Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra
Nevada of the United States. At a surface elevation of 6,225 ft, it is located along the border between California and Nevada, west
of Carson City. Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America.
Its depth is 1,645 ft, making it the second-deepest in the
United States (the deepest is Crater Lake in Oregon, being 300 ft deeper, at 1,945 ft). Additionally, Lake Tahoe is listed as the
26th largest lake by volume in the world at 122,160,280 acre·ft
(150.68249 km3). The lake was formed about 2 million years ago and is a
part of the Lake Tahoe Basin with the modern lake being shaped during
the ice ages. It is known for the clarity of its water and the panorama
of surrounding mountains on all sides. The area surrounding the lake is
also referred to as Lake Tahoe, or simply Tahoe.
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