San Joaquin Valley
The San Joaquin Valley (/ˌsæn hwɑːˈkiːn/ SAN-_-WHAH-keen) is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies south of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the San Joaquin River.
It is made up of seven Northern California counties—all of Kings County; a majority of Fresno, Merced, Stanislaus counties; segments of Madera and Tulare counties—and a majority of Kern County, in Southern California.[1]
San Joaquin Valley Media
An 1873 map shows Tulare Lake prior to shrinkage from large-scale agriculture.
Millerton Lake, supplied by the Madera Canal and Friant-Kern Canal.
The valley as seen from Interstate 5, looking south near Derrick Avenue in Fresno County
References
- ↑ "San Joaquin Valley Fact Sheet". Valley Clean Air Now. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
Seven counties comprise the San Joaquin Valley, including all of Kings County, most of Fresno, Kern, Merced, and Stanislaus counties, and portions of Madera, San Luis Obispo, Tulare counties