Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . res-sion of Tulare basin. It lies in Kings County about 30 miles south of Fresno and40 miles northwest of Bakersfield. The lake bed resembles a large flat saut>er, thelowest point of which is feet above sea level. A map has been prepared frompublic and private data showing the topography of the lake bottom. Hudrographic Data. Tulare I^ke is fed by the waters of four of the principalrivers s.^mh of tUo Joaquin River, viz: the south branch of Kings River. PLATE X.
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . res-sion of Tulare basin. It lies in Kings County about 30 miles south of Fresno and40 miles northwest of Bakersfield. The lake bed resembles a large flat saut>er, thelowest point of which is feet above sea level. A map has been prepared frompublic and private data showing the topography of the lake bottom. Hudrographic Data. Tulare I^ke is fed by the waters of four of the principalrivers s.^mh of tUo Joaquin River, viz: the south branch of Kings River. PLATE X. »r __ _ nUuU«_ _ ^»MC« _ _ _«>.,,. ^ .*.... •• . >•?- ••.«V • —-Tllf« «- T-«r. ,,,. r ^r:1 ii:: ^ir 1 1 ? ; 1 ? ] \ .. ;|; . 1-. :.,^ ?j ,1 1 1 1 ? ._ , : i t. i ^ ^r l\ . I*] / /i^-JHt HrOHCr,fc/lf->, i\i /IVi j »j ^^-^iifZtc,^ ^-^Af^^a, Off naca oiw i i i. ^.?^l^s^Z ^J^ I** 1:;. 7 ^^Z ~Z *rf, H i^.*. ^_; ., ... ,-, ,:,itsj^, t,f^.^ .»t ^^ 1 . * ? «t !l :_V- - ^ ; •» ^a no>tS ., / , 1, 220 ^10 zoo 190 ISO no ?P n. MAf; \- i \ \r l^. s ^i/i^ FLUCTUATIONS IN DEPTH OF TULARE LAK£^ 1650 TO l3/€. (p. 46) 4< Kavveah River, Tule River and Kern River. Kaweah River reaches the lake throughthe various branches of Cross Creek, Cameron, and Packwood creeks and Elk Bayou,The excess over diversions of Kern River is ordinarily stored in Buena Vista Lake,hut in seasons of exceptional flow surplus water from Buona Vista Lake is dis-charged into Tulare Lake through Buena Vista Slough. Kaweah and Tule riversare the only streams wholly tributary to the lake. In former times Kings Rivercontributed all or nearly all of its flood flow to the lake, but in recent years itscourse has been so altered by artificial means as to send most of its flood watersto the San Joaquin River through Fresno Slough. Interests owning lands alongFresno Slough have changed the course of the river so that they might
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