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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 .
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 Kern River Oil Field (purple) in south-central California. Other oil fields are shown in gray. Kern River drilling rigs, 1923 Kern River Oil Field aerial, 2012. Kern River Oil Field in 1910. The Kern River Oil Field is a large oil field in Kern County in the San Joaquin Valley of California, north-northeast of Bakersfield in the lower ...
In return for Kern's service to the expedition, Frémont named it the Kern River. Gold was discovered near the valley in 1853, leading to the Kern River Gold Rush and the founding of Keyesville . On April 9, 1863, U.S. Army cavalry along with local settlers captured and executed 35 Tübatulabal and Kawaiisu men in what became known as the ...
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.
Kern Front Oil Field Structure Map. The Kern Front Field contains two major producing units, the Etchegoin Formation and the Chanac, both sedimentary, but unconformably overlain. The Etchegoin is a Pliocene marine sand, and the Chanac is a Pliocene non-marine sand. Each is interbedded with silts and clays, and the sands have a high porosity ...
Reservoir Dam River County Owner Completed Type Height of dam [a] Reservoir capacity (ft) (m) (acre ft) (1,000 m 3) ; Almaden Reservoir: Almaden Dam: Alamitos Creek
The Kern River Series is composed of non-marine gravels, sands, and clays unconformably overlying the marine Miocene Period rocks in the Kern River area of the San Joaquin Valley. [1] The Kern River Series is divided into an upper unit, the Kern River Beds Formation, and a lower unit named the Chanac Formation , with the wedge of the Etchegoin ...