White River | |
Pushpin Map: | California |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | California |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Central Valley |
Subdivision Type5: | Cities |
Subdivision Name5: | White River, Ducor, Delano |
Length: | 50.7miles |
Discharge1 Location: | Ducor, CA |
Discharge1 Min: | 0cuft/s |
Discharge1 Avg: | 10cuft/s |
Discharge1 Max: | 2760cuft/s |
Source1: | Bull Run Peak |
Source1 Location: | Tulare County |
Source1 Coordinates: | 35.838°N -118.584°W[1] |
Source1 Elevation: | 6800feet |
Mouth: | Tulare Lakebed |
Mouth Location: | near Delano, Tulare County |
Mouth Coordinates: | 35.8517°N -119.2878°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 272feet |
River System: | Tulare Basin |
Basin Size: | 176sqmi |
Tributaries Left: | Arrastre Creek, Coarse Gold Creek |
Tributaries Right: | Capinero Creek, Cove Creek, Chalaney Creek, Coho Creek |
The White River is a small river in the southern San Joaquin Valley of the U.S. state of California. The river is 50.7miles long[2] and flows entirely within Tulare County. It rises at roughly 6800feet above sea level in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada on the northwest slope of Bull Run Peak. It flows west, receiving several seasonal tributaries including Arrastre Creek, Coarse Gold Creek and Coho Creek, passing the small settlement of White River. As it nears the border of Tulare County and Kern County its surface flow disappears. The dry riverbed continues northwest into the agricultural San Joaquin Valley and is diverted into canals for flood control and irrigation purposes. The river terminates about 5miles north of Delano, short of the historic Tulare Lake.