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Mount Whitney is 14,500 feet high, the lower peaks range from 5000 feet
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoit is a tall mountain! hehe lol
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Did John Fremont cross the Sierra Nevada?
John C. Fremont was the first one to cross the sierra Nevada in winter. It took about 5 hours for him to climb the mountain.
What States name comes from spanish words meaning snow clad?
The State of Nevada.Nevada is a Spanish noun for "Snow fall". It is also an adjective to accompany a feminine noun, where it describes that noun to be (something) covered by snow. For example, if I say Sierra Nevada, where "sierra" is Spanish for a type of mountain range, I am saying that it is a mountain range covered by snow.In the case of the State of Nevada, the feminine noun likely became tacit over time.
Are an oceanic plate colliding with a continental plate to form the sierra Nevada mountain range?
An oceanic plate colliding with a continental plate formed the Sierra Nevada. That collision is no longer happening, though, as that oceanic plate. the Farallon Plate, is mostly gone, with remnants to the north and south.
What rocky mountain state is found north of Nevada?
IdahoIdaho is north of Nevada and it is a rocky mountain state!
How did Carson city get its name?
Carson City is named after the famous explorer Kit Carson who discovered a mountain pass through the Sierra Nevada not far from Carson City.
What type of mountain is is the Sierra Nevada mountains?
The sierra Nevada mountains are block mountains
What kind of mountain range is the Sierra Nevada?
What type of mountains are predominant in the Sierra Nevada range
What mountain range separates Nevada and California?
The Sierra Nevadas.The Sierra Nevada mountain range.
What mountain chain runs down the western border of Nevada?
The Sierra Nevada mountain chain.The Sierra Nevada Mountain Range.
What type of mountain is Sierra Nevada mountains?
fault block mountains
What is the mountain range that separates California and Nevada?
The Sierra Nevadas is the mountain range that separates California and Nevada.The Sierra Nevada Mountain Range.
Are Sierra Nevada a block mountain?
The Sierra Nevada mountain range is an example of block mountains
The mountain range that the pioneers had to cross to get into California?
The Sierra Nevada mountain range.
What type of landforms do the Sierra Nevada and Coastal mountain ranges surround?
a basin
What the meaning sierra?
Sierra means "Mountain's?" know like Sierra Nevada's that is a mountain.
A range of mountains in eastern california?
It's the Sierra Nevada which roughly translates to Snow Range.
What is the mountain range that separates California Nevada?
The Sierra Nevadas is the mountain range that separates California and Nevada.The Sierra Nevada Mountain Range.
