Truckee River photograph

Truckee River

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Discharge22. 77 m³/s
Length195 km
Mouth Pyramid Lake
Basin size3,060 sq mi (7,900 km2)
Source Lake Tahoe
Did you knowIn 1844, Chief Truckee guided an emigrant party from the Humboldt River to California via the Truckee River, Donner Lake, and Donner Pass.
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About Truckee River


The Truckee River is a river in the U. S. states of California and Nevada. The river flows northeasterly and is 121 miles long. The Truckee is the sole outlet of Lake Tahoe and drains part of the high Sierra Nevada, emptying into Pyramid Lake in the Great Basin.

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