Rivers and streams between the Oregon border and Humboldt Bay that empty into the Pacific Ocean (arranged north to south; tributaries with those entering nearest the sea first). Bold indicates rivers with more detailed lists in following sections.
Smith River
Wilson Creek
Klamath River
Redwood Creek
Little River (Humboldt County)
Mad River
Smith River
Rowdy Creek
Mill Creek
Myrtle Creek
South Fork Smith River
Craigs Creek
Coon Creek
Rock Creek
Gordon Creek
Goose Creek
Hurdygurdy Creek
Jones Creek
Buck Creek
Quartz Creek
Eightmile Creek
Harrington Creek
Prescott Fork Smith River
Middle Fork Smith River
Patrick Creek
Little Jones Creek
Monkey Creek
Siskiyou Fork Smith River
Griffin Creek
Knopki Creek
North Fork Smith River
Stony Creek
Still Creek
Diamond Creek
Klamath River
Hunter Creek
Turwar Creek
Blue Creek
West Fork Blue Creek
Nikowitz Creek
Crescent City Fork Blue Creek
East Fork Blue Creek
Ah Pah Creek
Tectah Creek
Pecwan Creek
Mettah Creek
Roach Creek
Tully Creek
Pine Creek
Trinity River
Hopkins Creek
Copper Creek
Indian Creek
Bluff Creek
Fish Creek
East Fork Bluff Creek
Notice Creek
North Fork Bluff Creek
Slate Creek
Red Cap Creek
North Fork Red Cap Creek
Middle Fork Red Cap Creek
Boise Creek
Camp Creek
Pearch Creek
Salmon River
Rogers Creek
Irving Creek
Rock Creek
Swillup Creek
Ukonom Creek
McCash Fork
King Creek
Independence Creek
Clear Creek
South Fork Clear Creek
Fivemile Creek
Tenmile Creek
Bear Valley Creek
Red Hill Creek
West Fork Clear Creek
Doe Creek
Oak Flat Creek
Elk Creek
East Fork Elk Creek
Doolittle Creek
Bear Creek
Granite Creek
Burney Valley Creek
Toms Valley Creek
Rainy Valley Creek
Indian Creek
Doolittle Creek
East Fork Indian Creek
South Fork Indian Creek
Twin Valley Fork Indian Creek
Mill Creek
Granite Creek
Green Creek
China Creek
Thompson Creek
Fort Goff Creek
Portuguese Creek
Seiad Creek
Grider Creek
Walker Creek
Scott River
Mill Creek
Kelsey Creek
Shackleford Creek
Indian Creek
Moffett Creek
Kidder Creek
Etna Creek
Sugar Creek
East Fork Scott River
South Fork Scott River
Shasta River
Yreka Creek
Oregon Slough
Little Shasta River
Willow Creek
Parks Creek
Whitney Creek
Cottonwood Creek
Bogus Creek
Jenny Creek
Butte Creek (joins the Klamath in Oregon)
Lost River (joins the Klamath in Oregon)
Rock Creek
Willow Creek
Mowitz Creek
Trinity River
Mill Creek
Tish Tang o Tang Creek
Horse Linto Creek
Willow Creek
South Fork Trinity River
Madden Creek
Grouse Creek
Mosquito Creek
Buckeye Creek
Hayfork Creek
Corral Creek
Salt Creek
Big Creek
Carr Creek
East Fork Hayfork Creek
Indian Valley Creek
Butter Creek
Plummer Creek
Rattlesnake Creek
Smoky Creek
Happy Camp Creek
East Fork South Fork Trinity River
Prospect Creek
Shell Mountain Creek
Sharber Creek
Quinby Creek
Hawkins Creek
New River
Bell Creek
Big Creek
China Creek
Panther Creek
Quinby Creek
Devils Canyon Creek
East Fork New River
Slide Creek
Virgin Creek
Canadian Creek
Big French Creek
Little French Creek
Price Creek
Manzanita Creek
Big Bar Creek
Sailor Bar Creek
North Fork Trinity River
East Fork North Fork Trinity River
Backbone Creek
Whites Creek
China Creek
Rattlesnake Creek
Gas Creek
Grizzly Creek
Canyon Creek
Big East Fork Canyon Creek
Little East Fork Canyon Creek
Oregon Gulch
Soldier Creek
Dutch Creek
Browns Creek
