Kern Lake, originally Laguna de los Tulares,[1] was the smallest of the three large lakes in the Tulare Basin, in the southwestern San Joaquin Valley of California.
Kern Lake | |
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Kern Lake Kern Lake | |
Location | San Joaquin Valley Kern County, California |
Coordinates | 35.122188°N 119.056216°W / 35.122188; -119.056216 |
Lake type | Flat |
Primary inflows | Kern River |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface elevation | 282 ft (86 m) |
References | U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kern Lake Bed |
It was the first of the lakes fed by the Kern River. Kern Lake is now a dry lake bed, due to agricultural diversion of the Kern River waters and the aquifer.[2]
Tulare Basin hydrography | |
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Kings River |
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Kaweah River |
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Tule River |
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Kern River |
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Rivers of California's Central Valley watershed (north-to-south) | |
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Sacramento River watershed | |
San Joaquin River watershed | |
Tulare Basin |
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