Truckee River
River in Nevada and California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the river that flows from Lake Tahoe through Truckee and Reno into Pyramid Lake. For the river that flows into Lake Tahoe, see Upper Truckee River.
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.[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. Its waters are an important source of irrigation along its valley and adjacent valleys.
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Truckee River | |
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Etymology | Named after the Paiute chief Truckee |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | California, Nevada |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lake Tahoe |
• location | Sierra Nevada, California |
• coordinates | 39°10′3″N 120°8′39″W[2] |
• elevation | 6,233 ft (1,900 m)[3] |
Mouth | Pyramid Lake |
• location | Nevada |
• coordinates | 39°51′27″N 119°26′53″W[2] |
• elevation | 3,793 ft (1,156 m)[2] |
Length | 121 mi (195 km)[3] |
Basin size | 3,060 sq mi (7,900 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | USGS gage 10350000, Truckee River at Vista, NV[5] |
• average | 804 cu ft/s (22.8 m3/s)[5] |
• minimum | 7 cu ft/s (0.20 m3/s) |
• maximum | 17,400 cu ft/s (490 m3/s) |
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