History
The Kings River was named by Lieutenant Gabriel Moraga on one of the first expeditions by the Spanish to the Central Valley of California on January 6, 1805. The river was originally named Rio de los Santos Reyes (River of the Holy Kings) to honor the Biblical Magi. Jedediah Smith named it the Kimmel-che or Wimmel-che "after a tribe of Indians of that name who reside on it". on it."
On the valley floor the Kings River is responsible for certain groundwater recharge. There is evidence in the Hanford area that depths to groundwater are increasing, indicating concern for safe yields of the Tulare Lake groundwater subbasin.
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