Little Creek
Reading Creek
Weaver Creek
Little Browns Creek
East Weaver Creek
West Weaver Creek
Indian Creek
Grass Valley Creek
Little Grass Valley Creek
Rush Creek
Deadwood Creek
Papoose Creek
Stuart Fork
Hobel Creek
Mule Creek
Stoney Creek
Owens Creek
Deep Creek
Boulder Creek
Deer Creek
Swift Creek
Granite Creek
East Fork Trinity River
Cedar Creek
Mumbo Creek
Crow Creek
Baker Creek
Coffee Creek
Little Boulder Creek
Boulder Creek
Sugar Pine Creek
East Fork Coffee Creek
North Fork Coffee Creek
Union Creek
South Fork Coffee Creek
Scorpion Creek
Eagle Creek
Ramshorn Creek
Bear Creek
Tangle Blue Creek
Scott Mountain Creek
Little Trinity River
Sherer Creek
Picayune Creek
Cedar Creek
Bear Creek
High Camp Creek
Salmon River
Merrill Creek
Somes Creek
Wooley Creek
Steinacher Creek
Bridge Creek
Rock Creek
Hancock Creek
North Fork Wooley Creek
Cuddihy Fork
Hell Hole Creek
Big Meadows Creek
South Fork Wooley Creek
Big Elk Fork
Butler Creek
Morehouse Creek
Nordheimer Creek
Crapo Creek
North Fork Salmon River
Little North Fork Salmon River
Russian Creek
Right Hand Fork North Fork Salmon River
South Fork Salmon River
Knownothing Creek
Methodist Creek
Black Bear Creek
Plummer Creek
St Claire Creek
Crawford Creek
Cecil Creek
East Fork South Fork Salmon River
Taylor Creek
Rush Creek
Little South Fork Salmon River
Redwood Creek (Humboldt County)
Prairie Creek (California)
Lost Man Creek
McArthur Creek
Tom McDonald Creek
Bridge Creek
Copper Creek
Devils Creek
Coyote Creek
Panther Creek
Garrett Creek
Lacks Creek
Minor Creek
Lupton Creek
Noisy Creek
High Prairie Creek
Minon Creek
Lake Prairie Creek
Bradford Creek
Pardee Creek
Twin Lakes Creek
Mad River
Maple Creek (California)
Primary streams entering Humboldt Bay are listed north to south beginning north of the entrance to the bay and continuing in a clockwise direction. Tributaries entering nearest the bay are listed first.
For additional detail on Humboldt Bay streams, see Humboldt Bay: Bay tributaries and sloughs.
Jacoby Creek
Eureka Slough
Freshwater Slough
Freshwater Creek
Elk River (California)
Salmon Creek (Northern Humboldt County)
Rivers and streams between Humboldt Bay and the Golden Gate that empty into the Pacific Ocean (arranged north to south; tributaries with those entering nearest the sea first):
Eel River
Salt River
Van Duzen River
Yager Creek
South Fork Eel River (see List of tributaries of the South Fork Eel River for additional detail)
Bull Creek
East Branch South Fork Eel River
Cedar Creek
Tenmile Creek
North Fork Eel River
Middle Fork Eel River
North Fork Middle Fork Eel River
Thatcher Creek
Black Butte River
Rice Fork
Outlet Creek
Bear River
Mattole River
North Fork Mattole River
Upper North Fork Mattole River
Usal Creek
Ten Mile River
Noyo River
Big River
Little River
Albion River
Big Salmon Creek
Little Salmon Creek
Navarro River
Rancheria Creek
Anderson Creek
Garcia River
Gualala River
Wheatfield Fork
Russian River
East Fork Russian River
For details of the Sonoma and Marin coasts, see List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Streams that empty into San Francisco Bay or its tributary bays (arranged clockwise, starting at the north side of the Golden Gate; tributaries are listed from those entering nearest the bays to farthest).
