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- It rises in four major forks in the Sierra Nevada within Sequoia National Park, flowing southwest through the Lake Kaweah reservoir and onto an alluvial plain northeast of Visalia. Formerly the river continued southwest to empty into Tulare Lake, the terminal sink of an endorheic basin in the southern Central Valley.
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Before the diversion of its waters for irrigation, the river flowed into Tulare Lake, the usually dry terminal sink of a large endorheic basin in the southern San Joaquin Valley, also fed by the Kern and Tule Rivers and southern branches of the Kings River .
The Kaweah River is an approximately 58.5-mile (94.1 km)-long river in the U.S. state of California. It rises in four major forks in the Sierra Nevada within Sequoia National Park, flowing southwest through the Lake Kaweah reservoir and onto an alluvial plain northeast of Visalia.
Whitewater & Scenery. The Kaweah River is one of the steepest river drainages in North America. Hailing from Sequoia National Park, the mostly free-flowing Kaweah tumbles and falls over 10,000 feet in 20 miles until it reaches Terminus Reservoir just west of the town of Three Rivers.
The Kaweah River just outside of Sequoia National Park, close to flooding in December 2010, after substantial precipitation. In January 1997, a bigger event where warm rains fell on snow at mid to high elevations, caused even higher flows that damaged bridge abutments.
Detailed flow information for California whitewater rafting and kayaking on the Kaweah River near Sequoia National Park.
Location. The 1,550-mi2 Kaweah River Watershed on the western slopes of the southern Sierra Nevada in California extends to the agricultural regions of the Tulare basin in the Central Valley. Temperature and Precipitation. Major land uses. Cropland: Citrus, fruit and nuts, grapes. Grassland: Pasture and hay.
It offers excellent whitewater options for intermediate and advanced kayakers and rafters only a few hours from Los Angeles and a short drive from the southern Bay Area. The river is back-dropped by rolling hills and Sequoia National Park’s Morro and Alta Peaks.
