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As the record Sierra snowpack begins to melt, it's sending immense volumes of water through some of the most storied whitewater rafting rivers in the world.
The Kern River Parkway Trail is a system of hiking and biking trails that extends along the Kern River from the mouth of the canyon to Hart Park in Bakersfield, California. The trail system is part of the larger Kern River Parkway, which includes several parks, picnic areas, and green spaces along the river.
The river begins at elevation 10,400 feet (3,200 m) in the Inyo National Forest at Mulkey Meadows, named after Cyrus Mulkey, sheriff of Inyo County, California from 1871 to 1874. [15] The river flows down the South Fork Valley, through the Audubon Kern River Preserve to Lake Isabella at 2,605 feet (794 m) elevation.
The Petawawa River is a popular whitewater river in Ontario, Canada. A whitewater river is any river where its gradient and/or flow create rapids or whitewater turbulence. This list only focuses on rivers which are suitable for whitewater sports such as canoeing, kayaking, and rafting.
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 ...
[2] [4] The U.S. Corps of Engineers built earthen dams across two forks of the Kern River to create the Isabella reservoir, Kern County's largest body of water year round with a surface area of 11,200 acres (4,500 ha). During the construction of the dam and reservoir the towns of Lake Isabella and Kernville both had to be moved to higher ground.
The Swiftwater Rescue Team was called to the Kern River in the area of Ant Canyon near Kernville about 5:30 p.m. after the five kayakers lost their equipment and fell out of their raft, the ...
The Kern River Canyon is a canyon in Kern County, California. It is located in the Southern Sierra Nevada. The canyon was formed by the Kern River and connects the Kern River Valley and southern San Joaquin Valley. [1] California State Route 178 (Kern Canyon Road) follows the canyon, from east of Bakersfield up to the Lake Isabella area.