Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains of the United States. It is located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City, Nevada. Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America. Its depth is 1,645 ft (501 m) making it America's second-deepest, (Crater Lake, in Oregon, being the deepest at 1945 feet (594 m) deep). The lake was formed about 2 million years ago and is a part of the Lake Tah... more

Physical Geography

Shore length:

  • 114 km (70.8 mi )

Surface elevation:

  • 1,899 m (6230 ft )

Max. depth:

  • 301 m (988 ft )

Max. width:

  • 19 km (12 mi )

Max. length:

  • 35 km (22 mi )

Outflow location:

Basin countries:

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