Kern River
The Kern River is an Endangered, Wild and Scenic river in the U.S. state of California, approximately 165 miles long. It drains an area of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains northeast of Bakersfield.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in California, United States
- Also known as: “La Porciuncula”, “Po-sun-co-la”, “Porsiuncula River”, “Rio Bravo”, and “Rio de San Felipe”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tupman and Dustin Acres.
Tupman
Locality
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Tupman is a census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States. Tupman is located 20 miles west-southwest of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 331 feet. The population was 177 at the 2020 census, up from 161 at the 2010 census. Tupman is situated 3½ miles northwest of Kern River.
Dustin Acres
Locality
Dustin Acres is a census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States. Dustin Acres is located 6.5 miles north-northeast of Taft, at an elevation of 384 feet. The population was 677 at the 2020 census, up from 652 at the 2010 census. Dustin Acres is situated 5 miles southwest of Kern River.
Kern River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Kern River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر كيرن”
- Asturian: “Ríu Kern”
- Catalan: “Kern”
- Cebuano: “Kern River”
- Chinese: “克恩河”
- Dutch: “Kern River”
- Dutch: “Kern”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كيرن”
- French: “Kern River”
- French: “Kern”
- German: “Kern River”
- Hebrew: “נהר קרן”
- Hungarian: “Kern”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Kern”
- Irish: “Abhainn Kern”
- Japanese: “カーン川”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kern River”
- Slovenian: “Kern”
- Spanish: “Rio Kern”
- Spanish: “Río Kern”
- Swedish: “Kern River”
- Swedish: “Kernfloden”
- Venetian: “Kern”
- Welsh: “Afon Kern”
- “Kern River”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Stevens and Valley Acres.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Outlet Canal and Richfield Weir.
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