Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . •^^-r- it**^ 6.«^fe*.. :.T?-35< «ME ,-M;(-/::;i .^V*:K Fig. 3.—View of mountain valley in Kern River Basin. southern end of San Joaquin Valley, and were it not for the greatevaporation losses from the Buena Vista Lake reservoir the systemcould be called effective. The power of the stream, which, with onesmall exception, is available in large units, wastes itself upon themarbled bowlders and granite bed rock of the canyon, and suggests. Fig. 4. 30 Wmilcs SO 60 -Profile of South Fork of Kern River. an encouraging f
Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . •^^-r- it**^ 6.«^fe*.. :.T?-35< «ME ,-M;(-/::;i .^V*:K Fig. 3.—View of mountain valley in Kern River Basin. southern end of San Joaquin Valley, and were it not for the greatevaporation losses from the Buena Vista Lake reservoir the systemcould be called effective. The power of the stream, which, with onesmall exception, is available in large units, wastes itself upon themarbled bowlders and granite bed rock of the canyon, and suggests. Fig. 4. 30 Wmilcs SO 60 -Profile of South Fork of Kern River. an encouraging field for immediate investigation. The need ofpower in the agricultural valleys of California was never so apparentas now, after a series of dry years, when the ordinary flow of thestreams has diminished to the extent of eliminating much hithertovaluable land, which of course precludes further development along 16 RECONNAISSANCE OE KERN RIVER, CALIFORNIA. [no. 46. gravity lines. Power applied to the pumping of water from thegravel beds which underlie most of the California streams where theydebouch from their canyons at once solves the difficulty; and wherethe water plane is not far below the surface this method of irrigation
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