Little Cedar River (Iowa and Minnesota)
Appearance
Little Cedar River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Minnesota, Iowa |
County | Mower County, Minnesota, Iowa: Chickasaw, Floyd, Mitchell |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Brownsdale, Mower County, Minnesota |
• coordinates | 43°39′16″N 92°45′22″W / 43.65444°N 92.75611°W |
Mouth | Cedar River in Iowa |
• location | Nashua, Iowa |
• coordinates | 42°57′02″N 92°31′39″W / 42.95056°N 92.52750°W |
• elevation | 951 ft (290 m)[1] |
Length | 82.4-mile-long (132.6 km) |
Discharge | |
• location | Ionia, Iowa |
• average | 217 cu/ft. per sec.[2] |
The Little Cedar River is an 82.4-mile-long (132.6 km)[3] river of Iowa and Minnesota.[1]
The Little Cedar rises in Mower County, Minnesota, and flows primarily south into Iowa, emptying into the Cedar River.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Little Cedar River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Little Cedar River". USGS Water Data.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 13, 2011