<Tr> <Th> Traversed by </Th> <Td> Interstate 5, State Route 99 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Watercourses </Th> <Td> San Joaquin River </Td> </Tr> <P> The San Joaquin Valley (/ ˌsæn hw ɑː ˈkiːn / 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 comprises 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 . Although a majority of the valley is rural, it does contain cities such as Fresno, Bakersfield, Stockton, Modesto, Turlock, Porterville, Visalia, Merced, and Hanford . </P> <P> San Joaquin Valley was originally inhabited by the Yokuts and Miwok peoples . The first European to enter the valley was Pedro Fages in 1772 . </P>

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