Sierra Nevada

The Sierra Nevada region of is its alpine region, covering a large portion of the state's inland territory. Rugged mountains and awe-inspiring canyons in the area's national parks and forests are truly part of the United States' national wilderness treasures.
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Sierra Nevada

  • Type: Mountain range
  • Description: mountain range in California and Nevada in the United States
  • Also known as: “Beantainn Sierra Nevada”, “Blaue Berge”, “California Range”, “Cordilleras of California”, “High Sierra”, “Kay-o-pha”, “Montaro Nevado”, “Santa Lucia Range”, “Serra Nevada (Estados Unidos)”, “Sierra Neauados”, “Sierra Neuado”, “Sierra Nevada Mountains”, “Sierra Nevada(S.U.A.)”, “Sierra Nevadas”, “Sierra San Marcos”, “Sierras”, “Sierras Nevadas”, “Skye Mountains”, “Snowy Mountains”, “The Sierra”, “The Sierra Nevadas”, “The Sierras”, “رشته کوه نوادا”, “رشتهٔ کوهٔ نوادا”, “سيرا نيفادا”, “سیرانوادا”, “シエラネヴァダ山脈”, “內華達山脈 (美國)”, and “内华达山脉 (美国)”
  • Location: , , , ,
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Latitude of center
36.58° or 36° 34′ 48″ north
Longitude of center
-118.3° or 118° 18′ west
Elevation
14,436 feet (4,400 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5121783821
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
5395648
Wiki­data ID
Q26777
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Sierra Nevada” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Albanian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Arabic: “سييرا نيفادا”
  • Armenian: “Սիեռա Նևադա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Syerra-Nevada (ABŞ)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Syerra-Nevada”
  • Bashkir: “Сьерра-Невада (АҠШ)”
  • Bashkir: “Сьерра-Невада”
  • Basque: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Belarusian: “Сьера Нэвада”
  • Belarusian: “Сьера-Невада”
  • Bengali: “সিয়েরা নেভাদা”
  • Breton: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Bulgarian: “Сиера Невада”
  • Catalan: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Cebuano: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Chinese: “內華達山脈”
  • Croatian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Czech: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Danish: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Dutch: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سييرا نيفادا”
  • Esperanto: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Estonian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Finnish: “Sierra Nevada”
  • French: “sierra Nevada”
  • French: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Galician: “Serra Nevada, Estados Unidos de América”
  • Galician: “Serra Nevada”
  • Georgian: “სიერა-ნევადა”
  • German: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Greek: “Σιέρρα Νεβάδα”
  • Hebrew: “סיירה נבדה”
  • Hindi: “सिएरा नेवाडा”
  • Hindi: “सिएरा नेवादा”
  • Hungarian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Icelandic: “Sierra Nevada (Bandaríkin)”
  • Icelandic: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Indonesian: “Pegunungan Sierra Nevada”
  • Indonesian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Irish: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Italian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Japanese: “シエラネバダ山脈”
  • Korean: “시에라네바다 산맥”
  • Korean: “시에라네바다산맥”
  • Latin: “Serra Nivata”
  • Latvian: “Sjerranevada (ASV)”
  • Latvian: “Sjerranevada”
  • Lithuanian: “Siera Nevada”
  • Macedonian: “Сиера Невада”
  • Malay: “Sierra Nevada (Amerika Syarikat)”
  • Malay: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Malayalam: “സിയേറ നെവാഡ”
  • Marathi: “सियेरा नेव्हाडा”
  • Mongolian: “Сьерра Невада нуруу”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sierra Nevada (USA)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sierra Nevada i USA”
  • Norwegian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sierra Nevada”
  • Persian: “سیرا نوادا”
  • Polish: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Portuguese: “Serra Nevada”
  • Romanian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Russian: “Сьерра-Невада”
  • Scots: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Beanntan Sierra Nevada”
  • Serbian: “Сијера Невада”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Slovak: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Slovenian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Spanish: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Swahili: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Swedish: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Tamil: “சியேரா நிவாடா”
  • Thai: “เซียร์ราเนวาดา”
  • Turkish: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Ukrainian: “Сьєрра-Невада”
  • Uzbek: “Sierra Nevada (AQSh)”
  • Uzbek: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Venetian: “Siera Nevada”
  • Vietnamese: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sierra Nevada, Estados Unidos”
  • Welsh: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Western Frisian: “Sierra Nevada”
  • Western Panjabi: “سیرانیوادا”
  • Wu Chinese: “内华达山脉（美国）”
  • Wu Chinese: “内华达山脉”
  • Yue Chinese: “內華達山脈”

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