Little Rock River

Little Rock River

The Little Rock River is a tributary of the Rock River, 58 mi (93 km) long, in southwestern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa in the United States. Via the Rock, Big Sioux and Missouri Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known as "Little Rock Creek."

Course

The Little Rock River rises in Nobles County, Minnesota, 3 mi (5 km) west of the town of Worthington, and flows generally southwestwardly through Osceola and Lyon Counties in Iowa, where it passes the towns of Little Rock and George. It flows into the Rock River 1.5 mi (2.4 km) southwest of Doon.

ee also

*List of Iowa rivers
*List of Minnesota rivers

References

* [http://reference.allrefer.com/gazetteer/L/L05076-little-rock-river.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry]
*DeLorme (1998). "Iowa Atlas & Gazetteer". Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-214-5.
*DeLorme (1994). "Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer". Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-222-6.
*Gnis|464433, retrieved 4 February 2006.


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