Lake on the California-Nevada border in the northern Sierra Nevada , U.S. The lake, which occupies a fault basin, covers 193 sq mi (500 sq km).
It is 22 mi (35 km) long by 10 mi (16 km) wide and lies at an elevation of 6,229 ft (1,899 m). Its water level has varied during seasons of drought in recent decades. Fed by numerous small streams, the intensely blue lake and the surrounding national forests have been developed as popular tourist resorts.
Lake Tahoe in Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada.
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