The
Sacramento and
San Joaquin River systems drain the western slope of the Sierra Nevada and most of the Central Valley, forming the
Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta before emptying into Suisun Bay; together, they are the largest river system in California.
Sacramento River , in the Coast Ranges •
Sacramento River • Cache Slough • Steamboat Slough (splits from the Sacramento River upstream near
Courtland) • Elkhorn Slough • Miner Slough •
Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel (splits from the Sacramento River upstream at the
Port of Sacramento) • Prospect Slough •
Dickson Creek • Lindsey Slough • Shag Slough •
Yolo Bypass (
jump to tributaries) – manmade floodway, occasionally receiving floodwaters from the Sacramento River via Fremont Weir near
Knights Landing. • Alamo Creek • Ulatis Creek •
American River (
jump to tributaries) •
Dry Creek •
Feather River (
jump to tributaries) •
Colusa Basin Drainage Canal • Sand Creek • Cortina Creek • Salt Creek • Stone Corral Creek • Funks Creek • Hunter Creek • Willow Creek •
Butte Creek • Angel Slough •
Little Chico Creek • Little Dry Creek • Little Butte Creek • West Branch Butte Creek •
Stony Creek •
Black Butte Dam and Black Butte Lake •
North Fork Stony Creek •
Grindstone Creek • Elk Creek • Briscoe Creek •
Little Stony Creek •
North Fork Stony Creek • Middle Fork Stony Creek • South Fork Stony Creek •
Big Chico Creek •
Mud Creek •
Rock Creek •
Burch Creek •
Jewett Creek •
Deer Creek •
Thomes Creek • Mill Creek • Fish Creek •
Mill Creek • Little Mill Creek •
Elder Creek •
Willow Creek •
Oat Creek •
Dye Creek •
Antelope Creek • Little Antelope Creek •
Red Bank Creek •
Reeds Creek •
Dibble Creek •
Payne's Creek •
Battle Creek •
North Fork Battle Creek •
South Fork Battle Creek •
Cottonwood Creek • Hooker Creek •
South Fork Cottonwood Creek • Dry Creek •
Salt Creek •
Cold Fork Cottonwood Creek • Buck Creek • Dry Creek •
North Fork Cottonwood Creek • Roaring River • Wilson Creek • Jerusalem Creek • Moon Fork Cottonwood Creek •
Middle Fork Cottonwood Creek •
Beegum Creek • South Fork Beegum Creek • Ash Creek •
Bear Creek •
Cow Creek •
Little Cow Creek • Swede Creek • Dry Creek • Cedar Creek •
Oak Run Creek •
Clover Creek •
Old Cow Creek • Glendenning Creek •
South Cow Creek •
Clear Creek • South Fork Clear Creek •
Whiskeytown Dam, Whiskeytown Lake • Crystal Creek • East Fork Clear Creek •
Rock Creek •
Keswick Dam, Keswick Reservoir •
Spring Creek •
Spring Creek •
Slickrock Creek •
Boulder Creek •
Flat Creek •
Shasta Dam, Shasta Lake • Backbone Creek •
Pit River (
jump to tributaries) • Salt Creek • Castle Creek • Soda Creek • North Fork Sacramento River • Middle Fork Sacramento River • South Fork Sacramento River
Yolo Bypass •
Yolo Bypass •
Putah Creek •
Big Canyon Creek • Pleasant Creek •
Monticello Dam, Lake Berryessa • Capell Creek • Pope Creek • Eticuera Creek • Hunting Creek • St Helena Creek • Willow Slough •
Cache Creek • Bear Creek • Sulphur Creek • Rocky Creek • North Fork of Cache Creek • Long Valley Creek • Wolf Creek •
Indian Valley Dam, Indian Valley Reservoir •
Bartlett Creek •
Clear Lake (inflow streams listed clockwise starting at outlet) •
Kelsey Creek • Adobe Creek •
Forbes Creek •
