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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.
Malheur River; Marys River (Oregon) McKenzie River (Oregon) Miami River (Oregon) Middle Fork Coquille River; Middle Fork John Day River; Middle Fork Owyhee River; Middle Fork Rogue River; Middle Fork Willamette River; Middle Santiam River; Mill Creek (Marion County, Oregon) Mill Creek (Mohawk River tributary) Miller Creek (Klamath County, Oregon)
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 .
Listed in order going downstream: British Columbia: . Headwaters to the Canada–United States border: . Canal Flats; Fairmont Hot Springs; Windermere; Invermere; Radium Hot Springs ...
The Willamette River is a 187-mile (301 km) tributary of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Oregon. The upper tributaries of the Willamette originate in mountains south and southeast of the twin cities of Eugene and Springfield .
Oregon claims the D River as the shortest river in the world, [4] though the state of Montana makes the same claim of its Roe River. [5] Oregon is also home to Mill Ends Park (in Portland), [6] the smallest park in the world at 452 square inches (0.29 m 2). Oregon is split into eight geographical regions.
The eastern portion of Oregon Route 126 passes through the valley of the McKenzie River, closely following the river for much of its route. The 60-mile (97 km) stretch of the river from the edge of the Springfield metro area eastward to the Cascades is known as the McKenzie Valley. [ 24 ]
The John Day River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 6 miles (10 km) long, in northwestern Oregon in the United States. The river rises in the Northern Oregon Coast Range in Clatsop County [ 4 ] at 46°08′20″N 123°42′17″W / 46.138889°N 123.704722°W / 46.138889; -123.704722 ( John Day River