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The Kaweah River is a river draining the southern Sierra Nevada in Tulare County, California in the United States. Fed primarily by high elevation snowmelt along the Great Western Divide, the Kaweah begins as four forks in Sequoia National Park, where the watershed is noted for its alpine scenery and its dense concentrations of giant sequoias, the largest trees on Earth.
Leaving the meadow, the trail climbs through the Hamilton Lakes Basin to Kaweah Gap which, at 10,700 feet (3,300 m), is one of the lowest passes over the Great Western Divide within the park. From this pass, the route descends into Big Arroyo and then climbs to the Chagoopa Plateau, only to drop again to 6,700 feet (2,000 m) in the Kern River ...
Lake Kaweah is a reservoir near Lemon Cove in Tulare County, California. The lake is formed by Terminus Dam on the Kaweah River . The river originates in the Sierra Nevada and drains about 560 sq mi (1,500 km 2 ) into Lake Kaweah before flowing towards the San Joaquin Valley .
Lake Kaweah can store 185,000 acre-feet. Lake Success can store 82,000 acre-feet. ... the city of Visalia and the Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District to divert Kaweah River water; and Kern ...
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“The stability of dams is solid,” he said, referring to the Terminus Dam on Lake Kaweah and the Success Dam on the Tule River. The sheriff urged residents to disregard non-official information ...
Near Kaweah Gap, the peak divides three important watersheds: the Kern River, the Kaweah River, and the Kings River. This three-way divide leads to the peak's name. [5] At one time, it was also called The Keystone. [7] The Kaweah Peaks Ridge spurs off to the south, [5] while the Kings-Kaweah Divide branches off to the west.
Kaweah River drainage basin Kaweah River in the foothills of the Sierra. Kaweah River (Divides into the St. John's River, Mill Creek, Packwood Creek and other distributaries in the San Joaquin Valley. Some of these distributaries eventually rejoin to form Cross Creek, which continues southwest to the Tulare Lake bed.)