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Kern River Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/10/2012
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not at the listed coordinates.

The Kern River is a river in the U.S. state of California. It drains an area of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains northeast of Bakersfield. Fed by snowmelt near Mount Whitney, the river passes through scenic canyons in the mountains and is a popular destination for whitewater rafting and kayaking. It is the only major river in the Sierra Nevada mountain range that drains in a southerly direction.

The cache is at N 38 45.ABC  W 121 31.DCF

The minimum discharge rate at Near Democrat Springs, CA is 0.2A cubic meters per second.

The Friant-Kern Canal, constructed as part of the Central Valley Project, joins the river about B.4 km west of downtown Bakersfield.

The Kern River is approximately 27C km long.

In periods of high runoff, Buena Vista Lake overflowed and joined other wetlands and seasonal lakes in a series of sloughs that drained north into the former Tulare Lake, which would sometimes overflow into the San Joaquin River via Fresno Slough, forming one of the longest river systems in California at D35 miles.

The river was named by John C. Frémont in honor of Edward M. Kern in 18F5 who, as the story goes, nearly drowned in the turbulent waters. Kern was the topographer of Fremont's third expedition through the American West.


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