Little Snake River

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Little Snake River
Course of the Little Snake River (turquoise)

Course of the Little Snake River ( turquoise )

Data
Water code US1601041
location Colorado and Wyoming , USA
River system Colorado River
Drain over Yampa River  → Green River  → Colorado River  → Gulf of California
source Routt County , Colorado
41 ° 0 ′ 12 "  N , 107 ° 6 ′ 18"  W.
muzzle in the Yampa River coordinates: 41 ° 0 ′ 12 "  N , 107 ° 7 ′ 9"  W 41 ° 0 ′ 12 "  N , 107 ° 7 ′ 9"  W

length 241 km
Navigable No
Little Snake River near Dixon, Wyoming

Little Snake River near Dixon, Wyoming

The Little Snake River is a 150 miles long tributary of the Yampa River in southwest Wyoming and northwest Colorado and is part of the Colorado River system . The Little Snake River is not navigable.

The Little Snake River has its source in the Routt National Forest in northern Routt County , Colorado. It then flows west along the Wyoming-Colorado border. In Moffat County , he's making a turn to the southwest. About 72 kilometers west of Craig in front of the Dinosaur National Monument , it flows into the Yampa River.