Little Rock River Explained

Little Rock River
Pushpin Map:Iowa
Pushpin Map Caption:Mouth of the Little Rock River
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:US
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Iowa, Minnesota
Subdivision Type4:District
Subdivision Name4:Lyon County, Iowa, Osceola County, Iowa, Nobles County, Minnesota
Source1 Coordinates:43.6153°N -95.69°W
Mouth:Rock River
Mouth Location:Doon, Iowa, US
Mouth Coordinates:43.2642°N -96.2467°W
Mouth Elevation:NaNfeet

The Little Rock River is a tributary of the Rock River, long,[1] 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".

Course

The Little Rock River rises in Nobles County, Minnesota, 3miles 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 southwest of Doon.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 30, 2011
  2. Doon, Iowa, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1971