Rodman Slough •
Scotts Creek •
Middle Creek • Clover Creek
American River •
American River •
Folsom Dam, Folsom Lake •
North Fork American River •
Middle Fork American River • Canyon Creek • Otter Creek •
North Fork of the Middle Fork American River • El Dorado Canyon • Peavine Creek • Grouse Creek • Secret Canyon •
Rubicon River • Long Canyon • Pilot Creek • South Fork Rubicon River •
Gerle Creek •
Hell Hole Dam, Hell Hole Reservoir • Five Lakes Creek • Duncan Canyon •
French Meadows Dam, French Meadows Reservoir • Clipper Creek • Owl Creek • Bunch Canyon • Shirttail Canyon • Indian Creek • Canyon Creek • North Fork of North Fork American River • East Fork of North Fork of North Fork American River • Big Granite Creek •
South Fork American River • Weber Creek • Greenwood Creek • Dutch Creek • Rock Creek • Slab Creek •
Silver Creek • South Fork Silver Creek • Little Silver Creek •
Union Valley Dam, Union Valley Reservoir • Jones Fork • Bassi Fork • Alder Creek • Silver Fork American River • Caples Creek • Pyramid Creek
Feather River •
Feather River •
Sutter Bypass - manmade floodway, occasionally receives floodwaters from the Sacramento River upstream and
Butte Creek •
Bear River • Algodon Slough • Best Slough • Hutchinson Creek • Feeds Creek • Dry Creek •
Camp Far West Dam, Camp Far West Reservoir • Rock Creek • Wolf Creek •
Rollins Dam, Rollins Reservoir • Greenhorn Creek • Steephollow Creek •
Yuba River (
jump to tributaries) •
Honcut Creek • North Honcut Creek • South Honcut Creek •
Oroville Dam and Lake Oroville •
North Fork Feather River • Canyon Creek •
West Branch Feather River • Concow Creek • Little West Fork Feather River •
Big Kimshew Creek • Last Chance Creek • French Creek • Grizzly Creek • Bucks Creek • Chips Creek • Yellow Creek •
East Branch North Fork Feather River • Rush Creek •
Indian Creek • Wolf Creek •
Lights Creek • Little Grizzly Creek •
Last Chance Creek •
Red Clover Creek • Dixie Creek • Squaw Queen Creek • Boulder Creek •
Spanish Creek • Greenhorn Creek • Rock Creek •
Middle Fork Feather River •
South Fork Feather River • Sucker Run • Lost Creek •
Little Grass Valley Dam, Little Grass Valley Reservoir •
Fall River • Little North Fork Feather River • South Branch Middle Fork Feather River • Willow Creek • Bear Creek • Onion Valley Creek • Nelson Creek • Jamison Creek • Grizzly Creek • Sierra Valley Channels • Smithneck Creek • Little Last Chance Creek
Yuba River •
Yuba River • Dry Creek • Deer Creek • Squirrel Creek •
Englebright Dam, Englebright Lake •
South Yuba River • Rush Creek • Rock Creek • Spring Creek • Humbug Creek • Poorman Creek •
Canyon Creek •
Lake Spaulding Dam, Lake Spaulding •
Fordyce Creek • North Creek • Rattlesnake Creek • Castle Creek •
Middle Yuba River • Oregon Creek • Kanaka Creek • Wolf Creek • East Fork Creek •
Jackson Meadows Dam, Jackson Meadows Reservoir •
North Yuba River •
New Bullards Bar Dam, New Bullards Bar Reservoir •
Slate Creek •
Canyon Creek • Little Canyon Creek • Goodyears Creek •
Downie River •
Pauley Creek •
Lavezzola Creek • Haypress Creek • Salmon Creek
Pit River •
Pit River •
McCloud River • Nosoni Creek • Chatterdown Creek • Squaw Valley Creek • Claiborne Creek • Hawkins Creek • Star City Creek • Angel Creek • Mud Creek • Ash Creek • Edson Creek •
