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The Beautiful Lake

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Lake Tahoe is nestled in the mountains, its the second deepest lake in the states (And also the tenth deepest in the world!) and was created by a glacier. Its maximum depth is 1,645 ft. while the average depth is 1,000 ft.
The diameter north-south is 22 mi. while east-west its only 12 mi.
Its elevation is 6,225 ft! Its highest peak (Freel Peak) is 10,891 ft!
Tahoe is very clear but since they've built over most of its streams that lead out of and into it, as well as they used to dump garbage in it (Yuck!) so the clarity went down considerably. But since then, they've restored some of the streams and done what they can to remove the icky stuff. The water is nice, crisp, cold, and clean. During the summer, the snow melt runs down the mountains and into the lake, making it deeper, and REALLY cold!
There is a story that the Loch Ness Monster is a dinosaur and that SHE lives in Tahoe, her name is Nessie, so most of the time, in gift shops, you'll find lot's of Nessies! (I have pictures of me as a little List with someone dressed as Nessie on the Tahoe Queen!)

I really love Tahoe and hope to live there/near there when I'm older <3

All (c) Me
Some Facts From: tahoe.usgs.gov/facts.html
Some of it is from my head though c:
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IamETOH's avatar
I see it everyday. :aww: