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Donner Lake. / 39.32278°N 120.26444°W / 39.32278; -120.26444. Donner Lake, formerly known as Truckee Lake, [2] is a freshwater lake in Northeast California on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of the much larger Lake Tahoe. A moraine serves as a natural dam for the lake.
Lake Tahoe (/ ˈ t ɑː h oʊ /; Washo: Dáʔaw) is a freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the Western United States, straddling the border between California and Nevada.Lying at 6,225 ft (1,897 m) above sea level, Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America, and at 122,160,280 acre⋅ft (150.7 km 3) it trails only the five Great Lakes as the largest by volume in the United States.
Adam & Eve. Adam & Eve is an American independent company that sells adult products through e-commerce. In 2004, it was the largest mail order distributor of sex toys, condoms, and erotica in the United States. [1] Its parent company, PHE Inc., is the largest private employer in Hillsborough, North Carolina, where its headquarters are located.
Opening date. 1913; 111 years ago. ( 1913) Lake Tahoe Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Truckee River, at the outlet of Lake Tahoe in Placer County, California . Tahoe Dam regulates the top six feet of Lake Tahoe, and distributes the water into Tahoe's primary outflow, the Truckee River. [1] The dam is located in Tahoe City and serves as the ...
Thunderbird Lodge (Lake Tahoe, Nevada) / 39.17361°N 119.91944°W / 39.17361; -119.91944. The Thunderbird Lodge, also known as the Whittell Estate, is a historic 6.51-acre (2.63 ha) waterfront estate located on the east shore of Lake Tahoe, in western Washoe County, Nevada. It is now within Lake Tahoe – Nevada State Park .
Adam and Eve are the Bible's first man and first woman. [9] [10] Adam's name appears first in Genesis 1 with a collective sense, as "mankind"; subsequently in Genesis 2–3 it carries the definite article ha, equivalent to English 'the', indicating that this is "the man". [9]
Lake Winnipeg. / 52.117°N 97.250°W / 52.117; -97.250. 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Lake Winnipeg ( French: Lac Winnipeg) is a very large, relatively shallow 24,514-square-kilometre (9,465 sq mi) lake in North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Its southern end is about 55 kilometres (34 mi) north of the ...
God's Lake Narrows is a community located in northeastern Manitoba in Canada. The community is located on the shores of Gods Lake, which is the seventh largest lake in the province. God's Lake has a maximum depth of 75 metres. Located 550 km northeast of Winnipeg, the community is accessible by air, boat, [1] and by winter roads . (see map [2] )