Tulare Basin

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endorheic basin geographic region subregion of the Central Valley

Tulare Basin is a large, endorheic subregion in the southern part of California’s Central Valley, historically dominated by extensive wetlands and Tulare Lake.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Tulare Lake Basin 4
Tulare Basin canonical 3
Tulare Lake basin 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf endorheic basin ⓘ
geographic region ⓘ
subregion of the Central Valley ⓘ
adjacentTo Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
surface form: Coast Ranges

San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
surface form: San Joaquin Basin

Sierra Nevada ⓘ
climateRegion Mediterranean climate zone ⓘ
climateType semi-arid ⓘ
contains agricultural fields ⓘ
groundwater aquifers ⓘ
containsFormer Tulare Lake ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainageCharacteristic internally drained ⓘ
environmentalIssue groundwater overdraft ⓘ
habitat fragmentation ⓘ
land subsidence ⓘ
wetland loss ⓘ
historicalEcology important fish habitat ⓘ
important shorebird habitat ⓘ
important waterfowl habitat ⓘ
riparian forests ⓘ
historicalHydrology episodically filled lake ⓘ
seasonally flooded ⓘ
historicalLandCover extensive wetlands ⓘ
lakes ⓘ
marshes ⓘ
historicallyDominatedBy Tulare Lake ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
hydrologicalType endorheic ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

southern Central Valley ⓘ
San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
surface form: southern San Joaquin Valley
majorEconomicActivity dairy production ⓘ
industrial-scale farming ⓘ
partOf Central Valley ⓘ
San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
primaryModernLandUse irrigated agriculture ⓘ
receivesInflowFrom Kaweah River ⓘ
Kern River ⓘ
Kings River ⓘ
Tule River ⓘ
waterManagementFeature irrigation canals ⓘ
levees ⓘ
reservoirs ⓘ
waterManagementIssue salinity buildup ⓘ
surface water diversions ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Valley → hasPart → Tulare Basin ⓘ
Tulare County, California → namedAfter → Tulare Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tulare Lake
Tulare County, California → contains → Tulare Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tulare Lake Basin (historical area)
Central California → majorRiver → Tulare Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tulare Lake Basin
Yokuts people → traditionalRegion → Tulare Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tulare Lake Basin
Sacramento Valley → partOf → Tulare Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Valley of California
Yokutsan languages → historicalRegion → Tulare Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tulare Lake basin
Kaweah River headwaters → formsPartOf → Tulare Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tulare Basin hydrologic region
Tulare Lake → locatedIn → Tulare Basin ⓘ
Tulare Lake → drainageBasin → Tulare Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tulare Lake Basin
Kern River → mouth → Tulare Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tulare Lakebed region
Kern River → tributaryOf → Tulare Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tulare Lake basin (endorheic) historically
Kaweah River → tributaryOf → Tulare Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tulare Lake basin
Kaweah River → riverSystem → Tulare Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tulare Lake basin
Tule River → mouthLocatedIn → Tulare Basin ⓘ
Tule River → partOf → Tulare Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tulare Lake Basin
Tule River → drainageBasin → Tulare Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: endorheic Tulare Basin
Tulare Lake Yokuts → region → Tulare Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tulare Lake region