Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. 35.—Humboldt River near the Palisades, by Snyder. very beautiful lakes and several rivers of considerable size whichwere once tributaries of the greater lake. The waters of none ofthese reach the ocean but ultimately disappear through evaporation,or sink into the loose, dry sands of the desert. Lake Tahoe, near the crest of the Sierras, 6,247 feet above the sea,has 195 square miles of clear water which reaches a depth of 1,645feet. Its outlet, the Truckee River, plunges down 2,300 feet in adistan
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. 35.—Humboldt River near the Palisades, by Snyder. very beautiful lakes and several rivers of considerable size whichwere once tributaries of the greater lake. The waters of none ofthese reach the ocean but ultimately disappear through evaporation,or sink into the loose, dry sands of the desert. Lake Tahoe, near the crest of the Sierras, 6,247 feet above the sea,has 195 square miles of clear water which reaches a depth of 1,645feet. Its outlet, the Truckee River, plunges down 2,300 feet in adistance of about 100 miles, finally bifurcating and entering Pyramidand Winnemucca Lakes. The former is 30 miles long and 12 wide,the water having a depth of over 350 feet. It embraces some pictur- NO. 8 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I913 35 esqiie islands, two of which should be permanently reserved by theGovernment, for they shelter thousands of birds during the nesting. Fig. 36.—The Needles, Pyramid Lake. Photograph by Paine.
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