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Seventy-seven rivers and creeks of at least 50 miles (80 km) in total length are the longest streams of the U.S. state of Oregon. All of these streams originate in the United States except the longest, the Columbia, which begins in the Canadian province of British Columbia and flows 1,249 miles (2,010 km) to the sea near Astoria.
The John Day River is the longest river that is entirely within Oregon. See also List of rivers of Oregon and List of longest streams of Oregon. Pennsylvania Ohio ...
Overview of Oregon river drainage basins. This is a partial listing of rivers in the state of Oregon, United States. This list of Oregon rivers is organized alphabetically and by tributary structure. The list may also include streams known as creeks, brooks, forks, branches and prongs, as well as sloughs and channels.
The John Day River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 284 miles (457 km) long, in northeastern Oregon in the United States. It is known as the Mah-Hah River by the Cayuse people. Undammed along its entire length, the river is the fourth longest free-flowing river in the contiguous United States.
Big River (Oregon) Birch Creek (Umatilla River tributary) Birdseye Creek; Bishop Creek (Forest Creek tributary) Blazed Alder Creek; Blue River (Oregon) Boxcar Rapids; Breitenbush River; Bridge Creek (John Day River tributary) Buck Creek (Rogue River tributary) Bull Run River (Oregon) Bully Creek (Malheur River tributary) Burnt River (Oregon ...
The longest rivers of the United States include 38 that have main stems of at least 500 miles (800 km) long. The main stem is "the primary downstream segment of a river, as contrasted to its tributaries". [ 1 ]
The Grande Ronde River (/ ɡ r æ n d r ɑː n d / or, less commonly, / ɡ r æ n d r aʊ n d /) is a 210-mile (340 km) long [3] tributary of the Snake River, flowing through northeast Oregon and southeast Washington in the United States.
The Klamath River (Karuk: Ishkêesh, [9] Klamath: Koke, [10] Yurok: Hehlkeek 'We-Roy [11]) is a 257-mile (414 km) long river in southern Oregon and northern California. Beginning near Klamath Falls in the Oregon high desert , it flows west through the Cascade Range and Klamath Mountains before reaching the temperate rainforest of California's ...