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November 3, 1987. The Kings River (Spanish: Río de los Santos Reyes), is a 132.9-mile (213.9 km) [2] river draining the Sierra Nevada mountain range in central California in the United States. Its headwaters originate along the Sierra Crest in and around Kings Canyon National Park and form the eponymous Kings Canyon, one of the deepest river ...
The South Fork Kings River is a 44.1-mile (71.0 km) [2] tributary of the Kings River in the Sierra Nevada of Fresno County, California.The river forms part of Kings Canyon, the namesake of Kings Canyon National Park and one of the deepest canyons in North America with a maximum relief of 8,200 feet (2,500 m) from rim to river.
The North Fork Kings River is a 40.3-mile (64.9 km) [ 2] tributary of the Kings River, in the U.S. state of California. The river's main stem is entirely within Fresno County, and its watershed drains about 387 square miles (1,000 km 2) of the southern Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Kings Canyon National Park is a national park of the United States in the southern Sierra Nevada, in Fresno and Tulare Counties, California. Originally established in 1890 as General Grant National Park, the park was greatly expanded and renamed on March 4, 1940. The park's namesake, Kings Canyon, is a rugged glacier -carved valley more than a ...
Designated. November 3, 1987. The Middle Fork Kings River is a 37.2-mile (59.9 km) [2] tributary of the Kings River in Kings Canyon National Park, California, in the southern Sierra Nevada. Draining 318 square miles (820 km 2) [2] – almost all of it wilderness – the Middle Fork is one of the largest wholly undeveloped watersheds in the ...
The Roaring River is a 16.6-mile (26.7 km) [2] long tributary of the South Fork Kings River, in the Sierra Nevada of Fresno County, California. The entire course of the river is within Kings Canyon National Park. The river originates in the Great Western Divide at Triple Divide Peak, and flows northward through Cloud Canyon before turning ...
Tehipite Valley. Coordinates: 36.909°N 118.782°W. Tehipite Dome and the Middle Fork, c. 1920. Tehipite Valley, a glacial valley of the Middle Fork Kings River, is located in Kings Canyon National Park in the Sierra Nevada of California. The valley is in Fresno County about 45 miles (72 km) southwest of Bishop and 60 miles (97 km) east of ...
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kings River (California). The Kings River — a major river in central California, flowing from the Sierra Nevada into the San Joaquin Valley, within Fresno County and Kings County. Part of the San Joaquin River Basin and Tulare Basin watersheds, with notable diversions into the Central Valley Project.