Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river of the northern United States rising in northeast Wyoming and flowing about 900 km (560 mi) through southeast Montana and northwest South Dakota to the Missouri River in western North Dakota.
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- noun a river that rises in northeastern Wyoming and flows through Montana and South Dakota to join the Missouri River in North Dakota
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Examples
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The boys crossed the Little Missouri River at the start of their trip Thursday but by the time they went to leave Sunday morning, it had grown to 70 yards wide and up to 5 feet deep.
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The Little Missouri River, normally 3 feet high, rose to 23 feet in a matter of hours, the result of torrential rainfall.
Steve Valk: Record Flooding is Pearl Harbor Moment for Climate Change 2010
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Geological Survey reveals that the Little Missouri River climbed almost 20 feet in just a few hours at the nearby town of Langley.
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The Arkansas rains caused an astonishingly rapid rise in the Little Missouri River and other small rivers and streams.
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STEVE INSKEEP, host: Rescuers in Arkansas are searching the Little Missouri River and massive piles of debris.
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They spent the morning searching the bottom of the Little Missouri River, and they're taking a short break for lunch before they head back.
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The Little Missouri River, normally 3 feet high, rose to 23 feet in a matter of hours, the result of torrential rainfall.
Steve Valk: Record Flooding is Pearl Harbor Moment for Climate Change 2010
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The sun streams through the tall trees and the soft mountains rise from the Little Missouri River.
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Ephemeral, flashy stream flow creates steep, downcut channels in the soft sediments along the tributaries to the Little Missouri River.
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The gothic erosional landscape of the Little Missouri Badlands formed when the Little Missouri River was diverted along a steeper course by Pleistocene glaciers.
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