Little Missouri

noun

1. a river in the NW United States, rising in NE Wyoming and flowing NE into the Missouri through N Dakota. 560 miles (900 km) long.

Example Sentences

In 2010, there were 20 deaths after the Little Missouri River flooded and inundated most of Arkansas’ Albert Pike Recreation Area, the weather service said.

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In June 2010, 20 campers, including eight children, died when the Little Missouri River rose more than 20 feet within hours.

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The Roosevelt Creek Fire in the Little Missouri National Grassland and a fire on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation together have burned nearly 19 square miles of remote terrain.

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The tribes bought the roughly 9,300-acre ranch that borders the reservation’s west side between Lake Sakakawea and the Little Missouri River in 1999, and converted it to a bison ranch.

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The agency plans to start working on a new four-lane bridge to intersect the Little Missouri River south of Watford City this spring or summer.

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