

Its depth is 1,645 ft (501 m), making it the second deepest in the United States after Crater Lake in Oregon (1,949 ft or 594 m). Lying at 6,225 ft (1,897 m) above sea level, Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America, and at 122,160,280 acre⋅ft (150.7 km 3) it trails only the five Great Lakes as the largest by volume in the United States. Lake Tahoe ( / ˈ t ɑː h oʊ/ Washo: Dáʔaw) is a freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the Western United States, straddling the border between California and Nevada.

The Sierra Nevada of the U.S., along the state line of California and Nevadaģ6 cu mi (150 km 3 120,000,000 acre⋅ft) ġ Shore length is not a well-defined measure.