Squaw Creek • Salt Creek • North Fork Squaw Creek •
Potem Creek • Roaring Creek • Iron Canyon Creek • Kosk Creek • Nelson Creek • Rock Creek • Clark Creek •
Burney Creek •
Hat Creek •
Rising River • Lost Creek •
Fall River •
Tule River • Little Tule River • Bear Creek • Beaver Creek • Horse Creek •
Ash Creek • Willow Creek • Dutch Flat Creek • Taylor Creek • Turner Creek • Toms Creek • Clover Swale Creek • Canyon Creek • Rattlesnake Creek •
North Fork Pit River • Pine Creek • Parker Creek • Thoms Creek • Joseph Creek •
Goose Lake (historical) •
South Fork Pit River • Fitzhugh Creek • Dry Creek • Cedar Creek • Mill Creek • East Creek
San Joaquin River •
San Joaquin River •
Marsh Creek •
Mokelumne River (
jump to tributaries) •
Old River (side channel of San Joaquin River) • Middle River (side channel of San Joaquin River) • Bear Creek •
Calaveras River (
jump to tributaries) • Mormon Slough (distributary of Calaveras River) • French Camp Slough • Littlejohns Creek • Rock Creek • Lone Tree Creek •
Corral Hollow Creek (historical) •
Stanislaus River (
jump to tributaries) •
Hospital Creek •
Ingram Creek •
Tuolumne River (
jump to tributaries) •
Del Puerto Creek • Salado Creek •
Orestimba Creek • Crow Creek •
Merced River (
jump to tributaries) •
Mud Slough •
Los Banos Creek •
Garzas Creek •
San Luis Creek • Bear Creek • Deep Slough • Owens Creek • Mariposa Creek • Deadman Creek • Mariposa Slough • Eastside Bypass (man-made floodway, occasionally receiving floodwater from the upstream San Joaquin River via Chowchilla Bypass Structure, near
Mendota) •
Chowchilla River •
Fresno River • Dry Creek •
Fresno Slough (also carries floodwaters diverted from the
Kings River via North Fork distributary) •
Friant Dam, Millerton Lake • Fine Gold Creek • Willow Creek • Stevenson Creek •
Shaver Lake •
Big Creek •
Huntington Lake • Rock Creek • Chiquito Creek •
Beasore Creek •
Mammoth Pool Dam, Mammoth Pool Reservoir • Kaiser Creek • Jackass Creek •
South Fork San Joaquin River • Mono Creek •
Vermilion Valley Dam, Lake Thomas A. Edison • Bear Creek •
Florence Lake Dam, Florence Lake • Piute Creek • Evolution Creek • Granite Creek •
North Fork San Joaquin River •
Middle Fork San Joaquin River • Fish Creek •
Minaret Creek •
Thousand Island Lake (San Joaquin River source) Mokelumne River •
Mokelumne River • Snodgrass Slough •
Cosumnes River • Skunk Creek • Badger Creek • Deer Creek • Arkansas Creek • Little Indian Creek • Big Canyon Creek • Big Indian Creek • North Fork Cosumnes River • Camp Creek • Sly Park Creek • Steely Fork Cosumnes River • Middle Fork Cosumnes River • Scott Creek • Dogtown Creek •
Dry Creek • Coyote Creek •
Jackson Creek •
Sutter Creek • Rancheria Creek • North Fork Dry Creek • South Fork Dry Creek •
Camanche Dam, Camanche Lake •
Pardee Dam, Pardee Reservoir •
North Fork Mokelumne River • Tiger Creek • Blue Creek •
Bear River •
Salt Springs Dam, Salt Springs Reservoir • Summit City Creek • Pacific Creek •
Middle Fork Mokelumne River •
South Fork Mokelumne River • Licking Fork • Forest Creek Note: In the Delta the Mokelumne River divides into two short branches, also called the "North Fork" and "South Fork", which recombine before reaching the San Joaquin River.