For additional detail on Bay Area creeks, see List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Petaluma River
Sonoma Creek
Napa River
Carneros Creek
Pacheco Creek (Contra Costa County)
Sacramento River:
Cache Slough
Steamboat Slough in the Sacramento Delta Region
Miner Slough
Lindsey Slough
Lookout Slough
Ulatis Creek
Horse Creek
Putah Creek
American River
North Fork American River
Middle Fork American River
North Fork of the Middle Fork American River
Rubicon River
Gerle Creek
Bunch Creek
Shirttail Creek
South Fork American River
Slab Creek
Silver Creek
Dry Creek
Cache Creek
Forbes Creek
North Fork of Cache Creek
Bear Creek
Sulphur Creek (Passes Wilbur Springs)
Feather River
Bear River
Yuba River
South Yuba River
Canyon Creek
Fordyce Creek
North Yuba River
Slate Creek
Canyon Creek
Downie River
Pauley Creek
Lavazolla Creek
Middle Yuba River
Fall River
North Fork Feather River
West Branch Feather River
Big Kimshew Creek
East Branch North Fork Feather River
Indian Creek
Last Chance Creek
Red Clover Creek
Spanish Creek
Middle Fork Feather River
Fall River
South Fork Feather River
Butte Creek
Little Chico Creek
Stony Creek
Grindstone Creek
Little Stony Creek
Big Chico Creek
Mud Creek
Rock Creek
Burch Creek
Jewett Creek
Deer Creek
Thomes Creek
Mill Creek
Elder Creek
Dye Creek
Willow Creek
Oat Creek
Antelope Creek
Red Bank Creek
Reeds Creek
Dibble Creek
Payne's Creek
Battle Creek
North Fork Battle Creek
South Fork Battle Creek
Cottonwood Creek
South Fork Cottonwood Creek
Salt Creek
Cold Fork Cottonwood Creek
North Fork Cottonwood Creek
Middle Fork Cottonwood Creek
Beegum Creek
Bear Creek
Cow Creek
Little Cow Creek
Oak Run Creek
Clover Creek
Old Cow Creek
South Cow Creek
Clear Creek
Rock Creek
Spring Creek
Spring Creek
Slickrock Creek
Boulder Creek
Flat Creek
Pit River
McCloud River
Squaw Creek
Burney Creek
Hat Creek
Fall River
San Joaquin River:
Marsh Creek
Mokelumne River
Cosumnes River
Dry Creek
Jackson Creek
Sutter Creek
Bear River
Calaveras River
Corral Hollow Creek historical
Stanislaus River
Black Creek
Angels Creek
South Fork Stanislaus River
Rose Creek
Middle Fork Stanislaus River
Clark Fork Middle Fork Stanislaus River
North Fork Stanislaus River
Griswold Creek
Beaver Creek
Hospital Creek
Ingram Creek
Tuolumne River
Dry Creek
Clavey River
South Fork Tuolumne River
Middle Fork Tuolumne River
Cottonwood Creek
Cherry Creek
Falls Creek
Branigan Creek
Tiltill Creek
Rancheria Creek
Breeze Creek
Piute Creek
Register Creek
Ten Lakes Basin Creek
Cathedral Creek
South Fork Cathedral Creek
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
Del Puerto Creek
Orestimba Creek
Merced River
Bear Creek
Dry Creek
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
Mud Slough
Los Banos Creek
Garzas Creek
San Luis Creek
Chowchilla River
Fresno River
Fresno Slough from North Fork Kings River distributary in time of flood.
Big Creek
North Fork San Joaquin River
Middle Fork San Joaquin River
Minaret Creek
South Fork San Joaquin River
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.
Kings River the Kings River divides into North Fork Distributary, South Fork Distributary and Clark's Fork distributaries. North Fork Distributary 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.
Los Gatos Creek historically tributary to North Fork Kings River distributary.
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
Wilson Dam, Wilson Reservoir
Woodchuck Creek
Short Hair Creek
Sharp Creek
Helms Creek
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
Woods Creek
Arrow Creek
Kid Creek
Kaweah River
Yokohl Creek
Lime Kiln Creek (Dry Creek)
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
Stillman 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
St. Johns River (distributary)
Tule River
South Fork Tule River
North Fork Tule River
Middle Fork Tule River
North Fork Middle Fork Tule River
Kern River
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
Clockwise around the Tulare Basin starting at the Kings River:
White River
Poso Creek
San Francisco Bay (remainder)
Continuing clockwise around San Pablo Bay/San Francisco Bay:
Pinole Creek
San Leandro Creek
San Lorenzo Creek
Alameda Creek
Coyote Creek
Guadalupe River
Stevens Creek
San Francisquito Creek
Redwood Creek (San Mateo County)
San Mateo Creek
For additional detail on Bay Area creeks, see List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Rivers that empty into the Pacific Ocean between the Golden Gate and Point Arguello, arranged in order from north to south.
