Geologists believe that the basin of Lake Tahoe was formed between the Carson mountain range on the east and the Sierra Nevada on the west when the Sierra Nevada lifted at some time between 25 to 50 million years ago. The upheaval caused the range to crack and created a trough like depression. More than 20 million years later, during the volcanic age, streams of lava flowed from Mount Pluto on the...
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