'''Pyramid Lake''' is in Nevada of United States.

Understand

A large lake (188 Mi2/487 km2) in Western Nevada, the terminus of the Truckee River rising in the Sierra Nevada and flowing out of Lake Tahoe.

Since the lake has no outlet, salt and other soluble minerals accumulate. Currently the water is 1/6 as salty as sea water.

History

This is the largest remnant of Lake Lahontan that formed during ice ages, reaching an area of 8,500 Mi2.

Landscape

Flora and fauna

  • Cui-Ui (Chasmistes cujus), a type of sucker, found nowhere else and classified as endangered.
  • Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi), native to the Lahontan-Humboldt sub-basin of the Great Basin, but decimated by water withdrawals, pollution, dams, competition with introduced fish species and interbreeding with introduced Rainbow Trout and classified as threatened. Pyramid Lake originally had a relatively long-lived strain of this species that was adapted to the lake environment and grew large enough to prey on adult tui chub.
  • Tui Chub (Gila bicolor), up to 18" (45 cm), but averaging about 10" (25 cm.).
  • Climate

    The larage lake that does not freeze in winter has a moderating effect that reduces seasonal and diurnal variations. Due to the open water, temperatures tend to remain above freezing when it is significantly colder away from the lake. Likewise the water moderates summer heat.

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    Do

  • fish for Lahontan Cutthroats to about 10 lbs/4kg. You will need a tribal permit as well as a Nevada fishing license. Fishing is mostly by trolling or flycasting from stepladders.
  • visit hatcheries for Lahontan Cutthroats and Cui-Ui
  • see "Pyramid" rock formation on east side of lake
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