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The Little Laramie River, often referred to simply as the Little Laramie, is one of the largest tributaries of the
Laramie River The Laramie River is a tributary of the North Platte River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 21, 2011 in the U.S. states of Colorado and Wyoming. ...
, flowing in the
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.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
, accessed March 21, 2011
The Little Laramie is formed by the merger of three smaller streams, the North Fork, the Middle Fork and the South Fork of the Little Laramie. The drainage basin of the tributaries of the Little Laramie River includes much of the eastern half of the
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as well as all steams flowing through the Centennial Valley. After leaving the base of the Snowy Range, the small river flows northeast, eventually emptying into the Laramie River.


North fork

The North Fork flows eastward from snowpack in the highest peaks in the Snowy Range, past the town of
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to where it merges with the Little Laramie River. The largest tributaries of the North Fork are
Libby Creek The Libby Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 21, 2011 stream on the eastern slopes of the Snowy Range in southern Wyoming. Libby Creek starts as it flows ou ...
and the
Nash Fork The Nash Fork is a University of Wyoming GISC ma accessed April 19, 2013 tributary of the North Fork of the Little Laramie River in southern Wyoming. The Nash Fork starts as it flows out of the Glacial Lakes and flows through Brooklyn and Little Br ...
.


See also

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List of Wyoming rivers The following is a list of rivers in Wyoming, United States. East of the continental divide Missouri River watershed * Gallatin River * Madison River ** Firehole River ** Gibbon River * Yellowstone River ** Gardner River ** Lamar River *** Slou ...


References

Rivers of Wyoming Rivers of Albany County, Wyoming {{Wyoming-river-stub