Little Kern River
The Little Kern River is a major tributary of the upper Kern River in the Sequoia National Forest, in the southern Sierra Nevada, California. The Little Kern is 24.4 miles (39.3 km) long[1] and drains approximately 133 square miles (340 km2) of wilderness,[1] all of it in Tulare County.[2]
The Little Kern begins at Bullfrog Lakes, in the Golden Trout Wilderness south of Farewell Gap near Mineral King.[3] It flows south, past Table Meadow and Burnt Corral Meadows, then enters a deep gorge before it joins with the Kern River at Forks of the Kern.[4] The Little Kern roughly defines the southwest boundary of the Great Western Divide; the confluence with the main Kern (which flows to the east of the range) marks the southernmost tip of the range.[5] Forks of the Kern is located about 40 miles (64 km) upstream of Lake Isabella.[5]
References
- ^ a b "National Hydrography Dataset via National Map Viewer". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
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- ^ United States Geological Survey (USGS). "United States Geological Survey Topographic Map: Quinn Peak, California quad". TopoQuest. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
- ^ a b United States Geological Survey (USGS). "United States Geological Survey Topographic Map: Hockett Peak, California quad". TopoQuest. Retrieved 2017-10-02.