Calaveras River •
Calaveras River •
New Hogan Dam, New Hogan Lake • North Fork Calaveras River • Murray Creek • Jesus Maria Creek • Esperanza Creek • South Fork Calaveras River • Calaveritas Creek • San Antonio Creek • San Domingo Creek • Cherokee Creek
Stanislaus River •
Stanislaus River •
Tulloch Dam, Tulloch Reservoir •
Black Creek •
New Melones Dam, New Melones Lake • Mormon Creek •
Angels Creek • Coyote Creek •
South Fork Stanislaus River • Deer Creek • Herring Creek •
Rose Creek • Knight Creek • Eagle Creek •
Middle Fork Stanislaus River •
Beardsley Dam, Beardsley Lake • Mill Creek •
Donnells Dam, Donnell Lake • Niagara Creek • Dardanelles Creek •
Clark Fork Middle Fork Stanislaus River • Arnot Creek • Disaster Creek • Eagle Creek • Deadman Creek • Summit Creek • Kennedy Creek •
North Fork Stanislaus River •
Griswold Creek • Soap Creek • Skull Creek • Mill Creek •
Beaver Creek • Highland Creek •
New Spicer Meadow Dam, New Spicer Meadow Reservoir • Bloods Creek • Silver Creek
Tuolumne River •
Tuolumne River •
Dry Creek •
New Don Pedro Dam, Lake Don Pedro • Moccasin Creek • Sullivan Creek • Woods Creek •
North Fork Tuolumne River •
Clavey River • Hull Creek • Reynolds Creek • Bourland Creek • Bell Creek • Lily Creek •
South Fork Tuolumne River •
Middle Fork Tuolumne River •
Cottonwood Creek •
Cherry Creek • Eleanor Creek • Frog Creek • Kendrick Creek •
Cherry Valley Dam, Cherry Lake • West Fork Cherry Creek • East Fork Cherry Creek • North Fork Cherry Creek • ''
O'Shaughnessy Dam,
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir'' •
Falls Creek • Tilden Creek •
Tiltill Creek •
Rancheria Creek •
Breeze Creek • Stubblefield Canyon •
Piute Creek •
Register Creek •
Ten Lakes Basin Creek •
Cathedral Creek •
South Fork Cathedral Creek •
Return Creek • Matterhorn Canyon •
Conness Creek •
Alkali Creek •
Dingley Creek •
Delaney Creek •
Budd Creek •
Unicorn Creek •
Dana Fork Tuolumne River •
Gaylor Creek •
Parker Pass Creek •
Mono Pass Creek •
Lyell Fork Tuolumne River •
Rafferty Creek •
Evelyn Lake Creek •
Ireland Creek •
Kuna Creek Merced River •
Merced River •
Bear Creek •
Dry Creek •
New Exchequer Dam and Lake McClure •
North Fork Merced River •
South Fork Merced River •
Alder Creek •
Bishop Creek •
Elevenmile Creek •
Rail Creek •
Bridalveil Creek •
Yosemite Creek •
Tenaya Creek •
Snow Creek •
Illilouette Creek •
Fletcher Creek •
Lewis Creek •
Florence Creek •
Red Peak Fork •
Red Devil Creek •
Lyell Fork •
Hutching Creek •
Merced Peak Fork •
Triple Peak Fork •
Foerster Creek Tulare Basin Usually an endorheic basin, waters in this region all eventually would reach
Tulare Lake. This region would overflow into the San Joaquin River during flood years when Tulare Lake overflowed. Streams are listed clockwise around the Tulare Basin, starting at the Kings River: •
Kings River (
jump to tributaries) • Sand Creek • Cross Creek • Mill Creek •
Kaweah River (
jump to tributaries) • Elbow Creek •
St. John's River (distributary of Kaweah River) • Cottonwood Creek • Lewis Creek •
Tule River (
jump to tributaries) • Deer Creek • Pothole Creek • Gordon Creek • Tyler Creek •
