 the st. john's river is a distributary of the kaweah river in the san joaquin valley of california in the united states. the river begins at a diversion dam at mckay's point, about a mile west of lemon cove. the distributary flows west along the north side of the city of visalia, where it joins elbow creek, continuing west to cross creek. water from this distributary historically flowed into tulare lake, as did water continuing down the main channel of the kaweah. tulare lake was the terminal sink of an endorheic basin in southern san joaquin valley which was also watered by the kern, tule, and by some distributaries of the kings river. presently water from these rivers is typically used up for irrigation. water from the st. john's irrigates many thousands of acres of farmland in the sequoia valley. at a point about {{convert|4|
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