List of rivers of Montana

Further information on the hydrological apex of the North American continent: Triple Divide Peak (Montana)

The following is a partial list of rivers of Montana (U.S. state).

Map of principal rivers of Montana

East of Continental Divide

Water in these rivers flows east and south from the Continental Divide of the Americas, also known as the Great Divide, into the Gulf of Mexico via the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.

Missouri River watershed

Beaverhead River near Twin Bridges

• Missouri River
  • Jefferson River
    • Beaverhead River
      • Blacktail Deer Creek
      • Ruby River
      • Red Rock River
    • Big Hole River
      • Wise River
    • Boulder River
  • Roe River (one of the shortest rivers in the world)
  • Madison River
  • Gallatin River
    • East Gallatin River
  • Sixteen Mile Creek
  • Dearborn River
  • Smith River
  • Sun River
  • Belt Creek
  • Marias River

Marias River at Moffat Bridge Recreation Area

• • • Cut Bank Creek
    • Two Medicine River
      • Birch Creek
        • Dupuyer Creek
    • Teton River

Teton River

• • • Cottonwood Creek (Liberty County, Montana)
  • Arrow Creek
  • Cow Creek
  • Birch Creek
  • Judith River
    • Dry Wolf Creek
  • Musselshell River
    • Sacagawea River
    • North Fork Musselshell River
    • South Fork Musselshell River
  • Milk River
    • Big Sandy Creek
    • Frenchman River
    • Battle Creek
  • Redwater River
  • Poplar River
  • Big Muddy Creek
  • Little Muddy Creek
  • Yellowstone River
    • Gardner River
    • DePuy Spring Creek
    • Shields River

Shields River in Park County

• • • Boulder River
    • Sweet Grass Creek
    • Stillwater River

Stillwater River north of Absarokee

• • • Clarks Fork Yellowstone River
    • Bighorn River
      • Beauvais Creek
      • Big Bull Elk Creek
      • Black Canyon Creek
      • Dry Head Creek
      • Grapevine Creek
      • Little Bighorn River
        • Alligator Creek
        • Lodge Grass Creek
        • Pass Creek
        • Reno Creek
        • Shoulder Blade Creek
        • West Fork Little Bighorn River
      • Little Bull Elk Creek
      • Rotten Grass Creek
      • Soap Creek
      • War Man Creek
      • Woody Creek
    • Tongue River

Tongue River

• • • • Pumpkin Creek
    • Powder River
      • Little Powder River
        • East Fork Little Powder River
      • Crow Creek
      • Timber Creek
      • Spring Creek
      • Ash Creek
      • Mizpah Creek
      • Sheep Creek
      • Locate Creek
    • O'Fallon Creek
    • Cabin Creek
  • Little Missouri River
    • Thompson Creek

Laurentian Divide

Waters in these rivers flow north and east from the Laurentian Divide into Hudson Bay, a tributary of the Arctic Ocean, via the Saskatchewan and Nelson rivers.

• Belly River
• St. Mary River
• Waterton River

West of Continental Divide

Water in these rivers flow west from the Continental Divide of the Americas into the Pacific Ocean via the Columbia River.

• Clark Fork River
  • Bull River

Bull River campground near Idaho border

• • Thompson River
    • Little Thompson River
  • Vermilion River
    • Queer Creek
  • Flathead River

Flathead River near Perma

• • • Jocko River
    • Little Bitterroot River
    • Spotted Bear River
    • White River
    • Whitefish River
      • Stillwater River
    • South Fork Flathead River
    • North Fork Flathead River
    • Middle Fork Flathead River
      • Graves Creek
        • Aeneas Creek
  • St. Regis River
  • Bitterroot River
  • Blackfoot River
  • Little Blackfoot River
• Kootenai River
  • Yaak River

Lower Yaak Falls on the Yaak River

• • Fisher River
  • Ninemile Creek
  • Tobacco River
  • Wigwam River
• Swan River

Multiple streams with same name

• Willow Creek, there are 45 streams named Willow Creek in Montana

See also

• Montana Stream Access Law
• List of rivers in the United States

External links

• Montana Streamflow Data from the USGS
• Montana Watershed Data From Environmental Protection Agency^{[link removed]}
• Montana River Action
• National River Management Organization