The Little Rock River is a tributary of the Rock River, 74.5 miles (119.9 km) long,[2] 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.

Little Rock River
Little Rock River is located in Iowa
Little Rock River
Mouth of the Little Rock River
Location
CountryUS
StateIowa, Minnesota
DistrictLyon County, Iowa, Osceola County, Iowa, Nobles County, Minnesota
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates43°36′55″N 95°41′24″W / 43.61528°N 95.69000°W / 43.61528; -95.69000[1]
MouthRock River
 • location
Doon, Iowa, US
 • coordinates
43°15′51″N 96°14′48″W / 43.26417°N 96.24667°W / 43.26417; -96.24667[1]
 • elevation
1,250[1] ft (380 m)

It has also been known as "Little Rock Creek".[1]

Course

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The Little Rock River rises in Nobles County, Minnesota, 3 miles (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 about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of Doon.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Rock River
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 30, 2011
  3. ^ Doon, Iowa, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1971
  • 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.