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The Sierra Nevada (/ s i ˌ ɛr ə n ɪ ˈ v æ d ə,-ˈ v ɑː d-/ see-ERR-ə niv-A(H)D-ə) is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily in Nevada.
- Sierra Nevada (Disambiguation)
Sierra Nevada (stratovolcano), a volcano in Chile; Sierra...
- Kern Canyon
It is located in the Southern Sierra Nevada. The canyon was...
- Central Valley
The Central Valley is a broad, elongated, flat valley that...
- American Cordillera
The American Cordillera (/ ˌ k ɔːr d əl ˈ j ɛ r ə /...
- Nevadan Orogeny
The Sierra Nevada and the Klamath Mountains were the result...
- Sierra Nevada (US)
The Sierra Nevada ( Spanish for "Snowy Range") is a mountain...
- Sierra Nevada (Disambiguation)
Vue du versant oriental de la sierra Nevada et du lac asséché d'Owens depuis Lone Pine. La sierra Nevada s’étire sur environ 700 km 2 du col Fredonyer au nord au col Tehachapi au sud. Elle est encadrée à l’ouest par la vallée centrale de Californie et à l’est par le Grand Bassin ( Great Basin ).
- 644 km
- Cordillère américaine
- 4 417 m, Mont Whitney
- États-Unis
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The Sierra Nevada ( Spanish for "Snowy Range") is a mountain range that is almost entirely in the eastern part of California. The range started to uplift less than five million years ago. [1] The Sierra Nevada stretches 400 miles (650 km), from North to South.
Yosemite Valley is on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains, 150 miles (240 km) east of San Francisco. It stretches for 7.5 miles (12.1 km) in a roughly east–west direction, with an average width of about 1 mile (1.6 km).
- Bungalow/Craftsman, NPS Rustic
- 7.5 miles (12 km) E–W
- 3,800 acres (1,500 ha)
- 1 mile (1.6 km)
Tonopah, Nevada. Tonopah, Nevada, is located in the Tonopah Basin near the Esmeralda County border. / 38.06722°N 117.23000°W / 38.06722; -117.23000. Tonopah ( / ˈtoʊnəˌpɑː / TOHN-ə-pah, Shoshoni language: Tonampaa) [4] is an unincorporated town [5] in, and the county seat of, Nye County, Nevada, United States. [6]
- 6,047 ft (1,843 m)
- Nye County
Le Nevada ( /n̪e.va.d̪a/ 2; en anglais :/nəˈv æ də/ 3) est un État de l' Ouest des États-Unis, bordé à l'ouest et au sud-ouest par la Californie, au nord par l' Oregon et l' Idaho, et à l'est par l' Utah et au sud-est par l' Arizona. Sa capitale est Carson City et sa ville la plus peuplée est Las Vegas .
Half Dome from Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. The Sierra Nevada region of California is its alpine region, covering a large portion of the state's inland territory. Rugged mountains and awe-inspiring canyons in the area's national parks and forests are truly part of the United States' national wilderness treasures.
