Kaweah River

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The Kaweah River is a Sierra Nevada waterway in California that flows through Sequoia National Park and the foothills near the town of Three Rivers before feeding into Lake Kaweah.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kaweah River canonical 23
Kaweah River system 1
Kaweah River whitewater 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
watercourse ⓘ
associatedWith Giant Sequoia groves (nearby in Sequoia National Park) ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Tulare County, California ⓘ
drainageBasin San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
flowsInto Lake Kaweah ⓘ
flowsThrough Sequoia National Park ⓘ
Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Three Rivers, California ⓘ
flowsWestFrom Sierra Nevada crest ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada
forms Lake Kaweah ⓘ
hasFloodControlFunction yes ⓘ
hasNameEtymology named after the Yokuts word for "crow" or "raven" ⓘ
hasReachesIn Sequoia National Park ⓘ
Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
hasTributary East Fork Kaweah River ⓘ
Marble Fork Kaweah River ⓘ
Middle Fork Kaweah River ⓘ
South Fork Kaweah River ⓘ
hasWatershed Kaweah River watershed ⓘ
impoundedBy Terminus Dam ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ⓘ
Tulare County ⓘ
managedBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (at Terminus Dam) ⓘ
mouthLocation Lake Kaweah ⓘ
near Visalia, California ⓘ
notableFor steep gradient and challenging whitewater sections ⓘ
partOf Sierra Nevada river system ⓘ
passesNear Three Rivers, California ⓘ
protectedArea Sequoia National Park ⓘ
recreationActivity fishing ⓘ
rafting ⓘ
whitewater kayaking ⓘ
region Central California ⓘ
riverSystem Tulare Lake basin ⓘ
linked to: Tulare Basin
sourceLocation Sierra Nevada, California ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada
state California ⓘ
tributaryOf Tulare Lake basin ⓘ
linked to: Tulare Basin
usedFor hydroelectric power ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
waterbodyType perennial river ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

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

Great Western Divide → drainage → Kaweah River ⓘ
Tulare Basin → receivesInflowFrom → Kaweah River ⓘ
Kaweah River canyon → carvedBy → Kaweah River ⓘ
Southern Sierra Nevada → drainage → Kaweah River ⓘ
Woodlake, California → locatedNear → Kaweah River ⓘ
Kaweah River headwaters → partOf → Kaweah River ⓘ
Kaweah River headwaters → sourceOf → Kaweah River ⓘ
Tulare Lake → inflow → Kaweah River ⓘ
Mount Kaweah → namedAfter → Kaweah River ⓘ
Kaweah River watershed → primaryRiver → Kaweah River ⓘ
Kaweah River watershed → drainsTo → Kaweah River ⓘ
Kaweah River watershed → riverSystem → Kaweah River system ⓘ
linked to: Kaweah River
Marble Fork Kaweah River → partOf → Kaweah River ⓘ
Tokopah Valley Trail → offersViewOf → Kaweah River ⓘ
East Fork Kaweah River → tributaryOf → Kaweah River ⓘ
Three Rivers → hasRiver → Kaweah River ⓘ
Three Rivers → hasAttraction → Kaweah River whitewater ⓘ
linked to: Kaweah River
Middle Fork Kaweah River → hasMouth → Kaweah River ⓘ