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USA Lower 48 Drainage Basin High Points

Basins with over 1500 square miles

RankDrainage BasinArea-SqMiPeak Elev-Ft CountryRange (Level 4)Ascents
1.Great Basin372,401Mount Whitney14,498United StatesSequoia Sierra Nevada3657
1.Buena Vista Lake Bed2,296Mount Whitney14,498United StatesSequoia Sierra Nevada3657
1.Owens Valley3,590Mount Whitney14,498United StatesSequoia Sierra Nevada3657
1.South San Joaquin Basin32,736Mount Whitney14,498United StatesSequoia Sierra Nevada3657
5.Mississippi1,249,933Mount Elbert14,433United StatesSawatch Range2033
6.Rio Grande213,707Blanca Peak14,345United StatesSangre de Cristo Range433
7.Colorado243,728Uncompahgre Peak14,309United StatesSan Juan Mountains479
8.Tulare Lake Bed16,369North Palisade14,242United StatesCentral Sierra Nevada292
9.Columbia259,290Mount Rainier - Southeast Crater Rim14,200United StatesSouth Washington Cascades251
10.Klamath15,845Mount Shasta14,162United StatesCalifornia Cascades1512
10.Sacramento26,940Mount Shasta14,162United StatesCalifornia Cascades1512
12.San Joaquin15,788Mount Humphreys13,986United StatesCentral Sierra Nevada213
13.Great Salt Lake35,716Wheeler Peak13,063United StatesEast Central Great Basin Ranges826
14.Salton Sea8,239San Gorgonio Mountain11,499United StatesTransverse Ranges1912
15.Santa Ana1,694San Gorgonio Mountain - Northwest Slope11,400United StatesTransverse Ranges162
16.Skagit3,198Mount Baker10,781United StatesNorth Cascades1992
17.Wilcox Playa1,671Mount Graham10,720United StatesSoutheast Arizona Ranges231
18.Great Divide Basin3,900Ferris Peak10,037United StatesGreat Divide Basin Area15
19.Rogue5,164Mount McLoughlin9495United StatesOregon Cascades425
20.Umpqua4,689Mount Thielsen9182United StatesOregon Cascades434
21.Santa Clara1,626Mount Pinos8831United StatesTransverse Ranges889
22.Santa Maria1,828Sawmill Mountain - West Peak8749United StatesTransverse Ranges111
23.Snohomish1,822Mount Daniel7960United StatesSouth Washington Cascades572
24.Eel3,682Black Butte7448United StatesNorthern California Coast Range173
25.Androscoggin3,527Mount Washington6288United StatesWhite Mountains5443
25.Saco1,699Mount Washington6288United StatesWhite Mountains5443
25.Connecticut11,264Mount Washington6288United StatesWhite Mountains5443
28.Santee15,384Grandfather Mountain5946United StatesSouthern Blue Ridge Front338
29.Salinas4,837Junipero Serra Peak5862United StatesCentral California Coast Ranges236
30.Savannah10,488Standing Indian5499United StatesSouthern Blue Ridge Front270
31.St. Lawrence518,209Mount Marcy5344United StatesAdirondack Mountains2481
31.Hudson13,455Mount Marcy5344United StatesAdirondack Mountains2481
33.Penobscot8,586Katahdin5268United StatesLongfellow Mountains2158
34.Merrimack5,024Mount Lafayette5240United StatesWhite Mountains3535
35.Chehalis2,117Capitol Peak5054United StatesOlympic Mountains8
36.Potomac14,697Spruce Knob4861United StatesAllegheny Mountains1055
37.Brazos45,709Mississippi-Rio Grande-Brazos Triple Divide4740United StatesSouthern Great Plains3
38.James10,325Little Ridge4546United StatesCentral Appalachian Ridges22
39.Colorado [TX]42,475Colorado Basin High Point4540United StatesSouthern Great Plains2
40.Apalachicola19,651Tray Mountain4430United StatesSouthern Blue Ridge Front276
41.Kennebec5,945Sugarloaf Mountain4240United StatesLongfellow Mountains661
42.Roanoke9,767Apple Orchard Mountain4225United StatesNorthern Blue Ridge217
43.Alabama43,712Big Frog Mountain4200United StatesSouthern Blue Ridge Front71
44.Delaware13,611Slide Mountain4180United StatesCatskill Mountains1443
45.Pee Dee18,141Thompkins Knob4080United StatesSouthern Blue Ridge Front52
46.Rappahannock2,713Hawksbill4050United StatesNorthern Blue Ridge484
47.Susquehanna27,499Blue Knob3120United StatesAllegheny Mountains105
48.Housatonic1,951Mount Everett2608United StatesTaconic Range330
49.Nueces16,741Edwards County High Point2415United StatesSouthern Great Plains3
50.Guadalupe10,132Guadalupe Basin High Point2405United StatesSouthern Great Plains0
51.Mattaponi2,670Peters Mountain1820United StatesNorthern Blue Ridge4
52.Altamaha14,188Stone Mountain1680United StatesPiedmont458
53.Trinity17,973Young County High Point1522United StatesSouthern Great Plains10
54.Saint Croix1,767Musquash Mountain1220United StatesNew England Upland8
55.Cape Fear9,163Cape Fear Basin High Point1010United StatesPiedmont13
56.Neuse5,683Roxboro Hill890United StatesPiedmont31
57.Ogeechee4,487Hancock County High Point745United StatesPiedmont7
58.Tar3,159Granville County High Point740United StatesPiedmont18
59.Sabine19,854Hunt County High Point730United StatesSouthern Great Plains12
60.Pearl [MS-LA]8,686Winston County High Point722United StatesSoutheast Coast13
61.Pascagoula8,475Circle Hill700United StatesSoutheast Coast6
62.Edisto2,479Saluda County High Point680United StatesPiedmont12
63.Chowan4,931Nottoway Basin High Point660United StatesPiedmont2
64.Lavaca2,253Gonzales County High Point590United StatesSouthern Great Plains4
65.San Jacinto [TX]4,016Walker County High Point500United StatesSouthern Great Plains9
66.Suwanee9,851Crisp County High Point480United StatesPiedmont7
67.St. John9,306Sugarloaf Mountain310United StatesSoutheast Coast99

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