Friant-Kern Canal

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The Friant-Kern Canal is a major irrigation and water conveyance canal in California’s San Joaquin Valley that delivers diverted San Joaquin River water to farms and communities across the southern Central Valley.

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Generate an image of the Friant-Kern Canal (The Friant-Kern Canal is a major irrigation and water conveyance canal in California’s San Joaquin Valley that delivers diverted San Joaquin River water to farms and communities across the southern Central Valley.)

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Friant-Kern Canal canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf irrigation canal ⓘ
water conveyance canal ⓘ
affectedBy groundwater overdraft in San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
land subsidence ⓘ
associatedWith Friant Water Authority ⓘ
connectsTo Madera Canal via Friant Dam system ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1940s ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
divertsWaterFrom San Joaquin River ⓘ
endPoint Kern River channel vicinity ⓘ
linked to: Kern River

near Bakersfield, California ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalImpact alters natural flow regime of San Joaquin River ⓘ
hasFunction conveys stored water from Millerton Lake ⓘ
reduces direct irrigation diversions from San Joaquin River mainstem ⓘ
hasInfrastructureType gravity-flow canal ⓘ
lined canal ⓘ
length approximately 152 miles ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
San Joaquin Valley hydrologic region ⓘ
linked to: San Joaquin Valley

San Joaquin Valley, California ⓘ
linked to: San Joaquin Valley

southern Central Valley ⓘ
managedInPartBy Friant Water Authority ⓘ
managingAgency U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
nearbyCity Bakersfield, California ⓘ
linked to: Bakersfield

Fresno, California ⓘ
linked to: Fresno

Visalia, California ⓘ
openingDate early 1950s ⓘ
operator U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
partOf Central Valley Project ⓘ
Friant Division of the Central Valley Project ⓘ
purpose industrial water supply ⓘ
irrigation water delivery ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
regionServed Fresno County ⓘ
Kern County ⓘ
Tulare County ⓘ
southern San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
linked to: San Joaquin Valley
servesUse agricultural irrigation ⓘ
municipal and industrial use ⓘ
startPoint Friant Dam ⓘ
near Friant, California ⓘ
suppliesWaterTo communities in southern Central Valley ⓘ
farms in southern San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
underwent capacity restoration projects ⓘ
waterProject Central Valley Project, Friant Division ⓘ
waterSource Millerton Lake ⓘ
San Joaquin River ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Central Valley Project → includes → Friant-Kern Canal ⓘ
Delta-Mendota Canal → relatedInfrastructure → Friant-Kern Canal ⓘ
Friant Dam → suppliesWaterTo → Friant-Kern Canal ⓘ
San Joaquin Valley → servedBy → Friant-Kern Canal ⓘ
Millerton Lake → suppliesWaterTo → Friant-Kern Canal ⓘ