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Kings Canyon National Park and Kings River (California)

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Difference between Kings Canyon National Park and Kings River (California)

Kings Canyon National Park vs. Kings River (California)

Kings Canyon National Park is a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada, in Fresno and Tulare Counties, California in the United States. The Kings River is a -long river draining the Sierra Nevada in central California in the United States.

Similarities between Kings Canyon National Park and Kings River (California)

Kings Canyon National Park and Kings River (California) have 56 things in common (in Unionpedia): Abies magnifica, Benjamin Harrison, California, California State Route 180, Cedar Grove, Fresno County, California, Chaparral, Clearcutting, Controlled burn, Endorheic basin, Fresno County, California, Fresno, California, Gabriel Moraga, General Grant Grove, Glacier morphology, Grand Canyon, Great Basin, Hume Lake, Ice age, John C. Frémont, John Muir, John Muir Wilderness, Kaweah River, Kearsarge Pass, Kern River, Los Angeles, Middle Fork Kings River, Monarch Wilderness, Mono people, National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, North Fork Kings River, ..., North Palisade, Owens Valley, Pine Flat Lake, Pinus albicaulis, Pinus balfouriana, Pinus contorta, Pinus ponderosa, Roaring River (California), San Joaquin River, San Joaquin Valley, Sequoia National Forest, Sierra Crest, Sierra National Forest, Sierra Nevada (U.S.), South Fork Kings River, Tarn (lake), Tehipite Valley, Tsuga mertensiana, Tulare County, California, Tulare Lake, United States, United States Forest Service, United States Geological Survey, Wishon Dam, Yokuts, Yosemite Valley. Expand index (26 more) »

Abies magnifica

Abies magnifica, the red fir or silvertip fir, is a western North American fir, native to the mountains of southwest Oregon and California in the United States.

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Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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California State Route 180

State Route 180 (SR 180) is a state highway in California, United States, which runs through the heart of the San Joaquin Valley from Mendota through Fresno to Kings Canyon National Park, with an unbuilt segment defined west to Paicines.

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Cedar Grove, Fresno County, California

Cedar Grove is an unincorporated community and the location of the visitor center in Kings Canyon National Park.

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Chaparral

Chaparral is a shrubland or heathland plant community found primarily in the US state of California and in the northern portion of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico.

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Clearcutting

Clearcutting, clearfelling or clearcut logging is a forestry/logging practice in which most or all trees in an area are uniformly cut down.

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Controlled burn

A controlled or prescribed burn, also known as hazard reduction burning, backfire, swailing, or a burn-off, is a wildfire set intentionally for purposes of forest management, farming, prairie restoration or greenhouse gas abatement.

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Endorheic basin

An endorheic basin (also endoreic basin or endorreic basin) (from the ἔνδον, éndon, "within" and ῥεῖν, rheîn, "to flow") is a limited drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other external bodies of water, such as rivers or oceans, but converges instead into lakes or swamps, permanent or seasonal, that equilibrate through evaporation.

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Fresno County, California

Fresno County, officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Fresno, California

Fresno (Spanish for "ash tree") is a city in California, United States, and the county seat of Fresno County.

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Gabriel Moraga

Gabriel Moraga (1765 – June 14, 1823) was a Spanish army officer in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, an Alta California explorer, and son of the pioneer José Joaquín Moraga.

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General Grant Grove

General Grant Grove, a section of the greater Kings Canyon National Park, was established by the US Congress in 1890 and is located in Fresno County, California.

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Glacier morphology

Glacier morphology, or the form a glacier takes, is influenced by temperature, precipitation, topography, and other factors.

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Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon (Hopi: Ongtupqa; Wi:kaʼi:la, Navajo: Tsékooh Hatsoh, Spanish: Gran Cañón) is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States.

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Great Basin

The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds in North America.

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Hume Lake

Hume Lake is a reservoir in the Sierra Nevada, within Sequoia National Forest and Fresno County, central California,.

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Ice age

An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.

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John C. Frémont

John Charles Frémont or Fremont (January 21, 1813July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, politician, and soldier who, in 1856, became the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States.

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John Muir

John Muir (April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914) also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks", was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, glaciologist and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States.

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John Muir Wilderness

The John Muir Wilderness is a wilderness area that extends along the crest of the Sierra Nevada of California for, in the Inyo and Sierra National Forests.

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Kaweah River

The Kaweah River is a river draining the southern Sierra Nevada in Tulare County, California in the United States.

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Kearsarge Pass

Kearsarge Pass is a pass in the Sierra Nevada of California.

