Kern Lake,[1]was the smallest of the three large lakes in the Tulare Basin, in the southwestern San Joaquin Valley of California.
| Kern Lake | |
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  Kern Lake  Kern Lake | |
| Location | San Joaquin Valley Kern County, California |
| Coordinates | 35°07′20″N 119°03′22″W / 35.122188°N 119.056216°W |
| Lake type | Flat |
| Primary inflows | Kern River |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface elevation | 282 ft (86 m) |
| References | U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kern Lake Bed |
It was the first of the lakes fed by the Kern River. Kern Lake is now a dry lake bed, due to agricultural diversion of the Kern River waters and the aquifer.[2]
See also
edit- Lake Isabella, modern lake of Kern River
- Buena Vista Lake
- List of lakes in California
- Tulare Lake
References
edit- ^ Plan del paraje conocido bajo el nombre de Tejon, From U.S. District Court, California, Land case map D-1366A (Land case S.D. 327 p. 89 in Bancroft Library); José A. Aguirre et al., claimants.Tracing of 1843 ms. map. Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink.4362 E48
- ^ George Gilbert Lynch, THE LATE, GREAT, BUENA VISTA LAKE, Historic Kern, Quarterly Bulletin, Volume 59, No. 3, Kern County Historical Society, Bakersfield, Fall - 2009 Archived 2012-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
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