Kaweah River watershed

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The Kaweah River watershed is a mountainous drainage basin in California’s southern Sierra Nevada that channels snowmelt and rainfall through steep canyons and forests before flowing into the San Joaquin Valley.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kaweah River watershed canonical 11
Kaweah Basin 1
Kaweah River basin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin ⓘ
river basin ⓘ
watershed ⓘ
contains Kaweah River headwaters ⓘ
tributary streams of the Kaweah River ⓘ
containsFeature forests ⓘ
steep canyons ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
downstreamUse agricultural water supply in San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
municipal water supply in Tulare County ⓘ
drainsRegion part of western slope of southern Sierra Nevada ⓘ
drainsTo Kaweah River ⓘ
elevationRange from foothills to high Sierra elevations ⓘ
flowsInto San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
flowsThrough Sierra Nevada ⓘ
flowsToward San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
geomorphology steep gradient mountain streams ⓘ
hasClimateInfluence Mediterranean climate with mountain snowpack ⓘ
hasLandCover coniferous forest ⓘ
mixed hardwood forest ⓘ
hasProcess orographic precipitation runoff ⓘ
snowmelt runoff ⓘ
hasSeasonality lower flows in late summer and fall ⓘ
peak flows during spring snowmelt ⓘ
hydrologicFunction channels runoff to Kaweah River ⓘ
collects surface water ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
United States ⓘ
southern Sierra Nevada ⓘ
partiallyLocatedIn Sequoia National Park ⓘ
Tulare County, California ⓘ
partOf Sierra Nevada hydrologic region ⓘ
primaryRiver Kaweah River ⓘ
primaryWaterSource rainfall ⓘ
snowmelt ⓘ
riverSystem Kaweah River system ⓘ
linked to: Kaweah River
state California ⓘ
supportsEcosystem montane forest ecosystems ⓘ
riparian habitats ⓘ
terrain mountainous ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks → contains → Kaweah River watershed ⓘ
Southern Sierra Nevada → contains → Kaweah River watershed ⓘ
Hamilton Lakes → drainage → Kaweah River watershed ⓘ
Kaweah Peaks Ridge → drainage → Kaweah River watershed ⓘ
Kaweah River headwaters → hydrologicSystem → Kaweah River watershed ⓘ
Black Kaweah → drainageBasin → Kaweah River watershed ⓘ
Great Western Divide region → drainageDivideBetween → Kaweah River basin ⓘ
linked to: Kaweah River watershed
Great Western Divide region → separates → Kaweah River watershed ⓘ
Kaweah Peaks region → contains → Kaweah Basin ⓘ
linked to: Kaweah River watershed
Kaweah Peaks region → drainageTo → Kaweah River watershed ⓘ
Lower Hamilton Lake → outflow → Kaweah River watershed ⓘ
East Fork Kaweah River → partOf → Kaweah River system ⓘ
linked to: Kaweah River watershed
Central Valley watershed system → hasPart → Kaweah River watershed ⓘ
Middle Fork Kaweah River → partOf → Kaweah River watershed ⓘ