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Tahoe, the most beautiful alpine lake in the world!
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 Lake Tahoe straddles California's eastern and Nevada's western Stateline.
It is located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range and is 200 miles northeast of San Francisco, 98 miles northeast of Sacramento, CA, and 26 miles SW of Reno, NV.
Lake Tahoe is 2/3 in California and 1/3 in the State of Nevada.
Lake Tahoe is, geologically, a "young lake" having been formed 10,000 to 11,000 years ago.
Glaciers are responsible for carving out the broad U-shaped valleys that hold Emerald Bay, Fallen Leaf Lake, and Cascade Lake.
Sixty-three streams flow into Lake Tahoe, but only one, the Truckee River, run past Reno and into Pyramid Lake.
Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America and is 22 miles long, 12 miles wide, and covers a surface area of 191.6 square miles, and has 72 miles of shoreline.
Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S.
The average depth is 989 feet, with a deepest point of 1,645 feet near Crystal Bay.
The estimated 39 trillion gallons of water contained in the lake is 99.9 percent pure, with visibility to 75 feet below the surface.
If Lake Tahoe was completely drained, it would cover a flat area the size of California to a depth of 14 inches, but would take over 700 years to refill.
Lake Tahoe's surface is 6,226.95 feet above sea level and the natural rim is 6,223 feet above sea level, making it the highest lake of its size in the United States.
Lake Tahoe never freezes over in the winter; this is due to the constant 39 degrees Fahrenheit, maintained at depths below 700 feet, largely because of the constant movement and volume of water.
Lake Tahoe loses much of its water to evaporation. If the water that evaporates from the lake every 24 hours could be recovered, it would supply the daily requirements of a city the size of Los Angeles.
Lake Tahoe has a dry and comfortable climate with an 80 percent chance of sunshine throughout the year.
The area averages 409 inches of snowfall per year.
Sunshine: The sun shines at Lake Tahoe during 75% of the year, or 274 days.
Snowfall: At lake level, annual snowfall averages 125inches. At alpine skiing elevations, the snowfall averages 300 to 500 inches each year.
Gaming: There are six 24-hour casinos in the South Lake Tahoe area.
Skiing: Skiers can hit the slopes on one of the 182 ski trails in the midst of more than 8,800 total ski resort acres.
The longest ski run in the area is 5.5 miles long. Lake Tahoe's greatest vertical drop is 3,600 feet. Both runs are at Heavenly.
Mt. Tallac at 9,735 feet is the highest peak rising from the shoreline.
The highest point in the Tahoe is Freel Peak at 10,881 feet.
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Lake
Tahoe, the most beautiful alpine lake in the world!
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