For details of the San Mateo coast, see List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area.
San Gregorio Creek
Pescadero Creek
Butano Creek
Little Butano Creek
South Fork Butano Creek
North Fork Butano Creek
Honsinger Creek
Peters Creek
Fall Creek
Waterman Creek
San Vicente Creek (Santa Cruz County)
San Lorenzo River
Carbonera Creek
Zayante Creek
Bean Creek
Pajaro River
Pacheco Creek
San Benito River
Clear Creek
Tres Piños Creek
Salsipuedes Creek
Corralitos Creek
Elkhorn Slough
Carneros Creek
Salinas River
Arroyo Seco
San Antonio River
Nacimiento River
Estrella River
Carmel River
Malpaso Creek
Little Sur River
Big Sur River
Pfeiffer-Redwood Creek
McWay Creek
Morro Creek
Los Osos Creek
San Luis Obispo Creek
Santa Maria River
Cuyama River
Sisquoc River
San Antonio Creek
Santa Ynez River
Salsipuedes Creek
El Jaro Creek
Rivers that empty into the Pacific Ocean southeast of Point Arguello, arranged from north to south:
See also List of rivers of Orange County, California and List of tributaries of the Santa Ana River
Goleta Slough
Carneros Creek
Atascadero Creek
Montecito Creek
Cold Springs Creek
East Fork Cold Springs Creek
West Fork Cold Springs Creek
Oak Creek
San Ysidro Creek
Romero Creek
Picay Creek
Toro Canyon Creek
Garapata Creek
Buell Reservoir Creek
Arroyo Paredon
Santa Monica Creek
Franklin Creek
Carpinteria Creek
Gobernador Creek
Eldorado Creek
Steer Creek
Carpinteria Reservoir Creek
Rincon Creek
Casitas Creek
Sulphur Creek
Catharina Creek
Los Sauces Creek
Madrianio Creek
Padre Juan Canyon
Ventura River
Manuel Canyon
Cañada Larga
Cañada de Alisos
Coyote Creek
Lake Casitas
Laguna Creek
Willow Creek
Santa Ana Creek
Roble-Casitas Canal
Poplin Creek
Deep Cat Lake
East Fork Coyote Creek
West Fork Coyote Creek
Matilija Creek
Rattlesnake Creek
Lime Creek
Murietta Creek
Middle Fork Matilija Creek
Upper North Fork Matilija Creek
North Fork Matilija Creek (This and Matilija Creek form the Ventura River's headwaters.)
Santa Clara River
Sespe Creek
Piru Creek
Castaic Creek
Calleguas Creek
Malibu Creek
Ballona Creek
Dominguez Channel
Los Angeles River
Compton Creek
Rio Hondo
Santa Anita Wash
Arroyo Seco
Verdugo Wash
Burbank Western Channel
Tujunga Wash
Big Tujunga Creek
Lucas Creek
Mill Creek
Alder Creek
Little Tujunga Creek
Pacoima Wash
Bull Creek
Aliso Creek
Limekiln Canyon
Wilbur Canyon
Browns Canyon Wash
Diablo Canyon Creek
Mormon Canyon Creek
Bell Creek
Dayton Creek
Woolsey Canyon Creek
Arroyo Calabasas
Dry Creek
San Gabriel River
Coyote Creek
Carbon Creek
Moody Creek
Fullerton Creek
La Canada Verde Creek
La Mirada Creek
Brea Creek
San Jose Flood Diversion Channel
Tonner Canyon
Imperial Creek
East Fork San Gabriel River
West Fork San Gabriel River
Santa Ana River
Greenville-Banning Channel
Huntington Beach Channel
Santiago Creek
Handy Creek
Irvine Lake(Instream water supply, recreation and flood control reservoir)
Limestone Canyon Creek
Black Star Canyon Creek
Baker Canyon Creek
Silverado Canyon
Ladd Canyon
White Canyon
Halfway Canyon
Pine Canyon
Lost Woman Canyon
Spruce Canyon
Williams Canyon
Spring Canyon
Harding Creek
Modjeska Creek(Named for and flows from Modjeska Peak)
Bear Trap Canyon Creek
Blue Mud Creek
Brush Creek
Aliso Creek
Bane Canyon Creek
Water Canyon Creek
