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Numerous tourists like to stay at South Lake Tahoe for vacations. Some may want to see the culture, entertainment, history, tourist attractions and society of the region. Some may want to go to see the ski resorts in the region. Some may want to see the lake and try water sports. Some may want to see the entertainment and sports of the region. Some may want a place to stay in the area with short term accommodation. Some may want require lodging in the region. Some may want lodging that provides luxury or is cheap Some may want lodging that has good access to transport and parking facilities.
South Lake Tahoe is a city in El Dorado County, California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
El Dorado County is a county located in the Gold Country of the USA state of California, in the Sierra Nevada. The county seat is Placerville. Much of the population of El Dorado County has become suburbanized, as the Sacramento Metropolitan Statistical Area area has expanded. In addition, the population of the Lake Tahoe area has also boomed recently.
Communities in the county include or have included ; South Lake Tahoe, Placerville, El Dorado Hills Cameron Park, Camino, Camp Sacramento, Coloma, Cool, Diamond Springs, Echo Lake, El Dorado, Garden Valley, Georgetown, Grizzly Flats, Happy Valley, Meyers Mosquito, Mt. Aukum, Kyburz, Outingdale, Phillips Pilot Hill, Pollock Pines, Rescue, Shingle Springs, Somerset, Strawberry, Twin Bridges
Lake Tahoe is a major tourist attraction for both California and Nevada. It is home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. Snow and skiing are a significant part of the area's economy and reputation. Mountain and lake scenery are attractions throughout the year. The Nevada side also includes large casinos. Highways provide year-round access from Reno, Carson City and Sacramento.
Approximately
two-thirds of the shoreline is in California. The south shore is dominated by
the lake's largest city, South Lake Tahoe, California, which adjoins the town
of Stateline, Nevada, while Tahoe City, California is located on the lake's northwest
shore. Although highways run within sight of the lake shore for much of Tahoe's
perimeter, many important parts of the shoreline now lie within state parks or
are protected by the United States Forest Service.
The Gold Country is generally
considered to lie along the route of State Route 49, stretching from Mariposa
County in the south, to Sierra County in the north. It includes parts of twelve
California counties: Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa, Nevada, Placer,
Sacramento, Sierra, Tuolumne, Plumas and Yuba. Gold Country is a region in the
central-and-north-eastern part of California, United States. It is famed for the
mineral deposits and gold mines which attracted waves of immigrants, known as
the 49ers, during the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater 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 largest alpine lake in North America. Its depth is 1,645 ft (501 m) making it America's second-deepest.
The Lake Tahoe Basin was formed by a geologic block (normal) faulting about 2 million years ago. A geologic block fault is a fracture in the earth's crust causing blocks of land to move up or down. Uplifted blocks created the Carson Range on the east and the Sierra Nevada on the west. Down dropped blocks (a graben) created the Lake Tahoe Basin in between.
More technically, Lake Tahoe is the youngest of several extensional basins of the Walker Lane Deformation Belt that accommodates nearly 12 mm/yr of dextral shear between the Sierra Nevada Microplate and North America. The Lake Tahoe basin is formed by a series of large down-to-the-east normal faults, including the West Tahoe, Dollar Point fault, Stateline/North Tahoe fault and the Incline Village fault.
Some of the highest peaks of the Lake Tahoe Basin that formed during process of Lake Tahoe creation are Freel Peak at 10,891 ft, Monument Peak at 10,067 ft, Pyramid Peak at 9,983 ft (in the Desolation Wilderness), and Mount Tallac at 9,735 ft.
Eruptions from the extinct volcano Mount Pluto formed a dam on the north side. Melting snow filled the southern and lowest part of the basin to form the ancestral Lake Tahoe. Rain and runoff added additional water.
Modern Lake Tahoe was shaped and landscaped by scouring glaciers during the Ice Ages, which began a million or more years ago. Lake Tahoe is fed from 63 tributaries with the Truckee River as the only outlet. The Truckee flows northeast through Reno, Nevada and into Pyramid Lake, Nevada which has no outlet.
The Truckee River is a river 140 mi (230 km) long in northern California and northern Nevada in the United States. It drains part of the high Sierra Nevada, emptying into Pyramid Lake in the Great Basin. It is the sole outlet of Lake Tahoe. Its waters are an important source of irrigation along its valley and adjacent valleys. The water is quite clear near Lake Tahoe, but the river turns muddy by the time it passes Reno, Nevada.
Mount Pluto is an extinct volcano in the Granite Chief Range near Lake Tahoe, California.
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