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This is a '''list of [[stream]]s and [[river]]s in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Florida]]'''. With one exception, the streams and rivers of Florida all originate on the [[Coastal plain]]. That exception is the [[Apalachicola River]], which is formed by the merger of the [[Chattahoochee River]], which originates in the [[Appalachian Mountains]], and the [[Flint River (Georgia)|Flint River]], which originates in the [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont]]. Most streams and rivers in Florida start from swamps, while some originate from springs or lakes. Many of the streams and rivers are underground for part of their courses. The [[Everglades]], sometimes called the "river of grass", is a very wide and shallow river that originates from [[Lake Okeechobee]]. Most of Florida's streams and rivers drain into the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. Drainage on the east coast of Florida is dominated by the [[St. Johns River]], which, with the swamps that form its headwaters, extends parallel to the coast from inland of [[Fort Pierce, Florida|Fort Pierce]] to [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Clewell|first=Andre F.|title=The Rivers of Florida|publisher=Springer-Verlag|year=1991|isbn=0-387-97363-X|editor-last=Livingston|editor-first=Robert J.|location=New York|pages=17–18|chapter=Physical Environment}}</ref>

==By drainage basin==
===Atlantic coast===
[[Image:St Johns River.jpg|thumb|right|St. Johns River in [[Blue Spring State Park]].]]
[[Image:Starkes Ferry Ocklawaha River north01.jpg|thumb|Ocklawaha River]]
[[Image:Halifax River 1 (Florida).jpg|thumb|right|Halifax River]]
[[Image:St. lucie river from sp.jpg|thumb|right|St. Lucie River]]
Rivers are listed as they enter the ocean from north to south.  Tributaries are listed as they enter their main stem from downstream to upstream.
*[[St. Marys River (Florida–Georgia)|St. Marys River]]
**[[Amelia River]]
***[[Bells River]]
*[[Nassau River]]
**[[South Amelia River]]
**[[Thomas Creek (Nassau River tributary)|Thomas Creek]]
*[[Fort George River]]
*[[St. Johns River]] – [[Juniper Springs]], [[Salt Springs, Florida|Salt Springs]], [[Silver Glen Springs]], [[Alexander Springs Wilderness|Alexander Springs]], [[Blue Spring State Park|Blue Spring]], Beecher Spring
**[[Pablo Creek]]
**Sisters Creek
**[[Broward River]]
**[[Trout River (Florida)|Trout River]]
***[[Ribault River]]
***[[Little Trout River (Florida)|Little Trout River]]
**[[Arlington River]]
***[[Pottsburg Creek]]
**[[Ortega River]]
***[[Cedar River (Florida)|Cedar River]]
**[[Doctors Lake (Florida)|Doctors Lake]]
**[[Julington Creek]]
**[[Black Creek (Florida)|Black Creek]]
***North Fork Black Creek
****''[[Lake Kingsley]]''
****Yellow Water Creek
***South Fork Black Creek
**[[Rice Creek (St. Johns River)|Rice Creek]]
***[[Etonia Creek]]
**[[Dunns Creek]]
**[[Ocklawaha River]]
***[[Orange Creek]]
****Little Orange Creek
****''[[Orange Lake (Florida)|Orange Lake]]''
*****[[Cross Creek (Florida)|Cross Creek]]
******''[[Lochloosa Lake]]''
*******[[Lochloosa Creek]]
*****Prairie Creek-Camp Canal-River Styx
******''[[Newnans Lake]]''
***[[Silver River (Florida)|Silver River]]
***''Lake Griffin''
***Yale Canal
****''[[Lake Yale]]''
****[[Haines Creek]]
*****''[[Lake Eustis]]''
******Dora Canal
*******''Lake Dora''
********''[[Lake Beauclair]]''
*********Apopka-Beauclair Canal
**********''[[Lake Apopka]]''
******[[Dead River (Lake County, Florida)|Dead River]]
*******''[[Lake Harris (Florida)|Lake Harris]]''
********[[Palatlakaha River]]
**[[Salt Springs River]]
**[[Alexander Springs Creek]]
**[[Hontoon Dead River]]
**[[Wekiva River]] – [[Wekiwa Springs State Park|Wekiwa Springs]]
***[[Blackwater Creek (Lake County, Florida)|Blackwater Creek]]
***[[Little Wekiva River]]
**[[Lake Jesup]] 
**[[Econlockhatchee River]]
***[[Little Econlockhatchee River]]
*[[Matanzas River]]
**[[Tolomato River]]
**[[San Sebastian River]]
*[[Halifax River]]
**[[Spruce Creek (Florida)|Spruce Creek]]
**[[Tomoka River]]
**[[Bulow Creek State Park|Bulow Creek]]
*[[Indian River North]]
*[[Indian River (Florida)|Indian River]]
**[[Banana River]]
**[[Eau Gallie River]]
***[[Eau Gallie River|Elbow Creek]]
**[[Crane Creek (Melbourne, Florida)|Crane Creek]]
**[[Turkey Creek (Indian River tributary)|Turkey Creek]]
**[[Saint Sebastian River]]
*[[St. Lucie River]]
*[[Loxahatchee River]]
*[[Hillsboro River]]
*[[Stranahan River]]
**[[New River (Broward County, Florida)|New River (Broward County)]]
**[[Middle River (Florida)|Middle River]]
*[[Oleta River]]
*[[Little River (Biscayne Bay)|Little River]]
*[[Miami River (Florida)|Miami River]]
**[[Wagner Creek (Florida)|Wagner Creek]]
*[[Snapper Creek]]

