White River (California)

White River
White River
	Location of mouth
Location
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Central Valley
Cities	White River, Ducor, Delano
Physical characteristics
Source	Bull Run Peak
• location	Tulare County
• coordinates	35°50′17″N 118°35′02″W / 35.838006°N 118.5839766°W
• elevation	6,800 ft (2,100 m)
Mouth	Tulare Lakebed
• location	near Delano, Tulare County
• coordinates	35°51′06″N 119°17′16″W / 35.85167°N 119.28778°W
• elevation	272 ft (83 m)
Length	50.7 mi (81.6 km)
Basin size	176 sq mi (460 km2)
Discharge
• location	Ducor, CA
• average	10 cu ft/s (0.28 m3/s)
• minimum	0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
• maximum	2,760 cu ft/s (78 m3/s)
Basin features
River system	Tulare Basin
Tributaries
• left	Arrastre Creek, Coarse Gold Creek
• right	Capinero Creek, Cove Creek, Chalaney Creek, Coho Creek

The White River is a small river in the southern San Joaquin Valley of the U.S. state of California. The river is 50.7 miles (81.6 km) long^[2] and flows entirely within Tulare County. It rises at roughly 6,800 feet (2,100 m) above sea level in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada on the northwest slope of Bull Run Peak. It flows west, receiving several seasonal tributaries including Arrastre Creek, Coarse Gold Creek and Coho Creek, passing the small settlement of White River. As it nears the border of Tulare County and Kern County its surface flow disappears. The dry riverbed continues northwest into the agricultural San Joaquin Valley and is diverted into canals for flood control and irrigation purposes. The river terminates about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Delano, short of the historic Tulare Lake.

References

1 2 3 "White River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1981-01-19. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
1 2 3 "National Hydrography Dataset via National Map Viewer". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2017-10-10.

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[GNIS-1] 1 2 3 "White River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1981-01-19. Retrieved 2010-11-06.

[NHD-2] 1 2 3 "National Hydrography Dataset via National Map Viewer". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2017-10-10.

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Tulare Basin hydrography
Kings River	North Fork Kings River South Fork Kings River Middle Fork Kings River Roaring River Dinkey Creek Kings Canyon Pine Flat Dam Pine Flat Lake Rodgers Crossing Dam (proposed)
Kaweah River	North Fork Kaweah River Middle Fork Kaweah River Marble Fork Kaweah River East Fork Kaweah River South Fork Kaweah River Lime Kiln Creek Paradise Creek Horse Creek St. John's River Kaweah Canyon Mineral King Terminus Dam Lake Kaweah
Tule River	North Fork Tule River Middle Fork Tule River South Fork Tule River North Branch Tule River South Branch Tule River Success Dam Lake Success
Kern River	Buena Vista Lake Buena Vista Slough Canebrake Creek Clear Creek Connecting Slough Golden Trout Creek Isabella Dam Lake Isabella Kern River Canyon Kern River Slough Kern Lake Lake Evans Lake Webb Little Kern River Poso Creek Rock Creek South Fork Kern River
Other	Tulare Lake California Aqueduct Friant-Kern Canal Mill Creek White River