Roaring River | |
Map: | Kings River watershed.png |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | California |
Length: | 16.6miles[1] |
Source1: | Great Western Divide |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.5944°N -118.5386°W[2] |
Source1 Elevation: | 11505feet |
Mouth: | South Fork Kings River |
Mouth Location: | Cedar Grove |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.7856°N -118.6267°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 4790feet |
Basin Size: | 115.2sqmi |
The Roaring River is a 16.6miles[1] long tributary of the South Fork Kings River, in the Sierra Nevada of Fresno County, California. The entire course of the river is within Kings Canyon National Park.
The river originates in the Great Western Divide at Triple Divide Peak, and flows northward through Cloud Canyon before turning northwest, entering Sugarloaf Valley, where it receives Sugarloaf Creek from the west. From there it flows north through a deep and inaccessible gorge, forming the Roaring River Falls near its confluence with the South Fork in Cedar Grove.