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The Lake Tahoe Basin was formed by vertical motion (normal) faulting. Uplifted blocks created the Carson Range on the east and the main Sierra Nevada crest on the west. Down-dropped blocks created the Lake Tahoe Basin in between. Three principal faults form the Lake Tahoe basin. Modern Lake Tahoe was shaped by scouring glaciers during the Ice Ages,

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