List of rivers of Utah
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This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Utah in the United States, sorted by watershed.
Colorado River[edit]
The Colorado River is a major river in the Western United States, emptying into the Gulf of California. Rivers are listed upstream by the point they empty into the Colorado.
- Meadow Valley Wash (located entirely in Nevada, but its watershed has several extremely small portions in Utah)
- Virgin River
- Kanab Creek
- Paria River
- San Juan River
- Escalante River
- Dirty Devil River
- Fremont River
- Sulphur Creek
- Sand Creek
- Sulphur Creek
- Muddy Creek
- Fremont River
- Green River
- San Rafael River
- Price River
- Range Creek
- Willow Creek
- White River
- Duchesne River
- Uinta River
- Lake Fork River
- Yellowstone River (Utah)
- Yellowstone Creek
- Swift Creek (Utah)
- Yellowstone River (Utah)
- Strawberry River
- Ashley Creek
- Brush Creek
- Jones Hole Creek (Diamond Gulch)
- Crouse Creek
- Cart Creek
- Carter Creek
- Sheep Creek
- Henrys Fork
- Blacks Fork
- Muddy Creek
- Kane Springs Creek
- Dolores River
- La Sal Creek
Great Salt Lake[edit]
The Great Salt Lake is the largest lake in the Great Basin. Rivers are listed in a clockwise direction.
- Bear River
- Weber River
- Jordan River
- City Creek
- Red Butte
- Emigration Creek
- Parley's Creek
- Mill Creek
- Big Cottonwood Creek
- Little Cottonwood Creek
- Bingham Creek
- Willow Creek
- Midas Creek
- Dry Creek
- Utah Lake
- Dry Creek
- American Fork
- Provo River
- Hobble Creek
- Dry Creek
- Spanish Fork
- Peteetneet Creek (no longer reaches Utah Lake)
- Current Creek
Other Great Basin[edit]
A number of other drainage systems are located in the Great Basin.
- Curlew Valley
- Escalante Desert
- Great Salt Lake Desert
- Hamlin Valley
- Pilot Creek Valley
- Pine Valley
- Rush Valley
- Sevier Lake
- Skull Valley
- Snake Valley
- Tooele Valley
- Tule Valley
- Wah Wah Valley
Snake River[edit]
The Snake River, which flows into the Pacific Ocean via the Columbia River, does not enter Utah, but some of its tributaries drain northwestern Utah.
See also[edit]
- List of rivers in the Great Basin
- List of rivers in the United States
- List of canyons and gorges in Utah
External links[edit]
Media related to Rivers of Utah at Wikimedia Commons