Lake Tahoe:
Tragedy struck on Lake Tahoe recently when a boat capsized, leaving six people dead and two others missing.
- Lake Tahoe is a cobalt blue freshwater lake located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, on the border of California and Nevada, United States.
- It is the largest freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada and the largest alpine lake in North America.
- It is situated at an elevation of 1,897 m above sea level and is the highest lake in the United States.
- It is 22 miles long and 12 miles wide with 75 miles of shoreline. The surface area covers 191 square miles.
- Lake Tahoe’s deepest point is 1,645 feet, making it the second-deepest in the United States after Crater Lake in Oregon.
- Lake Tahoe, with a water volume of 150 km3 is the largest lake by volume in the United States after the Great Lakes.
- There are 63 streams that flow into Lake Tahoe and only one, the Truckee River, that flows out and into Pyramid Lake.
- Unlike most bodies of water in North America, Tahoe’s water never reaches the ocean.
- Lake Tahoe is one of the purest bodies of water in the world, with 99.994% of the water pure.
- The lake and the surrounding area of national forests have been developed as tourist resorts.