===Alachua Sink===
Water enters [[Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park|Paynes Prairie Basin]] from a number of sources. Historically it drained only into Alachua Sink. Water entering the Alachua Sink flows into the [[Floridan aquifer]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Orange Creek Basin|url=https://www.sjrwmd.com/waterways/orange-creek/|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Saint Johns River Water Management District|language=en-US}}</ref> (Various sources stating that water entering the Alachua Sink flows to the [[Santa Fe River (Florida)|Santa Fe River]] may be based on a story told by a Seminole guide to a white explorer in 1823, that a Seminole who had drowned in the sink was later found in the river.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Meindl|first=Christopher|title=View of Paynes Prairie: Biography of a Wetland|url=https://journals.flvc.org/flgeog/article/view/78248/75665|date=1996|journal=The Florida Geographer|volume=27|access-date=2021-09-03|via=FAU Digital Library|page=57}}</ref>) In 1927, Camps Canal was built, which linked the basin to the [[Orange Lake (Florida)|Orange Lake]] through the River Styx and ultimately to the Atlantic Ocean.

*[[Bivens Arm]]
**Tumbling Creek
**Little Tumbling Creek
*Sweetwater Branch
*Prairie Creek
**[[Newnans Lake]]
***Hatchet Creek
***Lake Forest Creek
***Little Hatchet Creek
*Chacala Run
**Chacala Pond
***Sawgrass Run
****Sawgrass Pond
*****[[Lake Wauburg]]
******Georges Pond
*******Burnt Pond
*Dog Branch

===Lake Okeechobee===
[[Lake Okeechobee]] drains into the [[Atlantic Ocean]] via the [[St. Lucie River]], the [[West Palm Beach Canal]], the [[Hillsboro Canal]], the [[North New River Canal]], and the [[Miami Canal]], and into the [[Gulf of Mexico]] via the [[Caloosahatchee Canal]] which connects to the head of the [[Caloosahatchee River]].
The major input of water into Lake Okeechobee comes from the north, via the [[Kissimmee River]]. Rivers are listed as they enter Lake Okeechobee from west to east. Tributaries are listed as they enter their main stem from downstream to upstream.

* [[Fisheating Creek]]
* ''[[Indian Prairie Canal]]''
** ''[[Lake Istokpoga]]''
* [[Kissimmee River]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfwmd.gov/sites/default/files/documents/upperkissim_waterway_2013.pdf|title=Kissimmee Upper Basin|website=South Florida Water Management District|access-date=April 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfwmd.gov/sites/default/files/documents/lowkissim_waterway_2013.pdf|title=Kissimmee Lower Basin|website=South Florida Water Management District|access-date=April 10, 2019}}</ref>
** [[Istokpoga Canal|Istokpoga Creek]]
*** ''[[Lake Istokpoga]]''
**** [[Arbuckle Creek]]
**** [[Josephine Creek]]
** ''[[Jackson Canal]]''
** ''[[Zipprer Canal]]''
*** ''[[Lake Rosalie]]''
**** [[Weohykapha Creek]]
** ''[[Jackson Canal]]''
** ''[[Lake Kissimmee]]''
*** ''[[C-37 canal]]''
**** ''[[Lake Hatchineha]]''
***** [[Catfish Creek (Florida)|Catfish Creek]] 
***** [[Lake Marion Creek]]
****** [[Snell Creek (Florida)|Snell Creek]]
***** [[Reedy Creek (Florida)|Reedy Creek]]
***** ''[[C-36 canal]]''
****** ''[[Cypress Lake (Florida)]]''
******* [[Dead River (Cypress Lake)|Dead River]]
******* ''[[C-34 canal]]''
******* ''[[C-35 canal]]''
******** ''[[Lake Tohopekaliga]]''
********* [[Shingle Creek (Florida)|Shingle Creek]]
********** ''[[C-31 canal]]''
*********** ''[[East Lake Tohopekaliga]]''
************[[Boggy Creek (Florida)|Boggy Creek]]
* [[Taylor Creek (Okeechobee)|Taylor Creek]]
* [[Mosquito Creek (Lake Okeechobee)|Mosquito Creek]]
* [[Henry Creek (Lake Okeechobee)|Henry Creek]]
* [[Lettuce Creek]]

