Wild and Scenic River · usa
Kern, California
- Area
- 96 km²
- IUCN cat.
- V
- Year
- 1987
Overview
- Designation
- Wild and Scenic River
- IUCN category
- V · Paysage protégé
Paysage façonné par l'humain digne de conservation
- Established
- 1987
- Managing authority
- Forest Service
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
168 distinct species · 587 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 48 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Kern, California : 32 espèces reliées par 99 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 8.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 16 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology7 basins · 0 lakes · 30 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
177,8km
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
2 773km²
Discharge in basins
2,8m³/s
Mean precip.
521mm/an
Mean T°
8,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,47
Max snow
40%
Mean runoff
158mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
2 077m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de South Fork Kern Riversub-area2 500,8 km²overlap52.90 km²55%
- Bassin de Kern Riversub-area1 042,5 km²overlap20.85 km²22%
- Bassin de Kern Riversub-area346,6 km²overlap11.95 km²12%
- Bassin de Golden Trout Creeksub-area183,3 km²overlap8.93 km²9%
- Bassin de Kern Riversub-area10,6 km²overlap1.56 km²2%
- Bassin de Little Kern Riversub-area341,4 km²overlap0.11 km²0%
- Bassin de Rattlesnake Creeksub-area143,3 km²overlap0.03 km²0%
Rivers / streams (30, ord ≥ 4)
- South Fork Kern Riverord 4len here73.33 km44%total165 km
- Kern Riverord 5len here70.01 km27%total257 km
- Summit Creekord 2len here14.94 km100%total15 km
- Hockett Peak Creekord 4len here6.21 km100%total6 km
- Corral Creekord 4len here3.76 km45%total8 km
- Tibbets Creekord 4len here1.89 km95%total2 km
- Golden Trout Creekord 2len here1.06 km4%total24 km
- Bitter Creekord 1len here0.58 km23%total3 km
- Mulkey Creekord 2len here0.53 km4%total12 km
- Crag Creekord 1len here0.44 km49%total1 km
- Manter Creekord 1len here0.43 km5%total9 km
- Brush Creekord 2len here0.42 km3%total14 km
18 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- South Creekord 2len here0.41 km6%total7 km
- Fish Creekord 3len here0.41 km1%total28 km
- Little Kern Riverord 3len here0.41 km2%total26 km
- Taylor Creekord 1len here0.37 km4%total8 km
- Soda Creekord 2len here0.32 km2%total18 km
- Rattlesnake Creekord 2len here0.32 km1%total40 km
- Rough Creekord 1len here0.27 km11%total2 km
- Lost Creekord 1len here0.25 km4%total7 km
- Dry Creekord 2len here0.25 km1%total49 km
- Osa Creekord 1len here0.20 km5%total4 km
- Salmon Creekord 1len here0.19 km1%total14 km
- Coyote Creekord 1len here0.19 km4%total4 km
- Ninemile Creekord 3len here0.14 km2%total8 km
- Peppermint Creekord 2len here0.13 km2%total8 km
- Freeman Creekord 2len here0.13 km2%total6 km
- Tobias Creekord 1len here0.12 km2%total7 km
- Durrwood Creekord 1len here0.05 km1%total7 km
- Cannell Creekord 1len here≈ tangenttotal11 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- 36.33644, -118.20411
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.