List of northward-flowing rivers of the United States

Rivers in the United States that flow principally from south to north are less common than rivers that flow principally from north to south, due to the shape of the North American landmass and the location of most of the contiguous United States in the southern half of North America. The following is a list of northward-flowing U.S. rivers, sorted alphabetically by main river, and with the US and Mexican states and Canadian provinces which the river flows through or borders included in source-to-mouth order. When tributary rivers are listed alphabetically below a northward-flowing river in hierarchy, they also flow south-to-north.
*Alamo River (Baja California/California)
*Allagash River (Maine)
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*Auglaize River (Ohio)
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*Barton River (Vermont)
*Beaverhead River (Montana)
**Ruby River
*Belly River (Montana/Alberta)
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*Big Fork River (Minnesota)
*Big Sandy River (Kentucky/West Virginia)
**Levisa Fork (Virginia/Kentucky)
*Bighorn River (Wyoming/Montana)
**Little Bighorn River (Wyoming/Montana)
*Bitterroot River (Montana)
* (Michigan)
**Rainy River
* (Wisconsin/Michigan)
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*Black River (Vermont)
*Bois Brule River (Wisconsin)
*Boulder River (Montana)
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*Bruneau River (Nevada/Idaho)
**Jarbidge River (Nevada/Idaho)
*Cacapon River (West Virginia)
**Lost River
**North River
*Calumet River (Illinois)
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*Chateauguay River (New York/Quebec)
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*Cheoah River (North Carolina)
*Clatskanie River (Oregon)
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*Coginchaug River (Central Connecticut)
*Collins River (Tennessee)
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*Concord River (Massachusetts)
*Contoocook River (New Hampshire)
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**Little Deschutes River
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*Dolores River (Colorado/Utah)
*East Branch Portage River (Michigan)
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**South Fork Eel River
*Elkhart River (Indiana)
*Elwha River (Washington)
*Encampment River (Colorado/Wyoming)
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*Flushing River (New York)
*French Broad River (North Carolina/Tennessee)
*Gallatin River (Wyoming/Montana)
*Gasconade River (Missouri)
**Big Piney River
*Genesee River (Pennsylvania/New York)
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*Grasse River (New York)
**Oswegatchie River
*Greys River (Wyoming)
*Gunstock River (New Hampshire)
*Guyandotte River (West Virginia)
*Hanalei River (Hawaii)
*Hoback River (Wyoming)
*Hoko River (Washington)
*Huntington River (Vermont)
*Imnaha River (Oregon)
*Israel River (New Hampshire)
*Itkillik River (Alaska)
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*Judith River (Montana)
*Kalihiwai River (Hawaii)
*Kantishna River (Alaska)
*Kentucky River (Kentucky)
*Kings River (Arkansas/Missouri)
*Kiwilak River (Alaska)
*Kongakut River (Alaska)
*Kugruk River (Alaska)
*Kukpowruk River (Alaska)
*Kuparuk River (Alaska)
*Laramie River (Colorado/Wyoming)
*Lemhi River (Idaho)
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*Little Bear River (Utah)
*Little Colorado River (Arizona)
*Little Fork River (Minnesota)
*Little Missouri River (Wyoming/Montana/South Dakota/North Dakota)
*Little Salmon River (Idaho)
*Lumahai River (Hawaii)
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*Madison River (Wyoming/Montana)
*Meade River (Alaska)
*Meadow River (West Virginia)
*Meramec River (Missouri)
*Michigan River (Colorado)
*Middle Fork Flathead River (Montana)
*Middle Fork Salmon River (Idaho)
*Millstone River (New Jersey)
*Monongahela River (West Virginia/Pennsylvania)
**Cheat River (West Virginia/Pennsylvania)
***Dry Fork (West Virginia)
****Glady Fork
****Laurel Fork
***Shavers Fork (West Virginia)
**Tygart Valley River (West Virginia)
***Buckhannon River
**West Fork River (West Virginia)
**Youghiogheny River (West Virginia/Maryland/Pennsylvania)
***Casselman River (Maryland/Pennsylvania)
*Nantahala River (Georgia/North Carolina)
*Nashua River (Massachusetts/New Hampshire)
*Neponset River (Massachusetts)
*New River (Baja California/California)
*New River (North Carolina/Virginia/West Virginia)
**South Fork New River (North Carolina)
*Niagara River (New York/Ontario)
*Niangua River (Missouri)
*North River (Massachusetts)
*Nottely River (Georgia/North Carolina)
*Owyhee River (Nevada/Idaho/Oregon)
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*Pahsimeroi River (Idaho)
*Peabody River (New Hampshire)
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*Pinnebog River (Michigan)
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*Poteau River (Arkansas/Oklahoma)
*Powder River (Wyoming/Montana)
**Little Powder River (Wyoming/Montana)
*Presque Isle River (Michigan)
*Puyallup River (Washington)
*Raquette River (New York)
*Rat Root River (Minnesota)
*Rattle River (New Hampshire)
*Red River of the North (Minnesota/North Dakota/Manitoba)
**Bois de Sioux River (South Dakota/Minnesota/North Dakota)
*Redwater River (Montana)
*Reese River (Nevada)
*Richelieu River (New York/Vermont/Quebec)
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*Sac River (Missouri)
*Sagavanirktok River (Alaska)
**Ivishak River
*Saginaw River (Michigan)
**Shiawassee River
*St. Johns River (Florida)
**Ocklawaha River
*St. Mary River (Montana/Alberta)
*St. Regis River (New York)
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*San Pedro River (Sonora/Arizona)
*San Simón River (New Mexico/Arizona)
*Sandusky River (Ohio)
*Santa Cruz River (Arizona/Sonora)
*Sauk River (Washington)
*Scott River
*Sevier River (Utah)
*Shenandoah River (Virginia/West Virginia)
**South Fork Shenandoah River (Virginia)
***South River
*Skipanon River (Oregon)
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*South River (New Hampshire/Maine)
*South River (New Jersey)
*South Branch Potomac River (Virginia/West Virginia)
*South Fork Elizabeth River (Virginia)
*South Fork Flathead River (Montana)
*South Fork Humboldt River (Nevada)
*South Fork Salmon River (Idaho)
*South Fork Shoshone River (Wyoming)
*South Fork Trinity River (California)
*Southwest Branch Saint John River (Maine)
**Baker Branch Saint John River
**Little Southwest Branch Saint John River
*Squamscott River (New Hampshire)
*Still River (Connecticut)
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*Stony River (West Virginia)
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*Tellico River (North Carolina/Tennessee)
*Tioga River (Pennsylvania/New York)
*Toccoa/Ocoee River (Georgia/Tennessee)
*Tongue River (Wyoming/Montana)
*Uncompahgre River (Colorado)
*Utukok River (Alaska)
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*Wallkill River (New Jersey/New York)
*Weymouth Back River (Massachusetts)
*Weymouth Fore River (Massachusetts)
**Monatiquot River
*Withlacoochee River (Florida)
*Willamette River (Oregon)
**Molalla River
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*Winnicut River (New Hampshire)
*Youngs River (Oregon)
*Zealand River (New Hampshire)

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