Read up on some fun facts about this amazing body of water.

Approximately one million years ago, Lake Tahoe evolved to its current shape and size as glaciers scoured the land during the Ice Age. Here's a look at some of the facts that make Tahoe such an amazing body of water today:

• Maximum depth: 1,645 feet (second deepest in the United States, behind Crater Lake)
• Average depth: 1,000 feet
• Maximum length: 22 miles (north–south)
• Shoreline: 72 miles
• Lake Tahoe holds more fresh water than the combined capacity of all the man-made reservoirs in the United States.
• Average surface elevation (above sea level): 6,225 feet
• Two-thirds of Lake Tahoe is in California; one-third is in Nevada.
• There are 63 tributaries draining into Lake Tahoe and only one outlet: the Truckee River in Tahoe City
• Surface water temperature: 40 degrees to 70 degrees Fahrenheit
• Below 600 to 700 feet, Tahoe's water temperature remains a constant 39 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Highest peak: Freel Peak at 10,881 feet
• The sun shines at Lake Tahoe 75 percent of the year, or 274 days, on average.
• Average annual snowfall: 125 inches at lake level, 300 to 400 inches at alpine skiing elevations
• Snowfall has been recorded in every month of the year.