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The north and south forks of the Kern River meet in the valley, forming the lower portion which flows down to Bakersfield through Kern River Canyon. A dam was completed in 1953, creating the recreational Lake Isabella reservoir, the valley's dominant geographic feature.
A river valley civilization is an agricultural nation or civilization situated beside and drawing sustenance from a river. A river gives the inhabitants a reliable source of water for drinking and agriculture.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (reporting mark CBQ) was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States.Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, CB&Q, or as the Q, [2] [3] it operated extensive trackage in the states of Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and also in Texas through subsidiaries Colorado and Southern ...
Arkansas and Missouri Railroad (AM); Affton Terminal Services Railroad (AT); Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad (BGKX); BNSF Railway (BNSF); Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY)
Appalachian and Ohio Railroad (AO); Beech Mountain Railroad (BEEM) CSX Transportation (CSXT); Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad (DGVR) operates Durbin Railroad and West Virginia Central Railroad (WVC)
The Wyoming Valley is a historic industrialized region of Northeastern Pennsylvania.The region is historically notable for its influence in helping fuel the American Industrial Revolution with its many anthracite coal mines.
The Central Vermont Railway (reporting mark CV) was a railroad that operated in the U.S. states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, as well as the Canadian province of Quebec.
The Central Valley is a broad, elongated, flat valley that dominates the interior of California, United States.It is 40–60 mi (60–100 km) wide and runs approximately 450 mi (720 km) from north-northwest to south-southeast, inland from and parallel to the Pacific coast of the state.