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Kern River

The Kern River, originally Rio de San Felipe, later La Porciuncula, is a river in the U.S. state of California, approximately long.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Middle Fork Kings River

The Middle Fork Kings River is a tributary of the Kings River in Kings Canyon National Park, California, in the southern Sierra Nevada.

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Monarch Wilderness

The Monarch Wilderness (also Monarch Wilderness Complex) is a federally designated wilderness area located 70 miles east of Fresno, California, in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.

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Mono people

The Mono are a Native American people who traditionally live in the central Sierra Nevada, the Eastern Sierra (generally south of Bridgeport), the Mono Basin, and adjacent areas of the Great Basin.

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National Wild and Scenic Rivers System

The National Wild and Scenic River is a designation for certain protected areas in the United States.

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North Fork Kings River

The North Fork Kings River is a tributary of the Kings River, in the U.S. state of California.

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North Palisade

North Palisade is the third highest mountain in the Sierra Nevada range of California.

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Owens Valley

Owens Valley is the colonial name of Payahǖǖnadǖ (Numic: place of flowing water), the, now, arid valley of the Owens River in eastern California in the United States, to the east of the Sierra Nevada and west of the White Mountains and Inyo Mountains on the west edge of the Great Basin section.

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Pine Flat Lake

Pine Flat Lake is an artificial lake or reservoir in the Sierra Nevada foothills of eastern Fresno County, California on the western north-south border to the Sierra- and Sequoia National Forests, about east of Fresno.

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Pinus albicaulis

Pinus albicaulis, known by the common names whitebark pine, white pine, pitch pine, scrub pine, and creeping pine, is a conifer tree native to the mountains of the western United States and Canada, specifically subalpine areas of the Sierra Nevada, Cascade Range, Pacific Coast Ranges, and Rocky Mountains from Wyoming northwards.

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Pinus balfouriana

Pinus balfouriana (foxtail pine) is a rare high-elevation pine that is endemic to California, United States.

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Pinus contorta

Pinus contorta, with the common names lodgepole pine and shore pine, and also known as twisted pine, and contorta pine, is a common tree in western North America.

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Pinus ponderosa

Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the ponderosa pine, bull pine, blackjack pine, or western yellow-pine, is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to the western United States and Canada.

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Roaring River (California)

The Roaring River is a long tributary of the South Fork Kings River, in the Sierra Nevada of Fresno County, California.

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San Joaquin River

The San Joaquin River is the longest river of Central California in the United States.

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San Joaquin Valley

The San Joaquin Valley is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies south of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the San Joaquin River.

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Sequoia National Forest

Sequoia National Forest is located in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains of California.

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Sierra Crest

The Sierra Crest is a ~ generally north-to-south ridgeline that demarcates the broad west and narrow east slopes of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.) and that extends as far east as the Sierra's topographic front (e.g., Diamond Mountains and Sierran escarpment).

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Sierra National Forest

Sierra National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located on the western slope of central Sierra Nevada in the state of California.

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Sierra Nevada (U.S.)

The Sierra Nevada (snowy saw range) is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin.

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South Fork Kings River

The South Fork Kings River is a tributary of the Kings River in the Sierra Nevada of Fresno County, California.

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Tarn (lake)

A tarn (or corrie loch) is a mountain lake or pool, formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier.

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Tehipite Valley

Tehipite Valley, a glacial valley of the Middle Fork Kings River, is located in Kings Canyon National Park in the Sierra Nevada of California.

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Tsuga mertensiana

Tsuga mertensiana, known as mountain hemlock, is a species of hemlock native to the west coast of North America, with its northwestern limit on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, and its southeastern limit in northern Tulare County, California.

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Tulare County, California

Tulare County is a county in the U.S. state of California.

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Tulare Lake

Tulare Lake, named Laguna de Tache by the Spanish, is a freshwater dry lake with residual wetlands and marshes in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California, United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Forest Service

The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.

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Wishon Dam

Wishon Dam (National ID # CA00411) is a dam in Fresno County, California in the Sierra National Forest, in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range.

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Yokuts

The Yokuts (previously known as MariposasPowell, 1891:90–91.) are an ethnic group of Native Americans native to central California.

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Yosemite Valley

Yosemite Valley is a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California.

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Kings Canyon National Park and Kings River (California) Comparison

Kings Canyon National Park has 162 relations, while Kings River (California) has 152. As they have in common 56, the Jaccard index is 17.83% = 56 / (162 + 152).

References

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