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The Kern River is an Endangered, Wild and Scenic river in the U.S. state of California, approximately 165 miles (270 km) long.It drains an area of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains northeast of Bakersfield.
The South Fork Kern River is a tributary of the Kern River in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California.It is one of the southernmost rivers on the western slope of the mountains, and drains a high, relatively dry plateau country of 982 square miles (2,540 km 2) along the Sierra Crest.
Tulare Lake was the largest of several lakes in its lower basin. Most of the Kern River's flow first went into Kern Lake and Buena Vista Lake via the Kern River and Kern River Slough southwest and south of the site of Bakersfield. If they overflowed, it was through the Kern River channel northwest through tule marshland and Goose Lake, into ...
Over the past weekend, gates were opened at the Kern River Intertie, a connection at the terminus of the Kern River in western Kern County that allows excess water to flow into the the California ...
The Kern River — a major river in central California, flowing from the southern Sierra Nevada into the San Joaquin Valley, within Kern County and Tulare County.; Part of the Tulare Basin watershed, and a former tributary of the San Joaquin River before late 19th century diversions for agriculture and the Central Valley Project
For the first time since 2006, California has opened a flood relief valve on the Kern River to ease pressure from the heavy Sierra snowmelt. The valve will divert floodwaters into the California ...
Kelly Damian, a spokesperson for the group Bring Back the Kern, urged city officials to “work together to create a healthy, flowing river.” “We want our river back,” Damian said. “It is ...
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