Little Cedar River (Iowa and Minnesota)

{{About|the river in Minnesota and Iowa|another tributary of the Cedar River entirely in Dodge County, Minnesota|Little Cedar River (Dodge County, Minnesota)}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Little Cedar River

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| pushpin_map = Iowa

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| pushpin_map_caption= Mouth of the Little Cedar River

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| source1_location = Brownsdale, Mower County, Minnesota

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|43|39|16|N|92|45|22|W|region:US-IA|display=inline|name=Little Cedar River (source)}}

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| mouth = Cedar River in Iowa

| mouth_location = Nashua, Iowa

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|42|57|02|N|92|31|39|W|region:US-IA|name=Little Cedar River (mouth)|display=inline,title}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|951|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = United States

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = Minnesota, Iowa

| subdivision_type3 = County

| subdivision_name3 = Mower County, Minnesota, Iowa: Chickasaw, Floyd, Mitchell

| length = {{convert|82.4|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}

| discharge1_location=Ionia, Iowa

| discharge1_avg = 217 cu/ft. per sec.{{cite web|url=https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ia/nwis/uv/?site_no=05458000&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060|title=Little Cedar River|website=USGS Water Data}}

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The Little Cedar River is an {{convert|82.4|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed May 13, 2011 river of Iowa and Minnesota.{{Cite gnis|458453|Little Cedar River}}

The Little Cedar rises in Mower County, Minnesota, and flows primarily south into Iowa, emptying into the Cedar River.