List of tributaries of the Columbia River

Tributaries and sub-tributaries are hierarchically listed in order from the mouth of the Columbia River upstream. Major dams and reservoir lakes are also noted.

Map of the Columbia drainage Basin with the Columbia River highlighted and showing the major tributaries

Major and minor tributaries

• Wallacut River (Washington)
• Chinook River (Washington)
• Skipanon River (Oregon)
• Youngs River (Oregon)
  • Lewis and Clark River (Oregon)
  • Wallooskee River (Oregon)
  • Klaskanine River (Oregon)
• Elochoman River (Washington)
• Clatskanie River (Oregon)
• Grays River (Washington)
• Cowlitz River (Washington)
  • Coweeman River (Washington)
  • Toutle River (Washington)
  • Mayfield Dam and Lake Mayfield (Washington)
  • Tilton River (Washington)
  • Mossyrock Dam and Riffe Lake (Washington)
  • Cowlitz Falls Dam and Lake Scanewa (Washington)
  • Cispus River (Washington)
  • Muddy Fork (Washington)
  • Clear Fork (Washington)
    • Ohanapecosh River (Washington)
• Kalama River (Washington)
• Lewis River (Washington)
  • Merwin Dam and Lake Merwin (Washington)
  • Yale Dam and Yale Lake (Washington)
  • Swift Dam and Swift Reservoir (Washington)
• Lake River (Washington)
• Willamette River (Oregon; see below for sub-tributaries)
• Washougal River (Washington)
• Sandy River (Oregon)
  • Salmon River (Oregon)
  • Zigzag River (Oregon)
• Bonneville Dam and Lake Bonneville (Washington, Oregon)
• Wind River (Washington)
• White Salmon River (Washington)
• Hood River (Oregon)
• Klickitat River (Washington)
• The Dalles Dam and Lake Celilo (Washington, Oregon)
• Deschutes River (Oregon)
  • Warm Springs River (Oregon)
  • Round Butte Dam and Lake Billy Chinook (Oregon)
  • Crooked River (Oregon)
    • Arthur R. Bowman Dam and Prineville Reservoir (Oregon)
  • Metolius River (Oregon)
  • White River (Oregon)
  • Little Deschutes River (Oregon)
• John Day Dam and Lake Umatilla (Washington, Oregon)
• John Day River (Oregon)
• Umatilla River (Oregon)
• McNary Dam and Lake Wallula (Washington, Oregon)
• Walla Walla River (Washington, Oregon)
  • Touchet River (Washington)
• Snake River (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming; see below for sub-tributaries)
• Yakima River (Washington; see below for sub-tributaries)
• Priest Rapids Dam (Washington) and Priest Rapids Lake (Washington)
• Crab Creek (Washington)
• Wanapum Dam (Washington) and Lake Wanapum (Washington)
• Rock Island Dam (Washington) and Rock Island Pool (Washington)
• Wenatchee River (Washington)
  • Chiwawa River (Washington)
  • Lake Wenatchee
    • Little Wenatchee River
    • White River
      • Napeequa River
• Rocky Reach Dam and Lake Entiat (Washington)
• Entiat River (Washington)
  • Mad River (Washington)
• Chelan River (and Lake Chelan) (Washington)
  • Stehekin River (Washington)
• Wells Dam and Lake Pateros (Washington)
• Methow River (Washington)
  • Twisp River (Washington)
• Okanogan River (Washington, British Columbia)
  • Similkameen River (British Columbia, Washington)
    • Tulameen River (British Columbia)
    • Pasayten River (British Columbia, Washington)
  • Okanagan Lake (British Columbia)
• Chief Joseph Dam and Rufus Woods Lake (Washington)
• Nespelem River (Washington)
• Grand Coulee Dam and Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (Washington)
• Sanpoil River (Washington)
• Spokane River (Washington, Idaho)
  • Spokane Falls (Washington)
  • Little Spokane River (Washington)
  • Latah Creek (Washington and Idaho)
  • Lake Coeur d'Alene (Idaho)
    • Coeur d'Alene River (Idaho)
    • Saint Joe River (Idaho)
    • Saint Maries River (Idaho)
• Colville River (Washington)
• Kettle River (Washington, British Columbia)
  • Granby River (British Columbia)
  • West Kettle River (British Columbia)
• Pend Oreille River (British Columbia, Washington, Idaho; see below for sub-tributaries)
• Kootenay River (British Columbia, Idaho, Montana; see below for sub-tributaries)
• Hugh Keenleyside Dam and Arrow Lakes (British Columbia)
• Whatshan River (British Columbia)
  • Whatshan Dam (British Columbia)
• Beaton Creek (British Columbia)
• Incomappleux River (British Columbia)
• Illecillewaet River (British Columbia)
• Revelstoke Dam and Revelstoke Lake (British Columbia)
• Goldstream River (British Columbia)
• Mica Dam and Kinbasket Lake (British Columbia)
• Canoe River (British Columbia)
• Wood River (British Columbia)
• Bush River (British Columbia)
  • Valenciennes River (British Columbia)
• Blaeberry River (British Columbia)
• Beaver River (British Columbia)
• Kicking Horse River (British Columbia)
  • Yoho River (British Columbia)
• Spillimacheen River (British Columbia)
• Templeton River
• Columbia Lake (British Columbia

