Editing Tulare County, California (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|4839|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|4823|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|14|sqmi}}, or 0.3%, is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
[[File:Mount Whitney 2003-03-25.jpg|thumb|right|Mount Whitney is located on the Tulare–Inyo county line.]]
* [[Fresno County, California|Fresno County]]—north
* [[Inyo County, California|Inyo County]]—east
* [[Kern County, California|Kern County]]—south
* [[Kings County, California|Kings County]]—west

===Lakes===
[[File:Columbine Lake Panorama (8090458406).jpg|thumb|Columbine Lake]]
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*Arctic Lake
*Bullfrog Lakes
*Columbine Lake
*Crescent Lake
*[[Eagle Lake (Tulare County)|Eagle Lake]]
*Franklin Lakes
*[[Lake Kaweah]]
*[[Lake Success (California)|Lake Success]]
*Rockslide Lake
*Rocky Basin Lakes
*Weaver Lake
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===Rivers===
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*Angora River
*Alpine River
*[[Kaweah River]]
*Needlerock River
*Monarch River
*Negro River
*[[St. John's River (California)|St. John's River]]
*[[Tule River]]
*Yokohl River
*Yucca River
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===Parks===
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*[[Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park]]
*Alpaugh Park
*[[Balch Park]]
*Bartlett Park
*[[Cutler Park (Visalia, California)|Cutler Park]]
*Dry Creek Preserve
*Horse Creek Recreation Area
*[[Kaweah Oaks Preserve]]
*Kings River Nature Preserve
*Lackeys Cabin
*Lake Kaweah Recreation Area
*Mineral King Game Refuge
*Mooney Grove Park / Ancient Oak Forest Preserve
*[[Sequoia National Park]]
*Woodville Park
*West Main Street Park
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===National protected areas===
* [[Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[Giant Sequoia National Monument]] (part)
* [[Inyo National Forest]] (part)
* [[Kings Canyon National Park]] (part)
* [[Pixley National Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[Sequoia National Forest]] (part)
* [[Sequoia National Park]]

==== Sequoia National Park ====
[[File:Giant Forest.jpg|thumb|right|Sequoia National Park is located within Tulare County.]]
[[Sequoia National Park]] is a [[national park]] in the southern [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]], east of [[Visalia, California|Visalia]]. It was established in 1890 as the second U.S. national park, after [[Yellowstone National Park|Yellowstone]]. The park spans {{convert|404051|acre|km2}}. Encompassing a vertical relief of nearly {{convert|13000|ft|sigfig=4}}, the park contains among its natural resources the highest point in the contiguous 48 United States, [[Mount Whitney]], at {{convert|14505|ft}} above sea level. The park is south of and contiguous with [[Kings Canyon National Park]]; the two are administered by the [[National Park Service]] as one unit, called [[Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks]].

=== Flora ===
Tulare County is rich in native plant species due in part to a diversity in habitats, including creeks, rivers, hills, and mountains. Native plants include incense cedar (''[[Calocedrus decurrens]]''), valley oak (''[[Quercus lobata]]''), California bay (''[[Umbellularia californica]]''), manzanita (''[[Arctostaphylos manzanita]]''), ''[[Salvia spathacea]]'', mountain mahogany (''[[Cercocarpus betuloides]]''), milkweed (''[[Asclepias speciosa]]''), ''[[Epilobium cleistogamum]]'', monkeyflower (''[[Mimulus]]''), ''[[Penstemon]]'', California melic (''[[Melica californica]]''), and deer grass (''[[Muhlenbergia rigens]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sequoiariverlands.org/pdf/native-plants.pdf |title=Drought-tolerant native plants |website=Sequoia Riverlands Trust |access-date=November 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009170452/http://www.sequoiariverlands.org/pdf/native-plants.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2011  }}</ref>