Kings River

The Kings River is a 132.9-mile river draining the Sierra Nevada mountain range in central in the . Its headwaters originate along the Sierra Crest in and around and form Kings Canyon, one of the deepest river gorges in North America.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Kings, Fresno, and Tulare counties in California, United States
  • Also known as: El Rio De Los Reyes”, “El Rio De Los Reyes *”, “El Rio De Los Santos Reyes”, “King River”, “King’s River”, “Kings River (California)”, “Lake Fork”, “Rio de los Santos Reyes”, “Rio de los Santos Reyes *”, “Rio De Reyes”, “Rio Reyes”, “River of the Lake”, “Wilmilche”, “Wim-mel-che”, “Wimmilche River”, and “Winmiche River

Kings River

Latitude
36.04995° or 36° 2′ 60″ north
Longitude
-119.82457° or 119° 49′ 29″ west
Elevation
184 feet (56 metres)
Open location code
858225XG+X5
Geo­Names ID
5363413
Wiki­data ID
Q1264687
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Kings River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر كينغز (كاليفورنيا)
  • Arabic: نهر كينغز
  • Asturian: Ríu Kings
  • Catalan: Kings
  • Cebuano: Kings River (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, California)
  • Cebuano: Kings River
  • Chinese: 國王河
  • Chinese: 金斯河
  • Dutch: Kings River
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر كينجس
  • French: Kings
  • German: Kings River
  • Irish: Abhainn Kings
  • Japanese: キングス川
  • Japanese: キングズ川
  • Macedonian: Кралска Река
  • Mingrelian: კინგსი (წყარმალუ)
  • Mingrelian: კინგსი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kings River
  • Slovenian: El Rio De Los Reyes
  • Slovenian: El Rio De Los Santos Reyes
  • Slovenian: Kings River
  • Slovenian: Kings
  • Slovenian: reka Kings
  • Slovenian: Wilmilche
  • Spanish: Rio de los Santos Reyes
  • Spanish: Río de los Santos Reyes
  • Venetian: Kings
  • Welsh: Afon Kings

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