Kings River watershed

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The Kings River watershed is the drainage basin in California’s southern Sierra Nevada that collects and channels water from mountain headwaters through the Kings River system to downstream reservoirs, farms, and communities.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kings River watershed canonical 9
Kings River basin 4
Kings River system 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
river watershed ⓘ
contains Middle Fork Kings River ⓘ
North Fork Kings River ⓘ
South Fork Kings River ⓘ
main stem Kings River ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drains Kings River ⓘ
elevationRange from foothills of the San Joaquin Valley to high Sierra Nevada peaks ⓘ
flowsTo San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
agricultural lands in the San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
downstream communities in the San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
hasClimate Mediterranean climate at lower elevations ⓘ
snow-dominated climate at higher elevations ⓘ
includesDam Pine Flat Dam ⓘ
includesFeature alpine lakes ⓘ
foothill oak woodlands ⓘ
granite canyons ⓘ
mixed conifer forests ⓘ
mountain headwaters in the Sierra Nevada ⓘ
rangelands ⓘ
subalpine forests ⓘ
includesProtectedArea Giant Sequoia National Monument ⓘ
Kings Canyon National Park ⓘ
Sequoia National Forest ⓘ
Sierra National Forest ⓘ
includesReservoir Pine Flat Lake ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
southern Sierra Nevada ⓘ
managedBy Kings River Conservation District ⓘ
National Park Service ⓘ
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
U.S. Forest Service ⓘ
partOf San Joaquin River hydrologic region ⓘ
primaryWaterSource Sierra Nevada snowpack ⓘ
supports Central Valley agriculture ⓘ
diverse fish species ⓘ
riparian ecosystems ⓘ
threatenedBy climate change ⓘ
drought ⓘ
forest mortality ⓘ
wildfire ⓘ
usedFor flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pine Flat Lake → partOf → Kings River watershed ⓘ
South Fork Kings River → watershed → Kings River watershed ⓘ
Middle Fork Kings River → partOf → Kings River watershed ⓘ
Pine Flat Creek → partOf → Kings River watershed ⓘ
Pine Flat Creek → hydrologicalSystem → Kings River system ⓘ
linked to: Kings River watershed
Big Pine Creek → partOf → Kings River watershed ⓘ
Big Pine Creek → hydrologicalSystem → Kings River system ⓘ
linked to: Kings River watershed
Big Pine Creek → drainageBasin → Kings River basin ⓘ
linked to: Kings River watershed
Le Conte Canyon → partOf → Kings River watershed ⓘ
Mount Keith → drainage → Kings River basin ⓘ
linked to: Kings River watershed
Palisades peaks → drainageTo → Kings River watershed ⓘ
Split Mountain → drainageTo → Kings River basin ⓘ
linked to: Kings River watershed
Pine Flat Power Plant → riverBasin → Kings River basin ⓘ
linked to: Kings River watershed
Central Valley watershed system → hasPart → Kings River watershed ⓘ
North Palisade → drainage → Kings River watershed ⓘ
subject linked to: North Palisade peak