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).
noun
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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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Two devastating wildfires that swept through California's Sierra Nevada in 2020 and 2021 killed thousands of giant sequoias.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
In the wild, they grow only on the western slopes of California's Sierra Nevada.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 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
He was reportedly the first man to send a car down into Death Valley and the first to push over the snowbanks of the Sierra Nevada, performing the feat on an annual basis.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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