===Gulf coast===
[[Image:Torreyapark04.jpg|thumb|right|Apalachicola River in [[Torreya State Park]]]]
[[Image:Caloosahatchee.JPG|thumb|right|Caloosahatchee River]]
[[File:FL Blackwater River SP02.jpg|thumb|Blackwater River in [[Blackwater River State Park]]]]
[[Image:St Marks River at Newport, Florida.jpg|thumb|right|St. Marks River]]
Rivers are listed as they enter the gulf from south to north, then west. Tributaries are listed as they enter their main stem from downstream to upstream.
*[[Joe River (Florida)|Joe River]]
*[[Shark River (Florida)|Shark River]]
*[[Harney River]]
*[[Broad River (Florida)|Broad River]]
*[[Rodgers River]]
*[[Lostmans River]]
*[[Chatham River]]
*[[Huston River]]
*[[Lopez River]]
*[[New River (Collier County, Florida)|New River]] in Collier County
*[[Turner River (Florida)|Turner River]]
*[[Barron River (Florida)|Barron River]]
*[[Fakahatchee River]]
*[[Whitney River]]
*[[Big Marco River]]
*[[Henderson Creek (Florida)|Henderson Creek]]
*[[Cocohatchee River]]
*[[Imperial River (Florida)|Imperial River]]
*[[Estero River (Florida)|Estero River]]
*[[Caloosahatchee River]]
**[[Billy Creek]]
**[[Orange River (Florida)|Orange River]]
*[[Peace River (Florida)|Peace River]]
**[[Horse Creek (Florida)|Horse Creek]]
**[[Shell Creek (Florida)|Shell Creek]]
*[[Myakka River]]
**[[Myakkahatchee Creek]]
*[[Manatee River]]
**[[Wares Creek]]
**[[Braden River]]
***[[Cooper Creek (Florida)|Cooper Creek]]
*[[Little Manatee River]]
*[[Alafia River]] – Buckhorn Spring, Lithia Springs
*[[Palm River]]
*[[Hillsborough River (Florida)|Hillsborough River]] – [[Crystal Springs, Florida#Preserve|Crystal Springs]]
**[[New River (Pasco County, Florida)|New River]] in Pasco County
*[[Anclote River]]
*[[Pithlachascotee River]]
*[[Weeki Wachee River]] – [[Weeki Wachee Springs]]
*[[Chassahowitzka River]]
*[[Homosassa River]] – [[Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park|Homosassa Springs]] 
*[[Crystal River (Florida)|Crystal River]]
*[[Withlacoochee River (Florida)|Withlacoochee River (central Florida)]]
**[[Rainbow River]] – [[Rainbow Springs]] 
**[[Little Withlacoochee River]]
*[[Waccasassa River]]
**[[Wekiva River (Gulf Hammock, Levy County)]]
*[[Suwannee River]] – [[Suwannee Springs, Florida|Suwannee Springs]], Hart Springs, Ginnie Springs, [[Fanning Springs State Park|Fanning Springs]], [[Manatee Springs State Park|Manatee  Springs]], Otter Springs, [[Troy Spring State Park|Troy Spring]] 
**[[Santa Fe River (Florida)|Santa Fe River]] 
***[[Ichetucknee River]] – [[Ichetucknee Springs]] 
***[[New River (Santa Fe River tributary)|New River]]
**[[Withlacoochee River (Suwannee River tributary)|Withlacoochee River (north Florida)]] – [[Madison Blue Springs State Park|Madison Blue Springs]]  
**[[Alapaha River]] – [[Alapaha Rise|Alapaha Rise Spring]]
***[[Alapahoochee River]]
*[[Steinhatchee River]]
*[[Fenholloway River]]
*[[Econfina River]]
*[[Aucilla River]] – Nutall Rise
**[[Wacissa River]] – [[Wacissa Springs]], Aucilla Spring, 
*[[Pinhook River]]
*[[St. Marks River]] – St. Marks Spring
**[[East River (Florida)|East River]]
**[[Wakulla River]] – [[Wakulla Springs]]
*[[Ochlockonee River]]
**[[Sopchoppy River]]
**[[Telogia Creek]]
**[[Little River (Ochlockonee River tributary)|Little River]]
*[[Crooked River (Florida)|Crooked River]]
*[[Carrabelle River]]
**[[New River (Carrabelle River tributary)|New River]]
*[[Apalachicola River]]
**[[Jackson River (Florida)|Jackson River]]
**[[Chipola River]] – Baltzell Spring, [[Florida Caverns State Park|Blue Hole Spring]]
**[[Chattahoochee River]]
*[[Econfina Creek]]
*[[Choctawhatchee River]] – [[Vortex Spring]]
**[[Holmes Creek (Florida)|Holmes Creek]]
**[[Pea River]]
*[[East Bay River]]
*[[Yellow River (Pensacola Bay)|Yellow River]]
**[[Shoal River]]
*[[Blackwater River (Florida)|Blackwater River]]
**[[Big Coldwater Creek]]
**[[Big Juniper Creek]]
*[[Conecuh River|Escambia River]]
*[[Perdido River]]

