Lake Tahoe

lake in California and Nevada, United States
LakeBodyOfWater rift_lake Q169962
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Lake Tahoe is a rift lake situated in California within the United States. It spans an area of 502 square units.

Lake Tahoe

Summary

Lake Tahoe is a rift lake[1]. It draws 950 Wikipedia views per month (rift_lake category, ranking #2 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lake Tahoe is located in California[3].
  • Lake Tahoe is located in Nevada[4].
  • Lake Tahoe is in the country of United States[5].
  • Lake Tahoe's image is recorded as Tahoe North Shore from the East Shore.jpg[6].
  • Lake Tahoe's instance of is recorded as rift lake[7].
  • Lake Tahoe's inflows is recorded as Griff Creek[8].
  • Lake Tahoe's inflows is recorded as Meeks Creek[9].
  • Lake Tahoe's inflows is recorded as Trout Creek[10].
  • Lake Tahoe's inflows is recorded as Upper Truckee River[11].
  • Lake Tahoe's inflows is recorded as Blackwood Creek[12].
  • Lake Tahoe's inflows is recorded as Taylor Creek[13].
  • Lake Tahoe's inflows is recorded as Burton Creek[14].
  • Lake Tahoe's inflows is recorded as Incline Creek[15].
  • Lake Tahoe's outflows is recorded as Truckee River[16].
  • Lake Tahoe's basin country is recorded as United States[17].
  • Lake Tahoe's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316432591[18].
  • Lake Tahoe's GND ID is recorded as 4263035-6[19].
  • Lake Tahoe's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85131924[20].
  • Lake Tahoe's Commons category is recorded as Lake Tahoe[21].
  • Lake Tahoe's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1823287[22].
  • Lake Tahoe's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1654975[23].
  • Lake Tahoe's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.083333333333, 'lon': -120.03333333333}[24].
  • Lake Tahoe's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011ll4[25].
  • Lake Tahoe's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as xx0042294[26].
  • Lake Tahoe's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lake Tahoe[27].

Body

Geography

Lake Tahoe is in the country of United States[5]. Located in include California[3], an U.S. state[28], in United States[29], founded in 1850[30] and Nevada[4], an U.S. state[31], in United States[32], founded in 1864[33].

Physical Characteristics

Lake Tahoe's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+502'}[34]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1899.5'}[35]. Its length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+35'}[36].

Designation and Status

Lake Tahoe's instance of is recorded as rift lake[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Lake Tahoe include Chevrolet Tahoe[37], an automobile model series[38]; Reno–Tahoe International Airport[39], an international airport[40], in United States[41]; Palisades Tahoe[42], a ski resort[43], in United States[44]; and Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit[45], a protected area[46], in United States[47].

Why It Matters

Lake Tahoe draws 950 Wikipedia views per month (rift_lake category, ranking #2 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Entities named for it include Chevrolet Tahoe[37], an automobile model series[38]; Reno–Tahoe International Airport[39], an international airport[40], in United States[41]; Palisades Tahoe[42], a ski resort[43], in United States[44]; and Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit[45], a protected area[46], in United States[47].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [36] . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . wikidata.org.
  28. [34] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [42] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [45] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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