Sierra Nevada

American  

[see-er-uh nuh-vad-uh, -vah-duh, syer-rah ne-vah-thah] / siˈɛr ə nəˈvæd ə, -ˈvɑ də, ˈsyɛr rɑ nɛˈvɑ ðɑ /

noun

1. a mountain range in E California. Highest peak, Mt. Whitney, 14,495 feet (4,420 meters).

2. a mountain range in S Spain. Highest peak, Mulhacén, 11,420 feet (3,480 meters).

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Sierra Nevada British  

noun

1. a mountain range in E California, parallel to the Coast Ranges. Highest peak: Mount Whitney, 4418 m (14 495 ft)

2. a mountain range in SE Spain, mostly in Granada and Almería provinces. Highest peak: Cerro de Mulhacén, 3478 m (11 411 ft)

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Sierra Nevada Cultural  

1. Mountain range in eastern California.

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Location of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the United States outside of Alaska.

Example Sentences

Providing about a third of the state’s water supply, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is a vital source of spring and summer runoff that refills reservoirs when the state needs the water most.

From Los Angeles Times

With temperatures running far above normal, snow in the Sierra Nevada is likely to melt weeks earlier than usual, reducing the amount of water that can be gradually released into reservoirs later in the year.

From BBC

The warm winter has left very little snow in California’s Sierra Nevada, and now an extreme heat wave is accelerating the rapid melt in the mountains.

From Los Angeles Times

In a Sierra Nevada canyon all but incinerated in the 2021 KNP Complex fire, a new forest of California’s beloved giant sequoias is now growing.

From Los Angeles Times

Just weeks after major storms brought snow to the Sierra Nevada, a winter heat wave has all but eliminated California’s snowpack gains.

From Los Angeles Times