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in terms of appearance and geology. It receives Bubbs Creek, and turns due west, flowing gently through grassy flats including
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Present Distribution of Chinook Salmon in the Central Valley Drainage of California, Pages 81 to 84, Ronald M. Yoshiyama, Eric R. Gerstung, Frank W. Fisher, Fish Bulletin 179, 2001
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National Park, south of
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and one of the deepest canyons in North
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947:Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
820:Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
18:Boulder Creek (Fresno County, California)
613:United States Department of the Interior
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253:476 sq mi (1,230 km)
27:River in California, United States
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375:National Wild and Scenic River
194: • coordinates
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932:Stephanie Mehalick, CDF&G
160:11,601 ft (3,536 m)
87:Physical characteristics
967:Roberts, Rich (1992-08-19).
949:. U.S. National Park Service
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574:List of rivers of California
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710:"Description of the Parks"
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841:"A Rival of the Yosemite"
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599:"South Fork Kings River"
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1193:South Branch Tule River
1188:North Branch Tule River
1115:South Fork Kaweah River
1095:North Fork Kaweah River
1046:Middle Fork Kings River
564:Middle Fork Kings River
508:Middle Fork Kings River
330: • left
99:Near Mount Bolton Brown
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1178:Middle Fork Tule River
1110:East Fork Kaweah River
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216:36.83833°N 118.87500°W
139:37.02778°N 118.44694°W
33:South Fork Kings River
1301:South Fork Kern River
1183:South Fork Tule River
1173:North Fork Tule River
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973:Los Angeles Times
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451:and west of
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1337:White River
1317:Tulare Lake
1236:Clear Creek
1198:Success Dam
1155:Lake Kaweah
1130:Horse Creek
1028:Kings River
894:. TopoQuest
869:. TopoQuest
845:The Century
797:. TopoQuest
772:. TopoQuest
747:. TopoQuest
544:fly fishing
500:Highway 180
493:Cedar Grove
449:Mather Pass
413:Kings River
359:Lewis Creek
339:Bubbs Creek
335:Woods Creek
321:Tributaries
276:Cedar Grove
219: /
207:118°52′30″W
175:Kings River
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130:118°26′49″W
1352:Categories
1332:Mill Creek
1296:Rock Creek
1291:Poso Creek
1276:Lake Evans
1213:Kern River
1165:Tule River
1078:(proposed)
978:2017-09-24
953:2017-09-24
898:2017-09-24
873:2017-09-24
826:2017-09-24
801:2017-09-24
776:2017-09-24
751:2017-09-24
723:2006-11-25
695:2017-09-24
670:2017-09-24
645:2017-09-24
619:2011-07-14
580:References
538:from GTC (
473:whitewater
425:California
390:Designated
250:Basin size
204:36°50′18″N
127:37°01′40″N
81:California
1281:Lake Webb
1271:Kern Lake
943:"Fishing"
480:John Muir
262:Discharge
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558:See also
489:moraines
62:Location
510:in the
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67:Country
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1310:Other
713:(PDF)
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