List of rivers of Minnesota

The Mississippi River begins its journey from its headwaters at Lake Itasca and crosses the Iowa border 680 mi (1,094 km) downstream.

The Red River, in the bed of glacial Lake Agassiz, drains the northwest part of the state northward toward Canada's Hudson Bay.

[2] This list is arranged by drainage basin with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.

It originates in Lake Itasca and flows through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

Sections of rivers marked with an * have been designated trout streams by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Watersheds [ 1 ] of Minnesota
Lake Superior drainage basin
Map of the Saint Louis River drainage basin showing the Cloquet River
Mississippi River drainage basin
Des Moines River watershed
Iowa River watershed
Root River tributaries
St. Croix River drainage basin
Minnesota River drainage basin
Hudson Bay drainage basin
Red River of the North drainage basin