Kern Lake
Kern Lake, originally Laguna de los Tulares, was the smallest of the three large lakes in the Tulare Basin, in the southwestern San Joaquin Valley of California.
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Location | San Joaquin Valley Kern County, California |
Coordinates | 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.
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