Fresno Canyon
Wardlow Wash
Chino Creek
Mill Creek
Etiwanda Creek
Cucamonga Creek
Deer Creek
Day Canyon Wash
Calamity Creek
San Antonio Creek
Stoddard Creek
Kerkhoff Creek
Bear Creek
Icehouse Creek
Cedar Creek
Temescal Creek
Oak Avenue Drain
Mabey Canyon Wash
Hagador Canyon Wash
Tin Mine Canyon Creek
Arlington Valley Channel
Main Street Canyon Wash
Eagle Canyon Creek
Joseph Canyon
Bedford Canyon Wash
Cajalco Canyon
Olsen Canyon Wash
Brown Canyon Wash
McBribe Canyon Creek
Coldwater Canyon Creek
Dawson Canyon Wash
Mayhew Canyon Wash
Indian Canyon Creek
Horsetheif Canyon Wash
Cow Canyon Creek
Rice Canyon Wash
Bishop Canyon Wash
Gavilan Wash in Walker Canyon
Arroyo Del Toro
Wasson Canyon Wash
Lake Elsinore
McVicker Canyon Wash
Leach Canyon Wash
San Jacinto River
Canyon Lake
Salt Creek
Perris Valley Channel
Bautista Creek
Indian Creek
North Fork San Jacinto River
Logan Creek
Stone Creek
Black Mountain Creek
Fuller Mill Creek
South Fork San Jacinto River
Dry Creek
Spillway Creek
Strawberry Creek
Herkey Creek
Fobes Creek
Riverside Flood Control Channel
Sunnyslope Channel
Arroyo Tequesquito
Warm Creek
Lytle Creek
Cajon Wash
Cable Creek
Lone Pine Creek
Crowder Creek
Grapevine Creek
Meyer Creek
South Fork Lytle Creek
Bonita Creek
Middle Fork Lytle Creek
North Fork Lytle Creek
Coldwater Canyon Creek
Paiute Canyon
Dog Bone Canyon
East Twin Creek
Strawberry Creek
Sand Creek
City Creek
Bledsoe Gulch
Schenk Creek
East Fork City Creek
West Fork City Creek
Elder Gulch
Plunge Creek
Oak Creek
Fredalba Creek
Little Mill Creek
Mill Creek
Spoor Creek
Mountain Home Creek
Skinner Creek
East Fork Mountain Home Creek
Glen Martin Creek
Frustration Creek
Monkeyface Creek
Oak Cove Creek
Bridal Veil Creek
Hatchery Creek
Momyer Creek
Slide Creek
Alger Creek
Falls Creek
Vivian Creek
High Creek
Morton Creek
Deep Creek
Government Creek
Warm Springs Creek
Alder Creek
Keller Creek
Monroe Creek
Crystal Creek
Breakneck Creek
Bear Creek
North Fork Bear Creek
Siberia Creek
North Creek
Grout Creek
Minnelusa Creek
Rathbun Creek
Sawmill Creek
Deer Creek
Mile Creek
Cienaga Creek
Barton Creek
Hamilton Creek
Converse Creek
Staircase Creek
South Fork Santa Ana River
Lost Creek
Wildhorse Creek
Cienaga Seca Creek
Heart Bar Creek
Coon Creek
Newport Bay
Upper Newport Bay
Big Canyon (Newport Bay)
Santa Isabel Channel
Dehli Canal
San Diego Creek
Bonita Canyon Creek
Bonita Canyon Reservoir
Sand Canyon Wash
Sand Canyon Reservoir
San Joaquin Wash
San Joaquin Reservoir
Peters Canyon Wash
Santa Ana Channel
Rattlesnake Canyon Creek
Peters Canyon Reservoir
Marshburn Channel
Bee Canyon Wash
Round Canyon
Bee Canyon Reservoir
Agua Chinon Creek
Borrego Canyon
Serrano Creek
La Cañada Wash
Santa Ana-Delhi Channel
Big Canyon Creek
Buck Gully
Morning Canyon
Los Trancos Canyon
Reef Point Creek
Muddy Canyon Creek
El Moro Canyon Creek
Emerald Canyon Creek
Boat Canyon Creek
Laguna Canyon
Willow Canyon Creek
Laurel Canyon Wash
El Toro Creek
Camarillo Canyon
See also Laguna Lakes
Little Sycamore Canyon
Bluebird Canyon Creek
Hobo Canyon
Aliso Creek
Wood Canyon Creek
See also Wood Canyon Emergent Wetland
Sulphur Creek
Narco Channel
See also Sulphur Creek Reservoir
Niguel Drain
Dairy Fork
Aliso Hills Channel
Munger Creek
English Canyon Creek
Salt Creek
