Lake Tahoe

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Tragedy struck on Lake Tahoe recently when a boat capsized, leaving six people dead and two others missing.

About Lake Tahoe

• It 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.

Source: HT

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