Lake Tahoe - Cecy Robson Author

Fast Facts
(Sources: www.tahoe.usgs.gov, www. tahoefund.org)

• Ancestral Native Americans first inhabited the Lake Tahoe region over 10,000 years ago
  

• Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the United States and the tenth deepest in the world.
  

• It measures approximately 21 miles long and 12 miles wide
  

• It has a water purity of 99.994% making it one of the purest large lakes in the world.
  

• Lake Tahoe is a very ancient lake, over two hundred million years old, and considered one of the 20 oldest lakes in the world.
  

• Approximately 3 million poeple visit the Lake Tahoe area each year.
  

Lake Tahoe Area Map

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Lake Tahoe Area map borrowed from public domain.