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- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) abstract "The Sierra Nevada (/siˈɛrə nᵻˈvɑːdə/ or /nᵻˈvædə/, Spanish: [ˈsjera neˈβaða], snowy range) is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Basin and Range Province. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily in Nevada.The Sierra runs 400 miles (640 km) north-to-south, and is approximately 70 miles (110 km) across east-to-west. Notable Sierra features include Lake Tahoe, the largest alpine lake in North America; Mount Whitney at 14,505 ft (4,421 m), the highest point in the contiguous United States; and Yosemite Valley sculpted by glaciers out of one-hundred-million-year-old granite. The Sierra is home to three national parks, twenty wilderness areas, and two national monuments. These areas include Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks; and Devils Postpile National Monument. The Sierra Nevada range is the highest and longest mountain range in the contiguous United States.The character of the range is shaped by its geology and ecology. More than one hundred million years ago during the Nevadan orogeny, granite formed deep underground. The range started to uplift four M.A. (million years) ago, and erosion by glaciers exposed the granite and formed the light-colored mountains and cliffs that make up the range. The uplift caused a wide range of elevations and climates in the Sierra Nevada, which are reflected by the presence of five life zones. Uplift continues due to faulting caused by tectonic forces, creating spectacular fault block escarpments along the eastern edge of the southern Sierra.The Sierra Nevada has a significant history. The California Gold Rush occurred in the western foothills from 1848 through 1855. Due to inaccessibility, the range was not fully explored until 1912.".
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) state California.
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- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Bermuda_Triangle.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Bibliography_of_the_Sierra_Nevada.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Bishop,_California.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Bolton_Brown.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Bureau_of_Land_Management.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink California.
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- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Geologic_provinces_of_California.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Mountain_ranges_of_Nevada.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Mountain_ranges_of_Northern_California.
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- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Regions_of_Nevada.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.).
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Volcanism_of_California.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Cenozoic.
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- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Colfax,_California.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Coloma,_California.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Contiguous_United_States.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Cretaceous.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Devils_Postpile_National_Monument.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Donner_Pass.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Eastern_California.
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- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Federal_lands.
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- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Freel_Peak.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Fresno,_California.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Giant_Sequoia_National_Monument.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Glacier.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Gold.
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- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Granite.
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- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Grass_Valley,_California.
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- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Great_Valley_Sequence.
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- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Hornfels.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Humboldt_River.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Hydraulic_mining.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Hydroelectricity.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Ice_age.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Immigration_to_the_United_States.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Indicator_species.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Inverted_relief.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Island_arc.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink James_K._Polk.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink James_S._Hutchinson.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Jedediah_Smith.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Jeffrey_pine.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink John_C._Frémont.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink John_Muir.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink John_Muir_Trail.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink John_Muir_Wilderness.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink John_Sutter.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Joseph_Nisbet_LeConte.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Joseph_R._Walker.
- Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) wikiPageWikiLink Josiah_Whitney.