Sierra Nevada
Americannoun
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a mountain range in E California. Highest peak, Mt. Whitney, 14,495 feet (4,420 meters).
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a mountain range in S Spain. Highest peak, Mulhacén, 11,420 feet (3,480 meters).
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a mountain range in E California, parallel to the Coast Ranges. Highest peak: Mount Whitney, 4418 m (14 495 ft)
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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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Location of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the United States outside of Alaska.
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There will also be chances of rain during the Labor Day weekend for the San Joaquin Valley, the Mojave Desert and the Sierra Nevada, the weather service office in Hanford said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
First protected in 1864, Yosemite National Park in California's Sierra Nevada mountains is internationally acclaimed for its spectacular granite cliffs, glaciers, waterfalls, sequoia trees and wildlife.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
In the wild, they grow only on the western slopes of California's Sierra Nevada.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Sierra Nevada, which introduced its small-can Pils brew last fall, quickly found that it was a strong seller.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
He was saying that what was happening in the Sierra Nevada and everywhere else wasn’t normal.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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