This article is about Little Truckee River tributary to the Truckee River below Lake Tahoe. For the Upper Truckee River that flows into Lake Tahoe, see Upper Truckee River.
Little Truckee River
The upper Little Truckee River
Location of mouth
Location
Country
United States
State
California
Region
Nevada and Sierra Counties
Physical characteristics
Source
Northern flank of western arm of Mount Lola in eastern Sierra Nevada
Cold Stream, Independence Creek, Sagehen Creek, Dry Creek
The Little Truckee River is a 34.3-mile-long (55.2 km)[1] river that is a tributary to its larger counterpart, the Truckee River, north of Lake Tahoe. It drains the eastern flank of the Sierra Nevada, flowing through Sierra County and Nevada County in eastern California.
^ abcdeU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed December 18, 2023
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