Little Snake River
| Little Snake River | ||
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Course of the Little Snake River ( turquoise ) |
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| Water code | US : 1601041 | |
| location | Colorado and Wyoming , USA | |
| River system | Colorado River | |
| Drain over | Yampa River → Green River → Colorado River → Gulf of California | |
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Routt County , Colorado 41 ° 0 ′ 12 " N , 107 ° 6 ′ 18" W. |
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| muzzle | in the Yampa River coordinates: 41 ° 0 ′ 12 " N , 107 ° 7 ′ 9" W 41 ° 0 ′ 12 " N , 107 ° 7 ′ 9" W
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| length | 241 km | |
| Navigable | No | |
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Little Snake River near Dixon, Wyoming |
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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.
