovia Creek •
East Branch Cazenovia Creek •
West Branch Cazenovia Creek •
Cayuga Creek (Erie County, New York) •
Buffalo Creek •
Hunters Creek •
Eighteen Mile Creek •
South Branch Eighteenmile Creek •
Cattaraugus Creek •
South Branch Cattaraugus Creek •
Mansfield Creek •
Buttermilk Creek •
Canadaway Creek •
Chautauqua Creek •
Twentymile Creek •
Silver Creek •
Big Sister Creek Mississippi River Basin •
Mississippi River •
Ohio River •
Allegheny River •
French Creek •
Brokenstraw Creek •
Conewango Creek •
Stillwater Creek •
Cassadaga Creek •
Chadakoin River •
Red House Brook •
Little Valley Creek •
Great Valley Creek •
Wrights Creek •
Forks Creek •
Beaver Meadows Creek •
Devereaux Branch •
Tunungwant Creek •
Rice Brook •
Irish Brook •
Bailley Brook •
Leonard Brook •
Limestone Brook •
Nichols Run •
Olean Creek •
Ischua Creek •
Gates Creek •
Oil Creek •
Haskell Creek •
Dodge Creek •
Oswayo Creek •
Little Genesee Creek ==Alphabetically==