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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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
Route 395 in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
Warmer temperatures are also shrinking the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, he said, and that means more and more of the state’s water will come from big downpours during atmospheric rivers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Yosemite National Park is enormous, covering more than 1,100 square miles on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Her dad had seen all the same changes in the Sierra Nevada that she had in the past few years: bigger, more frequent, more destructive wildfires.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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