The Little Rock River is a
tributary of the
Rock River Rock River may refer to:
Streams
;United States
* Rock River (Mississippi River), a tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin and Illinois
* Rock River (Iowa), a tributary of the Big Sioux River in Minnesota and Iowa
* Rock River (Lake Mich ...
, long,
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed March 30, 2011 in southwestern
Minnesota and northwestern
Iowa in the
United States. Via the Rock,
Big Sioux and
Missouri rivers, it is part of the
watershed
Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to:
Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
of the
Mississippi River.
It has also been known as "Little Rock Creek".
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Course
The Little Rock River rises in Nobles County, Minnesota, west of the town of Worthington
Worthington may refer to:
People
* Worthington (surname)
* Worthington family, a British noble family
Businesses
* Worthington Brewery, also known as Worthington's
* Worthington Corporation, founded as a pump manufacturer in 1845, later a dive ...
, 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 southwest of Doon.[''Doon, Iowa,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1971]
See also
* List of Iowa rivers
*List of Minnesota rivers
Minnesota has 6,564 natural rivers and streams that cumulatively flow for . The Mississippi River begins its journey from its headwaters at Lake Itasca and crosses the Iowa border downstream. It is joined by the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling, ...
References
Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
*DeLorme
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(1998). ''Iowa Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. .
*DeLorme
DeLorme is the producer of personal satellite tracking, messaging, and navigation technology. The company’s main product, ''inReach'', integrates GPS and satellite technologies. ''inReach'' provides the ability to send and receive text messages ...
(1994). ''Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. .
Rivers of Iowa
Rivers of Minnesota
Rivers of Lyon County, Iowa
Rivers of Nobles County, Minnesota
Rivers of Osceola County, Iowa
Tributaries of the Mississippi River
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