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Bookmark or Share- Sierra Nevada - WikipediaThe Sierra is home to three national parks, twenty-six wilderness areas, ten national forests, and two national monuments. These areas include Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks, as well as Devils Postpile National Monument. More than one hundred million years ago during the Nevadan orogeny, granite formed deep underground.
- Is it ‘The Sierra’ or ‘The Sierras’? Californians can’t agree.It means “snowy mountain range” and was first used in 1542 by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, who spotted the Santa Cruz mountains from the ocean off of the San Francisco peninsula and named them the...
- Sierra Nevada | U.S. Mountain Range, Physical Features & History ...Sierra Nevada, major mountain range of western North America, running along the eastern edge of the U.S. state of California. Its great mass lies between the large Central Valley depression to the west and the Basin and Range Province to the east.
- Sierra National Forest - Home - US Forest ServiceWith the craggy, snow-capped peaks of the Sierra Nevada as your backdrop, we invite you to come and discover the “Heart of the Sierra.” Visit the Sierra NF. Be Bear Aware. The Sierra National Forest is habitat for black bears. Know before you go. Wildfire and prescribed fire information can be found on InciWeb.
- Sierra Nevada Mountains - WorldAtlasAlthough the Rockies is the longest mountain range in the United States, Sierra Nevada is the longest continuous and unified mountain chain. The mountain chain is located in the Western United States, mainly in California and Nevada, forming America’s “western backbone.” Mount Whitney, the highest peak in Sierra Nevada and contiguous United States.
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