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The Upper Truckee River is a stream that flows northward from the western slope of Red Lake Peak in Alpine County, California to Lake Tahoe via the Truckee Marsh in South Lake Tahoe, California. The river flows northeasterly and is 23 miles (37 km) long. [3] It is Lake Tahoe's largest tributary. [4]
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 .
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
The Upper Truckee River headwaters begin in a 2,000-foot (610 m) thick assemblage of volcanic rock at Stevens Peak. The Dardanelles Roadless Area's highest features are Stevens (10,043 ft) [5] and Red Lake peaks (10,060 ft). [6] These peaks are the highest in northern California that are composed of mudflow breccia (conglomerate). Stevens Peak ...
Independence Creek is a 11.2-mile-long (18.0 km) [2] northeast-flowing creek that is tributary to the Little Truckee River, north of Lake Tahoe.It drains the Independence Basin on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, which includes Independence Lake, ultimately flowing through Sierra County to the Little Truckee River in Nevada County, thence to the Truckee River and ultimately, Pyramid Lake.
The Little Truckee River is a 34.3-mile-long (55.2 km) [1] river that is a tributary to its larger counterpart, the Truckee River, north of Lake Tahoe. It drains the eastern flank of the Sierra Nevada , flowing through Sierra County and Nevada County in eastern California .
Trout Creek is a small tributary of the Truckee River draining about 5.1 square miles (13 km 2) along the eastern crest of the Sierra Nevada.It originates east of Donner Ridge and north of Donner Lake in the Tahoe–Donner Golf Course and flows through the town of Truckee, California, to its confluence with the Truckee River in Nevada County, California, just west of Highway 267.
Coordinates: 1]: Part of: Little Truckee River watershed, Truckee River, Great Basin: Max. length: 2.4 miles (3.9 km) [2]: Max. width: 0.5 miles (0.8 km) [3]: Surface area: 700 acres (280 ha) [4]: Max. depth: 145 feet (44 m) [5]: 3 : Shore length 1: 5.8 miles (9.3 km) [5]: 3 : Surface elevation: 6,949 feet (2,118 m) [1]: 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.: Independence Lake is a ...