Sierra Nevada (U.S.)

The Sierra Nevada (/siˈɛrə nᵻˈvɑːdə/ or /nᵻˈvædə/, Spaingie: [ˈsjera neˈβaða], snawy range^[6]) is a moontain range in the wastren Unitit States, atween the Central Valley o Californie an the Basin an Range Province.

Sierra Nevada
The Sierra's Mills Creek cirque (center) is on the wast side of the Sierra Crest, sooth o Mono Loch (tap, blue).
Heichest pynt
Peak	Moont Whitney
Elevation	14,505 ft (4,421 m) [1]
Coordinates	36°34′43″N 118°17′31″W
Dimensions
Lenth	400 mi (640 km) north-sooth frae Fredonyer Pass tae Tehachapi Pass [2]
Weenth	65 mi (105 km) [3]
Aurie	24,370 sq mi (63,100 km2) [4]
Namin
Etymology	1777: Spainyie for "snawy moontain range"
Nickname	the Sierra, the High Sierra, the Sierras, Range of Light (1894, John Muir)[5]
Geografie
Poseetion o Sierra Nevada inside Californie
Kintra	Unitit States
States	Californie and Nevada
Range coordinates	37°43′51″N 119°34′22″W
Geology
Age o rock	Mesozoic
Teep o rock	batholith and igneous

References

1. "Mount Whitney". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey.
2. "Sierra Nevada". Ecological Subregions of California. United States Forest Service. Archived frae the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
3. "Sierra Nevada". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 29 Mey 2010.
4. "The Sierra Nevada Region". USCB Biogeography lab. Archived frae the original on 14 Mey 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
5. Muir, John (1894). Chapter 1: The Sierra Nevada. The Mountains of California. Archived frae the original on 20 Juin 2010. Retrieved 29 Mey 2010. freemit airtin in |work= (help)
6. Carlson, Helen S. (1976). Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. University of Nevada Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-87417-094-8.