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  1. The Sierra Nevada stretches 400 miles (650 km), from North to South. It is bounded on the West by California's Central Valley, and on the East by the Great Basin . Uplift continues, and ground slips make spectacular fault escarpments along the eastern edge of the southern Sierra.

  2. The Sierra Nevada (Spanish for "snowy mountain range") is a major mountain range of the western United States. It is also known informally as the Sierra, the High Sierra, and the Sierras. It runs along the eastern edge of California, overlapping into neighboring Nevada in some areas.

  3. The ecology of the Sierra Nevada, located in the U.S. states of California and Nevada, is diverse and complex. The combination of climate, topography, moisture, and soils influences the distribution of ecological communities across an elevation gradient from 500 to 14,500 feet (200 to 4,400 m).

  4. The Sierra Nevada 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.

  5. May 11, 2023 · The Sierra Nevada is part of the American Cordillera and is located in California and Nevada in the United States of America. This range is home to some of the most beautiful mountains in the United States.

  6. Sierra Nevada, meaning "snowy range" in Spanish, is the name of at least three mountain ranges: Sierra Nevada (Spain) protected by the Sierra Nevada National Park, in Andalusia. Sierra Nevada (US) in California and Nevada, United States. Trans-Mexican volcanic belt in Mexico.

  7. The Sierra Nevada (/ s i ˈ ɛ r ə n ᵻ ˈ v ɑː d ə / or / n ᵻ ˈ v æ d ə /, Spaingie: [ˈsjera neˈβaða], snawy range) is a moontain range in the wastren Unitit States, atween the Central Valley o Californie an the Basin an Range Province.