
Lake Tahoe is a large fresh water lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains of the United States. It is located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City,Nevada . Lake Tahoe is the largestalpine lake in North America. Its depth is 1,645 ft (501 m) making it America’s second-deepest, (Crater Lake, in Oregon, being the deepest at 1945 feet (594 m) deep).
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. The lake is known for the clarity of its water and the panorama of surrounding mountains on all sides.