Willamette River system

• Multnomah Channel (Oregon)
• Johnson Creek (Oregon)
• Clackamas River (Oregon)
  • Collawash River (Oregon)
• Tualatin River (Oregon)
• Molalla River (Oregon)
  • Pudding River (Oregon)
• Yamhill River (Oregon)
  • North Yamhill River (Oregon)
  • South Yamhill River (Oregon)
• Luckiamute River (Oregon)
• Santiam River (Oregon)
  • North Santiam River (Oregon)
  • Detroit Dam and Detroit Lake (Oregon)
    • Breitenbush River (Oregon)
  • South Santiam River (Oregon)
    • Middle Santiam River (Oregon)
• Calapooia River (Oregon)
• Marys River (Oregon)
• Long Tom River (Oregon)
• McKenzie River (Oregon)
  • Mohawk River (Oregon)
  • Cougar Dam and Cougar Reservoir (Oregon)
• Coast Fork Willamette River (Oregon)
  • Big River (Oregon)
• Middle Fork Willamette River (Oregon)
  • Lookout Point Dam and Lookout Point Lake (Oregon)
  • North Fork Middle Fork Willamette River (Oregon)

Snake River system

• Ice Harbor Dam and Lake Sacajawea (Washington)
• Lower Monumental Dam and Lake Herbert G. West (Washington)
• Palouse River (Washington, Idaho)
• Tucannon River (Washington)
• Little Goose Dam and Lake Bryan (Washington)
• Lower Granite Dam (Washington)
• Clearwater River (Idaho)
  • Potlatch River
  • North Fork Clearwater River (Idaho)
  • Middle Fork Clearwater River (Idaho)
  • South Fork Clearwater River (Idaho)
• Grande Ronde River (Washington, Oregon)
  • Wallowa River (Oregon)
    • Lostine River (Oregon)
    • Minam River (Oregon)
• Salmon River (Idaho)
• Imnaha River (Oregon)
• Hells Canyon Dam (Idaho, Oregon)
• Oxbow Dam (Idaho, Oregon)
• Brownlee Dam (Idaho, Oregon)
• Powder River (Oregon)
• Weiser River (Idaho)
• Burnt River (Oregon)
• Payette River (Idaho)
• Malheur River (Oregon)
• Owyhee River (Oregon, Idaho, Nevada)
  • Owyhee Dam and Owyhee Reservoir (Oregon)
• Boise River (Idaho)
  • Lucky Peak Dam and Lucky Peak Lake (Idaho)
  • Arrowrock Dam and Arrowrock Reservoir (Idaho)
  • Anderson Ranch Dam and Anderson Ranch Reservoir (Idaho)
• Swan Falls Dam (Idaho)
• C. J. Strike Dam (Idaho)
• Bruneau River (Idaho)
• Bliss Dam (Idaho)
• Malad River (Idaho)
• Lower Salmon Dam (Idaho)
• Upper Salmon Dam (Idaho)
• Salmon Falls Creek (Idaho and Nevada)
• Shoshone Falls (Idaho)
• Milner Dam (Idaho)
• Minidoka Dam and Lake Walcott (Idaho)
• Raft River (Idaho, Utah)
• American Falls Dam (Idaho)
• Portneuf River (Idaho)
• Blackfoot River (Idaho)
• Gem State Dam (Idaho)
• Henrys Fork (Idaho)
  • Teton River (Idaho)
• Palisades Dam (Idaho)
• Salt River (Wyoming)
• Greys River (Wyoming)
• Gros Ventre River (Wyoming)
• Jackson Lake Dam and Jackson Lake (Wyoming)
• "Closed basin" rivers that drain to the Snake underground:
• Big Lost River
• Little Lost River

Yakima River system

• Amon Creek (Washington)
• Naches River (Washington)
  • Tieton River (Washington)
    • Tieton Dam and Rimrock Lake (Washington)
  • Bumping River (Washington)
    • American River (Washington)
• Wenas Creek (Washington)
• Selah Creek (Washington)
• Teanaway River (Washington)
• Cle Elum River (Washington)
• Kachess River (Washington)
  • Kachess Lake (Washington)
• Keechelus Lake (Washington)

Pend Oreille River system

• Waneta Dam (British Columbia)
• Seven Mile Dam (British Columbia)
• Salmo River (British Columbia)
• Boundary Dam (Washington)
• Box Canyon Dam (Washington) (Washington)
• Albeni Falls Dam (Idaho)
• Priest River (Idaho)
• Lake Pend Oreille (Idaho)
  • Pack River (Idaho)
  • Clark Fork (Idaho, Montana)
    • Cabinet Gorge Dam (Idaho)
    • Noxon Rapids Dam (Montana)
    • Thompson River (Montana)
    • Vermilion River (Montana)
    • Flathead River (Montana, British Columbia)
      • Jocko River (Montana)
      • Kerr Dam (Montana)
      • Flathead Lake (Montana)
      • Swan River (Montana)
      • Whitefish River (Montana)
        • Stillwater River (Montana)
      • South Fork Flathead River (Montana)
        • Hungry Horse Dam (Montana)
      • North Fork Flathead River (Montana, British Columbia)
    • Bitterroot River (Montana)
    • Blackfoot River (Montana)
    • Little Blackfoot River (Montana)

Kootenay River system

• Brilliant Dam (British Columbia)
• Slocan River (British Columbia)
  • Little Slocan River
  • Slocan Lake
• Corra Linn Dam (British Columbia)
• Kootenay Lake (British Columbia)
• Duncan River (British Columbia)
  • Duncan Dam (British Columbia)
• Goat River (British Columbia)
• Moyie River (Idaho, British Columbia)
• Yaak River (Montana, Yahk River in British Columbia)
• Fisher River (Montana)
• Libby Dam (Montana) and Lake Koocanusa (Montana, British Columbia)
• Elk River (British Columbia)
  • Wigwam River (British Columbia, Montana)
  • Coal Creek (British Columbia)
  • Fording River (British Columbia)
• Bull River (British Columbia)
• Wild Horse River (British Columbia)
• St. Mary River (British Columbia)
• Lussier River (British Columbia)
• Palliser River (British Columbia)
• Cross River (British Columbia)
• Vermilion River (British Columbia)

See also

• List of British Columbia rivers
• List of Idaho rivers
• List of Oregon rivers
• List of Washington rivers
• List of rivers of the Americas