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Here's something to ponder, too: Look at the Google terrain view of the Sierra, and note the north-south line that forms between Lake Isabella and the Kern river just west of Whitney.

As the Sierra was lifting, a fault developed in the block that enabled faster erosion. The Kern follows that for many miles, but then hopped out of it farther south. But the line goes for nearly 100 miles.