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The Truckee River is a river in the U.S. states of California and Nevada. The river flows northeasterly and is 121 miles (195 km) long. The river flows northeasterly and is 121 miles (195 km) long. [ 3 ] [ 6 ] The Truckee is the sole outlet of Lake Tahoe and drains part of the high Sierra Nevada , emptying into Pyramid Lake in the Great Basin .
The Truckee Meadows is a valley in Northern Nevada, named for the Truckee River, which collects and drains all water in the valley. Truckee Meadows is also colloquially used as a name for the Reno–Sparks metropolitan area , even though the metro area includes areas outside this valley.
Idlewild Park is a large, 49 acre community park close to downtown Reno, Nevada on the Truckee River. It includes a rose garden, duck ponds, two children's parks, a pool and a skate park. It holds the Reno Earth Day celebration every year and hosts the Reno
The Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility, the primary wastewater treatment plant for Reno and Sparks, discharges treated wastewater into Steamboat Creek in Sparks, just prior to the Creek's water's merging into the Truckee River. [3] The wastewater plant's permitted processing capacity is 44 million gallons per day [4]
Pyramid Lake is fed by the Truckee River, which is mostly the outflow from Lake Tahoe. The Truckee River enters Pyramid Lake at its southern end. Pyramid Lake is an endorheic lake, with water leaving only by evaporation or sub-surface seepage. The lake has about 10% of the area of the Great Salt Lake, but it has about 25% more volume.
List of rivers of Nevada ... Truckee River; Walker River. ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Nevada (1974) External links
The Truckee Range is a mountain range located in western Nevada in the United States. The border between Washoe County and Churchill County runs along the ridge. The ridge runs north–south for approximately 30 miles. The Fernley Sink is to the south of the range.
Upper Truckee River: flows from Red Lake Peak to South Lake Tahoe [8] 71,311 acre-feet per year (2.79 m 3 /s) Taylor Creek: dawgašašíwa heads in Fallen Leaf Lake and enters lake west of Camp Richardson [9] 30,910 acre-feet per year (1.21 m 3 /s) Tallac Creek debelelélek starts on Mount Tallac and flows north to Lake Tahoe [10] Cascade Creek