==Alphabetically==
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*[[Alafia River]]
*[[Alapaha River]]
*[[Alapahoochee River]]
*[[Alexander Springs Creek]]
*[[Amelia River]]
*[[Anclote River]]
*[[Apalachicola River]]
*[[Arlington River]]
*[[Aucilla River]]
*[[Banana River]]
*[[Barron River (Florida)|Barron River]]
*[[Bells River]]
*[[Big Coldwater Creek]]
*[[Big Juniper Creek]]
*[[Big Marco River]]
*[[Billy Creek]]
*[[Black Creek (Florida)|Black Creek]]
*[[Blackwater River (Florida)|Blackwater River]]
*[[Bonnet Creek]]
*[[Braden River]]
*[[Broad River (Florida)|Broad River]]
*[[Broward River]]
*[[Caloosahatchee River]]
*[[Carrabelle River]]
*[[Cedar River (Florida)|Cedar River]]
*[[Chassahowitzka River]]  
*[[Chatham River]]
*[[Chattahoochee River]]
*[[Chipola River]] 
*[[Choctawhatchee River]]
*[[Cocohatchee River]]
*[[Crane Creek (Melbourne, Florida)|Crane Creek]]
*[[Crooked River (Florida)|Crooked River]]
*[[Cross Creek (Florida)|Cross Creek]]
*[[Crystal River (Florida)|Crystal River]]
*[[Cypress Creek (Florida)|Cypress Creek]]
*[[Dead River (Kissimmee River tributary)]]
*[[Dead River (Lake County, Florida)]]
*[[Doctors Lake (Florida)|Doctors Lake]]
*[[Dunns Creek]]
*[[East Bay River]]
*[[East River (Florida)|East River]]
*[[Eau Gallie River]]
*[[Econfina Creek]]
*[[Econfina River]]
*[[Econlockhatchee River]]
*[[Eau Gallie River|Elbow Creek]]
*[[Conecuh River|Escambia River]]
*[[Estero River (Florida)|Estero River]]
*[[Fakahatchee River]]
*[[Fenholloway River]]
*[[Fisheating Creek]]
*[[Fort George River]]
*[[Haines Creek]]
*[[Halifax River]]
*[[Harney River]]
*[[Henderson Creek (Florida)|Henderson Creek]]
*[[Hillsboro River]]
*[[Hillsborough River (Florida)|Hillsborough River]]
*[[Holmes Creek (Florida)|Holmes Creek]]
*[[Homosassa River]]
*[[Hontoon Dead River]]
*[[Huston River]]
*[[Ichetucknee River]]
*[[Imperial River (Florida)|Imperial River]]
*[[Indian River (Florida)|Indian River]]
*[[Indian River North]]
*[[Istokpoga Creek]]
*[[Jackson River (Florida)|Jackson River]]
*[[Joe River (Florida)|Joe River]]
*[[Julington Creek]]
*[[Kissimmee River]]
*[[Lake Jesup]]
*[[Lake Marion Creek]]
*[[Little Econlockhatchee River]]
*[[Little Manatee River]]
*[[Little River (Biscayne Bay)]]
*[[Little River (Ochlockonee River tributary)]]
*[[Little Trout River (Florida)|Little Trout River]]
*[[Little Wekiva River]]
*[[Little Withlacoochee River]]
*[[Lopez River]]
*[[Lostmans River]]
*[[Loxahatchee River]]
*[[Manatee River]]
*[[Matanzas River]]
*[[Miami River (Florida)|Miami River]]
*[[Middle River (Florida)|Middle River]]
*[[Myakka River]]
*[[Myakkahatchee Creek]]
*[[Nassau River]]
*[[New River (Broward County, Florida)|New River]] (Broward County)
*[[New River (Collier County, Florida)|New River]] (Collier County)
