Little Owyhee River

River in Idaho, United States

The Little Owyhee River is a 61-mile (98 km) long^[3] tributary of the South Fork Owyhee River. Beginning at an elevation of 6,739 feet (2,054 m)^[2] east of the Santa Rosa Range in eastern Humboldt County, Nevada, it flows generally east into Elko County, Nevada and the Owyhee Desert. From there, it flows north into Owyhee County, Idaho^[4][5] and reaches its mouth at an elevation of 4,363 feet (1,330 m).^[1]

See also

• List of rivers of Nevada
• List of rivers of Idaho
• List of longest streams of Idaho

References

1. "Little Owyhee River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. June 21, 1979. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
2. Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
3. "National Hydrography Dataset". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
4. Nevada Road and Recreation Atlas (Map) (3rd ed.). 1:280,000. Benchmark Maps. 2011. pp. 33–34. ISBN 978-0-929591-92-6. OCLC 690965951.
5. Idaho Road and Recreation Atlas (Map) (2nd ed.). 1:250,000. Benchmark Maps. 2010. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-929591-06-3. OCLC 567571371.

External links

• Owyhee Watershed Council