Little Rock River

River in Minnesota, US

Little Rock River

Mouth of the Little Rock River

Location
Country| US
State| Iowa, Minnesota
District| Lyon County, Iowa, Osceola County, Iowa, Nobles County, Minnesota
Physical characteristics
Source|
• coordinates| 43°36′55″N 95°41′24″W﻿ / ﻿43.61528°N 95.69000°W﻿ / 43.61528; -95.69000[1]
Mouth| Rock 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)

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.

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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* List of Iowa rivers
* List of Minnesota rivers

## 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.

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Minnesota tributaries of the Upper Mississippi River below St Anthony Falls

Minnesota River|

* Little Minnesota River
* Pomme de Terre River
* Lac qui Parle River
* Chippewa River
* Yellow Medicine River
* Redwood River
* Cottonwood River
* Blue Earth River

St. Croix River|

* Kettle River
* Snake River

Cannon River|

* North Cannon River
* Little Cannon River
* Straight River
* Little Cannon River (Sabre Lake)
* Belle Creek

Zumbro River|

* North Fork Zumbro River
* Middle Fork Zumbro River
* North Branch Middle Fork Zumbro River
* South Branch Middle Fork Zumbro River
* South Fork Zumbro River

Whitewater River|

* North Fork Whitewater River
* Middle Fork Whitewater River
* South Fork Whitewater River

Root River|

* South Fork Root River
* Badger Creek
* South Branch Root River
* Camp Creek
* North Branch Root River
* Middle Branch Root River
* Rush Creek
* Pine Creek
* Coolridge Creek
* Hemingway Creek

Upper Iowa River (Iowa, Minnesota)|

* Pine Creek
* Little Iowa River
* North Branch Upper Iowa River

Iowa River (Iowa)|

* Cedar River
* Shell Rock River
* Winnebago River (Iowa)
* Lime Creek
* Little Cedar River (Iowa and Minnesota)
* Little Cedar River (Dodge County, Minnesota)

Des Moines River
(Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri)|

* East Fork Des Moines River
* Heron Lake Outlet
* Jack Creek
* Diversion Creek
* Okabena Creek
* Lime Creek
* Beaver Creek

Missouri River
(Missouri, Iowa)|

* Little Sioux River
* Ocheyedan River
* West Fork Little Sioux River
* Big Sioux River (Iowa)
* Rock River
* Little Rock River
* East Branch Rock River
* Split Rock Creek
* Pipestone Creek
* Flandreau Creek

Other rivers and streams|

* Crooked Creek
* North Fork Crooked Creek
* South Fork Crooked Creek
* Hay Creek
* Pine Creek
* Vermillion River
* South Branch Vermillion River
* Wapsipinicon River
* Wells Creek
* Winnebago Creek

Streams by region|

* Driftless Area
* Counties
* Dakota
* Dodge
* Fillmore
* Goodhue
* Houston
* Mower
* Olmsted
* Rice
* Wabasha
* Winona

See also: List of rivers of Minnesota, North Shore Streams, Wisconsin rivers, Iowa rivers, North Dakota rivers

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