White River • Coarse Gold Creek • Arrastre Creek • Chalaney Creek • Rag Gulch • Five Dog Creek • Willow Springs Creek • Deer Creek •
Poso Creek • Little Creek • Rattlesnake Creek • Little Poso Creek • Cedar Creek • Lumreau Creek • Von Hellum Creek • Spear Creek •
Kern River (
jump to tributaries) • Caliente Creek • Walker Basin Creek • Rancheria Creek • Tehachapi Creek • Indian Creek • Tejon Creek • El Paso Creek • Pastoria Creek • Grapevine Creek • Tecuya Creek • Salt Creek • Pleito Creek • San Emigdio Creek • Los Lobos Creek • Santiago Creek • Bitter Creek • Bitterwater Creek • Sandy Creek • Buena Vista Creek • Salt Creek • Chico Creek • Santos Creek • Media Agua Creek • Bitterwater Creek • Avenal Creek • Baby King Creek • Canoas Creek •
Los Gatos Creek • Zapato Chino Creek
Kings River •
Kings River (Divides into the
North Fork,
South Fork and
Clark's Fork distributaries in the San Joaquin Valley, not to be confused with the North and South Forks in the Sierra Nevada headwaters. North Fork connects to the
Fresno Slough that drains into the
San Joaquin River (during high flows), before turning to the south rejoining with the other distributaries to reform the Kings River and emptying into
Tulare Lake.) •
Fish Creek •
Hughes Creek •
Mill Creek •
Pine Flat Dam, Pine Flat Lake •
Deer Creek •
Zebe Creek •
Russian Charlie Creek •
Lefever Creek •
Billy Creek •
Sycamore Creek •
Big Creek •
Sacata Creek •
Redoak Creek •
Lower Rancheria Creek •
Sycamore Springs Creek •
North Fork Kings River •
Dinkey Creek •
Basin Creek •
Patterson Creek •
Weir Creek •
Black Rock Creek •
Williams Creek •
Mule Creek •
Rancheria Creek •
Teakettle Creek •
Long Meadow Creek •
Wishon Dam, Wishon Reservoir •
Woodchuck Creek •
Short Hair Creek •
Sharp Creek •
Helms Creek •
Courtright Dam, Courtright Reservoir •
Dusy Creek •
Post Corral Creek •
Burnt Corral Creek •
Flemming Creek •
Nichols Canyon •
Meadow Brook •
Fall Creek •
Division Lake •
Regiment Lake •
Davis Creek •
Mill Flat Creek •
Verplank Creek •
Fox Canyon Creek •
Converse Creek •
Spring Creek •
Cabin Creek •
Garlic Meadow Creek •
Rough Creek •
Ten Mile Creek •
Middle Fork Kings River •
Deer Canyon Creek •
Brush Canyon Creek •
Tombstone Creek •
Wren Creek •
Silver Creek •
Crown Creek •
Rogers Creek •
Gorge of Despair •
Crystal Creek •
Blue Canyon Creek •
Lost Canyon Creek •
Rattlesnake Creek •
Alpine Creek •
Dog Creek •
Kennedy Creek •
Dougherty Creek •
Horseshoe Creek •
Goddard Creek •
Disappearing Creek •
Windy Canyon Creek •
Cartridge Creek •
Rimbaud Creek •
Palisade Creek •
Cataract Creek •
Glacier Creek •
Dusy Branch •
Helen Lake •
South Fork Kings River (This is the actual river that flows through Kings Canyon) •
Lockwood Creek •
Redwood Creek •
Windy Gulch •
Boulder Creek •
Grizzly Creek •
Lightning Creek •
Deer Cove Creek •
Lewis Creek •
Comb Creek •
Sheep Creek •
Hotel Creek •
Roaring River •
Sugarloaf Creek •
Ferguson Creek •
Granite Creek •
Copper Creek •
Avalanche Creek •
Bubbs Creek •
Sphinx Creek •
Charlotte Creek •
Cross Creek •
North Guard Creek •
East Creek •
Glacier Creek •
Gardiner Creek •
Woods Creek •
South Fork Woods Creek •
Arrow Creek •