San Juan Canyon Creek
Arroyo Salada Storm Channel
Sea Canyon Creek
North Creek
San Juan Creek
Trabuco Creek
Oso Creek,includes Lake Mission Viejo and Upper Oso Reservoir
La Paz Creek
Tijeras Canyon Creek
Cañada Chiquita
Live Oak Canyon Creek
Hickey Canyon Creek
Rose Canyon Creek
Falls Canyon Creek
Holy Jim Creek
El Horno Creek
Cañada Chiquita
Cañada Gobernadora
Wagon Wheel Canyon Creek
Trampas Canyon
Verdugo Canyon Wash
Bell Canyon
Crow Canyon Creek
Dove Canyon Creek
Fox Canyon Creek
Lucas Canyon Creek
Aliso Canyon Creek
Cold Springs Creek
Hot Springs Creek
Outlet stream of San Juan Hot Springs
Chiquito Spring Creek
Lion Canyon Creek
Bear Canyon Creek
Morrell Canyon
Long Canyon Creek
Arroyo El Cariso
Decker Canyon
Prima Deshecha Cañada
Segunda Deshecha Cañada
San Mateo Creek
Cristianitos Creek
Talega Creek
Gabino Creek
La Paz Creek
Devil Canyon Creek
Cold Spring Canyon Creek
Nickel Creek (San Mateo Creek)
Bluewater Creek
Tenaja Creek
Los Alamos Canyon Creek
Wildhorse Canyon Creek
San Onofre Creek
South Fork, San Onofre Creek
North Fork, San Onofre Creek
Jardine Creek
Foley Creek
Horno Creek
Las Flores Creek
Piedra de Lumbre Canyon Creek
Aliso Creek (San Diego County)
French Creek (San Diego County)
Cockleburr Creek
Santa Margarita River
Newton Canyon
Pueblitos Canyon
Wood Canyon
DeLuz Creek
Sandia Creek
Rainbow Creek
Temecula Creek
Pechanga Creek
Vail Lake Dam, Vail Lake
Kolb Creek
Arroyo Seco Creek
Wilson Creek
Long Canyon
Cottonwood Creek
Tule Creek
Chihuahua Creek
Rattlesnake Creek
Kohler Canyon
Murrieta Creek
Empire Creek
Long Canyon
Santa Gertrudis Creek
Tucalota Creek
Rawson Canyon
Long Valley Creek
Warm Springs Creek
French Valley Creek
Kalmia Creek
unnamed arroyo, runs from Adelaide Peak, Temescal Mountains
unnamed arroyo, runs from Summit 2124, Temescal Mountains
unnamed arroyo, runs through Oak Springs Ranch, from Summit 2064, Temescal Mountains
Miller Canyon Creek
unnamed arroyo, runs from Iodine Springs in the Temescal Mountains
Cole Canyon Creek
Vail Canyon Creek
Slaughterhouse Canyon
Bundy Canyon
unnamed arroyo, runs from the southeast slope of Elsinore Peak
San Luis Rey River
West Fork San Luis Rey River
Loma Alta Creek
Buena Vista Lagoon
Buena Vista Creek
Agua Hedionda Lagoon
Agua Hedionda Creek
Buena Creek (San Diego)
Escondido Creek
San Dieguito River
Santa Maria Creek (San Diego)
Santa Ysabel Creek
Temescal Creek (San Diego)
San Diego River (historically drained into San Diego Bay, but modern flood control channel bypasses the north shore of the bay and empties directly to the Pacific Ocean)
Oak Canyon Creek
Spring Canyon Creek
Forester Creek
Los Coches Creek
San Vicente Creek
Wildcat Canyon Creek
Chocolate Creek
Conejos Creek
Sand Creek
Isham Creek
Boulder Creek
Cedar Creek
Ritchie Creek
Dye Canyon Creek
Iron Springs Canyon Creek
Temescal Creek
Sentenac Creek
Coleman Creek
Baily Creek
Eastwood Creek
Tributaries entering San Diego Bay are arranged from North to South:
Chollas Creek
Paradise Creek
Sweetwater River
Otay River
Below San Diego Bay
Tijuana River
Rivers that empty into the Gulf of California:
Colorado River
Milpitas Wash
McCoy Wash
Gene Wash
Chemehuevi Wash
Piute Wash
The Carrizo Plain is a large enclosed valley near the Central Coast which drains into Soda Lake.
