Lake Tahoe has a maximum depth of approximately 1,645 feet (501 meters), making it the second deepest lake in the United States after Crater Lake in Oregon, which is 1,949 feet (594 meters) deep
. Its average depth is around 1,000 feet (about 300 meters)
. This depth places Lake Tahoe among the deepest lakes in the world and the deepest in the Sierra Nevada region.
