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Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada mountains are a range of mountains in the US states of California and Nevada. The Sierra Nevadas are home to Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the lower 48 United States.
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Where is the Sierra Arts Foundation in Reno Nevada located?
The address of the Sierra Arts Foundation is: 200 Flint St, Reno, NV 89501-2000
What is the Spanish meaning of the English words 'Sierra Nevada'?
Sierra is a Spanish word meaning saw. Sierra Nevada is the saw-toothed or jagged mountain range running 400 miles through Nevada and California.
Does colorado contain the sierra nevada mountains?
Colorado does not contain the Sierra Nevada Mountains. These mountain ranges are located mainly in California while a portion called Carson Range lies in Nevada. Some mountains that are found in Colorado are Mount Sneffels and Mount Evans.
What is the highest mountain in the sierra Nevada?
Mt. Whitney's the top point- at 14,495 feet, it's the highest mountain in the continental U.S.
What flatlands in california lie between the sierra nevada and coast range?
The Central Valley is the name of the flatlands between Sierra Nevada and the Coast Range
How was this mountain range formed?
It is Spanish for SNOWY MOUNTAINS . Sierra means "mountains" and Nevada means "snowy". Initially, the Spanish explorer was simply describing them, not naming them. However, that description was used on the first map and that became the name.
What Group of pioneers trapped in the sierra Nevada range by winter snow?
donner party xD once agan i answer my question
What flatland lies between the coast range and sierra Nevada?
the Central Valley, I think. hey i have a sheet with the same questions!
The Central Pacific Railroad of California.
Tallest mountain in the 48 states?
Mount Whitney in California's Sierra Nevada mountains is the highest peak in the contiguous U.S. It stands at 14,505 feet. A link is provided to our friends at Wikipedia. As an aside, there are 15 peaks in Alaska that exceed Mount Whitney in altitude.
Which mountain range is longer- the rocky mountains or sierra Nevada mountains?
the rock mountains are the highest of the three. the second highest is the sierra nevada, third highest is the appalachian mountains
Why the sierra Nevada is important to California?
The Sierra Nevada is in California. They are important because lots of people see them and they also sometimes climb them too.
What is the large desert region called located between the Sierra Nevada Mts and Rocky Mts?
The best answer for a common or popular name would be the Intermountain Region. However, the general area includes the Great Basin (though not all of it is desert) and part of the Colorado River Basin.
What was the extent from east to west in miles or kilometers of the lands that Napoleon governed?
i believe it was 94 miles
Which Wagon train was killed with few survivors in the sierra nevadas?
The Fancher Party.
The Fancher Party wagon train killed and has very little survivors. This happened in Sierra Nevada.
What is the name of another very large tree that grows in the Sierra Nevada Range?
The largest tree in the Sierra Nevada range of California is the Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum). The giant sequoia is in fact the largest tree in the world, in terms of total volume of wood.
What are the examples of block mountains in the Philippines?
look for chocolate hills in bohol type that in google
The Sierra runs 400 miles north to south and is about 70 miles east/west