Kid Creek Kaweah River in the foothills of the Sierra •
Kaweah River (Divides into the
St. John's River, Mill Creek, Packwood Creek and other distributaries in the San Joaquin Valley. Some of these distributaries eventually rejoin to form Cross Creek, which continues southwest to the Tulare Lake bed.) •
Yokohl Creek •
Lime Kiln Creek (Dry Creek) •
Terminus Dam, Lake Kaweah •
Greasy Creek •
Horse Creek •
South Fork Kaweah River •
Cinnamon Creek •
Grouse Creek •
North Fork Kaweah River •
Yucca Creek •
Eshom Creek •
Redwood Creek •
Dorst Creek •
Stony Creek •
Salt Creek •
East Fork Kaweah River •
Squirrel Creek •
Horse Creek •
Monarch Creek •
Eagle Creek •
Crystal Creek •
Franklin Creek •
Marble Fork Kaweah River •
Elk Creek •
Suwanee Creek •
Halstead Creek •
Sherman Creek •
Wolverton Creek •
Clover Creek •
Silliman Creek •
Horse Creek •
Middle Fork Kaweah River •
Paradise Creek •
Crescent Creek •
Dome Creek •
Panther Creek •
Mehrten Creek •
Castle Creek •
Buck Creek •
Cliff Creek •
Timber Gap Creek •
Granite Creek •
Eagle Scout Creek •
Lone Pine Creek •
Hamilton Creek Tule River •
Tule River • Deep Creek • Elk Bayou •
Success Dam, Lake Success •
South Fork Tule River • Rocky Creek • Bear Creek •
North Fork Tule River • Bear Creek • Backbone Creek • Pine Creek •
Middle Fork Tule River •
North Fork Middle Fork Tule River • Alder Creek •
South Fork Middle Fork Tule River Kern River •
Kern River • Cottonwood Creek • Lucas Creek • Mill Creek • Erskine Creek •
Isabella Dam, Lake Isabella •
North Fork Kern River •
Cannell Creek •
Salmon Creek •
Tobias Creek •
Brush Creek •
South Creek •
Dry Meadow Creek •
Peppermint Creek •
Durrwood Creek •
Needlerock Creek •
Freeman Creek •
Lloyd Meadows Creek •
Little Kern River •
Fish Creek •
Deep Creek •
Deep Creek •
Clicks Creek •
Sagebrush Gulch •
Alpine Creek •
Mountaineer Creek •
Pecks Canyon Creek •
Table Meadow Creek •
Soda Springs Creek •
Lion Creek •
Willow Creek •
Tamrack Creek •
Rifle Creek •
Shotgun Creek •
Pistol Creek •
Rattlesnake Creek •
Deadman Canyon Creek •
Soda Creek •
Osa Creek •
Hockett Peak Creek •
Grouse Canyon Creek •
Manzanita Canyon Creek •
Ninemile Creek •
Cold Meadow Creek •
Red Rock Creek •
Long Canyon Creek •
Long Stringer •
Lost Trout Creek •
Hells Hole Creek •
Angora Creek •
Hell For Sure Creek •
Leggett Creek •
Grasshopper Creek •
Little Kern Lake Creek •
Rough Creek •
Coyote Creek •
Golden Trout Creek •
Laurel Creek •
Rattlesnake Creek •
Big Arroyo •
Willow Creek •
Soda Creek •
Lost Canyon Creek •
Funston Creek •
Chagoopa Creek •
Rock Creek •
Siberian Pass Creek •
Red Spur Creek •
Whitney Creek •
Crabtree Creek •
Wallace Creek •
Kern-Kaweah River •
Picket Creek •
Tyndall Creek •
Milestone Creek •
South Fork Kern River •
Kelso Creek •
Canebrake Creek •
Bartolas Creek •
Palome Creek •
Long Valley Creek •
Taylor Creek •
Manter Creek •
Tibbets Creek •
Trout Creek •
Fish Creek •
Bitter Creek •
Lost Creek •
Crag Creek •
Honeybee Creek •
Summit Creek •
Cow Canyon Creek •
Snake Creek •
Soda Creek •
Monache Creek •
Schaefer Stringer •
Strawberry Creek •
Long Stringer •
Dry Creek •
Mulkey Creek •
Movie Stringer •
Lewis Stringer •
Kern Peak Stringer ==Central Coast==