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The Little Lost River's drainage basin is approximately 971 square miles (2,515 km) in area Its mean annual discharge, as measured by USGS gage 13118700 (Little Lost River below Wet Creek, near Howe, Idaho), is 65 cubic feet per second (1.8 m/s), with a maximum daily recorded flow of
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The Little Lost River is about 49 miles (79 km) long. It flows southeast between the
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The sinks and the lower courses of both rivers are within the land of the
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This article is about the river in Idaho. For other uses, see
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