Wallace Creek
Rivers that empty into the Salton Sea:
Salt Creek
Dos Palmas Creek
Red Canyon Wash
Box Canyon Wash
Whitewater River
San Gorgonio River
Barton Canyon Wash
Alano Canyon Wash
Sheep Canyon Wash
Travertine Palms Wash
Garner Wash
Wonderstone Wash
Gravel Wash
Big Wash
Grave Wash
Coral Wash
Palm Wash
Anza Ditch
Arroyo Salada
Tule Wash
San Felipe Creek
Carrizo Creek, Carrizo Wash
Barret Canyon
Deguynos Canyon
Gert Wash
Red Rock Canyon (Deguynos Canyon)
Vallecito Wash, Vallecito Creek
Arroyo Seco del Diablo
Arroyo Tapiado
Arroyo Hueso
Canebreak Wash
North Wash
June Wash
Squaw Canyon Wash
Bisnaga Alta Wash
Smugglers Canyon
Storm Canyon Wash
Cottonwood Canyon
Box Canyon Wash
Oriflamme Canyon
Rodriquez Canyon
Bow Willow Creek
Rockhouse Canyon
Goat Canyon
Tule Canyon
Walker Canyon
Tarantula Wash
Fish Creek Wash
Palo Verde Wash
Harper Canyon Wash
Fault Wash
Third Wash
Big Wash
Hills of the Moon Wash
Rainbow Wash
Borrego Sink Wash
Borrego Sink
Culp Canyon Wash
Tubb Canyon
Borrego Palm Canyon Wash
Hellhole Canyon
Henderson Canyon
Borrego Palm Canyon
Coyote Creek
Indian Creek
Salvadore Canyon Creek
Alder Canyon Creek
Horse Canyon Creek
Tule Canyon Creek
Alder Canyon Creek
Nance Canyon Creek
Pinyon Wash
Bighorn Wash
Nolina Wash
Mine Wash
Chuckwalla Wash
Grapevine Canyon
Bitter Creek Canyon
Banner Creek
New River
Coyote Wash (California)
Palm Canyon Wash (Coyote Wash, California)
South Fork Coyote Wash
Myer Creek (Coyote Wash)
Pinto Wash
Alamo River
Rivers in the Great Basin, arranged roughly north to south:
Lost River
Susan River
Long Valley Creek
Truckee River
Trout Creek (Truckee River)
Lake Tahoe (clockwise from Lower Truckee River)
Griff Creek
Incline Creek
North Canyon Creek
Trout Creek (Lake Tahoe)
Upper Truckee River
Taylor Creek
Meeks Creek
Blackwood Creek
Ward Creek
Martis Creek
Little Truckee River
Carson River
East Fork Carson River
West Fork Carson River
Walker River
East Walker River
West Walker River
Little Walker River
Rivers draining into saline and endorheic Mono Lake in eastern California, from north and proceeding counterclockwise:
Cottonwood Creek
Rancheria Gulch
Wilson Creek
Mill Creek
Deer Creek
South Fork Mill Creek
Lake Canyon Creek
Dechambeau Creek
Lee Vining Creek
Beartrack Creek
Gibbs Canyon Creek
Warren Fork
Mine Creek
Glacier Canyon Creek
Saddlebag Creek
Rush Creek
Walker Creek
Parker Creek
Alger Creek
Reversed Creek
Fern Creek
Yost Creek
Crest Creek
Dry Creek
Amargosa River
Owens River
Lone Pine Creek
Big Pine Creek
Bishop Creek
Rock Creek
Pine Creek
Morgan Creek
Hot Creek
Deadman Creek
Cache Creek
Mojave River
West Fork Mojave River
Deep Creek
Little Rock Creek
Big Rock Creek
