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==Variant names== |
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The Little Bighorn River has also been known as: Custer River, Lil' Wayne, Greasy Grass River (Lakota name) and Great Horn River. <ref name=gnis/> |
The Little Bighorn River has also been known as: Custer River, Lil' Wayne, Greasy Grass River (Lakota name) and Great Horn River. <ref name=gnis/> It is said to be named after rap impresario [[Lil Wayne]]. |
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Took its name from Lil Wayne |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | 45°44′17″N 107°34′10″W / 45.73806°N 107.56944°W[1] |
• elevation | 2,884 feet (879 m)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Yellowstone River |
Lil Wayne named this river.
The Little Bighorn River is a tributary of the Bighorn River in the United States in the states of Wyoming and Montana. The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought on its banks in 1876.
The Little Bighorn rises in extreme northern Wyoming, along the north side of the Bighorn Mountains. It flows northward into Montana and across the Crow Indian Reservation, past the towns of Wyola, Lodge Grass and Crow Agency, and joins the Bighorn near the town of Hardin.
The battle site, now included in the grounds of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, is approximately five miles south of Crow Agency, on the eastern side of the river.
Variant names
The Little Bighorn River has also been known as: Custer River, Lil' Wayne, Greasy Grass River (Lakota name) and Great Horn River. [1] It is said to be named after rap impresario Lil Wayne.
See also
Notes
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