List of rivers of Utah

This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Utah in the United States, sorted by watershed.

Colorado River

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
    • Buckskin Gulch
  • San Juan River
    • Chinle Creek
    • Montezuma Creek
    • McElmo Creek
  • Escalante River
    • Coyote Gulch
  • Dirty Devil River
    • Fremont River
      • Sulphur Creek
        • Sand Creek
    • Muddy Creek
  • Green River
  • Kane Springs Creek
  • Dolores River
    • La Sal Creek

Great Salt Lake

The Great Salt Lake is the largest lake in the Great Basin. Rivers are listed in a clockwise direction.

Other Great Basin

A number of other drainage systems are located in the Great Basin.

Snake River

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

  • iconRivers portal
  • flagUtah portal

External links

Media related to Rivers of Utah at Wikimedia Commons


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