The highest point in the Tahoe Basin is
Freel Peak at 10,881 feet. The deepest part of Lake Tahoe
is near Crystal Bay, measuring a water depth of 1,645 feet;
the average depth of the lake is 989 feet. Surrounded by mountains,
Lake Tahoe sits in a valley at an elevation of 6,229 feet.
It is the highest lake of its size in the United States. It
is the third deepest lake in North America and the tenth deepest
lake in the world. Lake Tahoe is 22 miles in length and 12
miles in width and covers a surface area of 191 square miles.
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