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124:"Upper San Joaquin River Basin Storage Investigation: Rodgers Crossing Reservoir"
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172:Houston, Paul (1987-04-02).
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563:Dams in the Tulare Basin
310:Marble Fork Kaweah River
305:Middle Fork Kaweah River
225:Tulare Basin hydrography
398:South Branch Tule River
393:North Branch Tule River
320:South Fork Kaweah River
300:North Fork Kaweah River
251:Middle Fork Kings River
383:Middle Fork Tule River
315:East Fork Kaweah River
246:South Fork Kings River
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388:South Fork Tule River
378:North Fork Tule River
148:"Long Live the Kings"
281:Rodgers Crossing Dam
17:Rodgers Crossing Dam
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573:Dams in California
451:Golden Trout Creek
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103:"Rodgers Crossing"
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522:Tulare Lake
441:Clear Creek
403:Success Dam
360:Lake Kaweah
335:Horse Creek
233:Kings River
48:gravity dam
21:Kings River
557:Categories
537:Mill Creek
501:Rock Creek
496:Poso Creek
481:Lake Evans
418:Kern River
370:Tule River
283:(proposed)
183:2015-07-23
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133:2015-07-23
109:2015-07-23
86:References
486:Lake Webb
476:Kern Lake
60:megawatts
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