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Place Name
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Truckee
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Place Status (Type)
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river
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Location
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Placer County, California (CA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Truckee
, river, c.100 mi/161 km long;
rises in L. Tahoe, Placer co., E Calif., at Tahoe City; flows N past
Truckee, then NE receives Little Truckee R. from NW before entering
Nev.; flows past Reno and Sparks, turns N at Wadsworth and enters S end
of Pyramid L. (brackish lake in Great Basin); has no oultlet; in
Pyramid L. Indian Reservation. L. Tahoe Dam of the Newlands project is
on the Truckee; Boca is on Little Truckee.
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