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The USGS stream gauge on the North Fork Kern River has recorded an average annual mean discharge of 806 cubic feet per second (23 m 3 /s) and a maximum daily discharge of 33,600 cu ft/s (950 m 3 /s), and the gauge on the South Fork Kern River shows an average annual mean discharge of 123 cu ft/s (3.5 m 3 /s) and a maximum daily discharge of ...
River County Owner Completed Type Height of dam [a] Reservoir capacity ... Kern River: Kern: United States Army Corps of Engineers ... Owens River: Inyo: City of Los ...
Map of California's interconnected water system, including all eleven reservoirs over 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3) as well as selected smaller ones.. This is a list of the largest reservoirs, or man-made lakes, in the U.S. state of California.
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.
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 .
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At 11,000 acres (4,500 ha), it is one of the larger reservoirs in California. Lake Isabella is located about 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Bakersfield, and is the main water supply for that city. It was formed in 1953 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dammed the Kern River at the junction of its two forks.
The city said in a Sept. 3 news release that its water department was "reducing water flows" in the river to carry out infrastructure work, including maintenance of weirs and removal of sediment ...