Sierra Nevada

[ see-er-uh nuh-vad-uh, -vah-duh; Spanish syer-rah ne-vah-thah ]

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a mountain range in E California. Highest peak, Mt. Whitney, 14,495 feet (4,420 meters).
a mountain range in S Spain. Highest peak, Mulhacén, 11,420 feet (3,480 meters).

Sierra Nevada

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sɪˈɛərə nɪˈvɑːdə a mountain range in E California, parallel to the Coast Ranges. Highest peak: Mount Whitney, 4418 m (14 495 ft)
ˈsjɛrra neˈβaða a mountain range in SE Spain, mostly in Granada and Almería provinces. Highest peak: Cerro de Mulhacén, 3478 m (11 411 ft)

Sierra Nevada

Mountain range in eastern California .

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Location of Mount Whitney , the highest peak in the United States outside of Alaska .

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They’re mostly in the north, but one pack has been confirmed in the southern Sierra Nevada, 200 miles from Los Angeles.

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Assuming bears couldn’t live outside the designated regions, the study estimates that California could house around 1,183 grizzlies: 115 in the Transverse Ranges, 832 in the Sierra Nevada, and 236 in the Northwest Forest.

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"His mental strength, coupled with a monastic devotion to football - including stints at the Sierra Nevada high-performance centre to recover fitness and build stamina - meant he never lost sight of his goals."

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Its walls are marble — not the granite that dominates the Sierra Nevada range — and an underground stream runs alongside much of the cave trail.

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Poodle-dog can be found in the southern Sierra Nevada, southern Coast Ranges and down into Baja California.

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