Sediment Transportation Lake Tahoe

I live close to Lake Tahoe and it is a major body of water that changes every year.

In the second picture, this is what it usually looks like when I go to the beach at Lake Tahoe. The waves are usually calm, come onto the beach shore at an angle creating a longshore drift. Some of the beaches are sand and some are mainly large boulders, so sediment is well sorted in some areas and poorly sorted in others. Lake Tahoe is the aftermath of a glacier which led to the erosion of the rocks. Some of the beaches have ripples in the sand from the waves. There is a lot of granite in the area. When you swim out in the water it can be pretty shallow far out, then drops off. As you drive around the lake, there are several bays that are carved out of the land. The first picture shows an island and a jetty of land that goes out into the water. Sometimes if there are high winds, the waves can be high energy and choppy and jetties like these help cut the waves.