*[[New River (Carrabelle River tributary)|New River]] (Franklin County)
*[[New River (Pasco County, Florida)|New River]] (Pasco County)
*[[New River (Santa Fe River tributary)|New River]] (Union/Bradford County)
*[[Ochlockonee River]]
*[[Ocklawaha River]]
*[[Oleta River]]
*[[Orange Creek]]
*[[Orange River (Florida)|Orange River]]
*[[Ortega River]]
*[[Pablo Creek]]
*[[Palatlakaha River]]
*[[Palm River]]
*[[Pea River]]
*[[Peace River (Florida)|Peace River]]
*[[Perdido River]]
*[[Pinhook River]]
*[[Pithlachascotee River]]
*[[Pottsburg Creek]]
*[[Rainbow River]]
*[[Reedy Creek (Florida)|Reedy Creek]]
*[[Ribault River]]
*[[Rice Creek (Florida)|Rice Creek]]
*[[Rodgers River]]
*[[Saint Sebastian River]]
*[[Salt Springs River]]
*[[San Sebastian River]]
*[[Santa Fe River (Florida)|Santa Fe River]]
*[[Shark River (Florida)|Shark River]]
*[[Shell Creek (Florida)|Shell Creek]]
*[[Shingle Creek (Florida)|Shingle Creek]]
*[[Shoal River]]
*[[Sisters Creek (Florida)|Sisters Creek]]
*[[Snell Creek (Florida)|Snell Creek]]
*[[Sopchoppy River]]
*[[South Amelia River]]
*[[Spruce Creek (Florida)|Spruce Creek]]
*[[St. Johns River]]
*[[St. Lucie River]]
*[[St. Marks River]]
*[[St. Marys River (Florida–Georgia)|St. Marys River]]
*[[Steinhatchee River]]
*[[Stranahan River]]
*[[Suwannee River]]
*[[Taylor Creek (Okeechobee)|Taylor Creek]]
*[[Telogia Creek]]
*[[Thomas Creek (Nassau River tributary)|Thomas Creek]]
*[[Tolomato River]]
*[[Tomoka River]]
*[[Trout River (Florida)|Trout River]]
*[[Turkey Creek (Indian River tributary)|Turkey Creek]]
*[[Turner River (Florida)|Turner River]]
*[[Waccasassa River]]
*[[Wacissa River]]
*[[Wakulla River]]
*[[Weeki Wachee River]]
*[[Wekiva River]] (Gulf Hammock)
*[[Wekiva River]]
*[[Whitney River]]
*[[Whittenhorse Creek]]
*[[Withlacoochee River (Florida)|Withlacoochee River]] (central Florida)
*[[Withlacoochee River (Suwannee River tributary)|Withlacoochee River]] (north Florida)
*[[Yellow River (Pensacola Bay)|Yellow River]]
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[[File:FlaWaterwaysMap.png|700px|alt=High resolution map of the state of Florida with all major waterways|Map of Florida's major waterways]]

==See also==

* [[Geology of Florida]]
* [[List of rivers in the United States]]
* [[List of springs in Florida]]
* [[Outstanding Florida Waters]]

==References==
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*Fernald, Edward A., Ed. 1981. Drainage Basins and Divides. ''Atlas of Florida''. Tallahassee, Florida: The Florida State University Foundation, Inc. p. 18. {{ISBN|0-9606708-0-7}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120709071407/http://floridarivers.org/ FloridaRivers.org]

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