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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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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.

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.

How big is sierra Nevada?

The Sierra runs 400 miles north to south and is about 70 miles east/west

What is the wall in Sierra Nevada called that is feet high?

Unless you are speaking of something else, that is just a retaining wall in Sierra, Nevada.

How tall is kinabalu mountain?

Mount Kinabalu is 4095 meters high. Or, if you'd like it in feet, 13,395 feet high. It's considered the 20th tallest mountain in the world by topographic prominence.

Why was Nevada named Nevada?

because the settlers wanted to be original and they wanted it to that name.

Where is the Nevada Northern Railway Museum in Ely Nevada located?

The address of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum is: 1100 Avenue A, Ely, NV 89301

What is Nevada?

Nevada is a US state in the western US. It became a state on 31 October 1864. The capital is Carson City. It is 110,567 sq mi. The largest city is Las Vegas.