• The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in California and Nevada, spanning over 400 miles, from the Fredonyer Pass on the north to the Tehachapi Pass on the south, bounded by California central valley and and the Great Basin on the east. The Southern Sierras were the base for the forming of the prehistoric Triassic period.

• Fast Facts

  1. Also known as the Sierra, and the High Sierras
  2. Means "Snowy Range" in Spanish
  3. Highest point is Mount Whitney, at 14,505 feet
  4. 400 miles long
  5. Favored subject of photographer Ansel Adams
  6. Home to Yosemite National Park, Kings Canyon National Park, Lake Tahoe and Giant Sequoias
  7. Height gradually increased from north to south
  8. Divided into an number of biotic zones.
  9. Sierra Nevada is covered by an ocean 400 million to about 130 million years agoSierraHistorical: Sierra Nevada
  10. North America's longest unbroken chain of mountainsSierra Nevada

• Notable Geographical Features

  • Lake Tahoe, freshwater lake, 191 square miles.
  • Yosemite National Park
  • Kings Canyon
  • Mount Whitney, the highest point in the United States at 14,505 feet
  • Sequoia National Park, home of the Giant Sequoias, the world's largest tree, growing up to 80 feet.

• Mountaineers of the Sierra's

  • John Muir
  • Bolton Coit Brown
  • Joseph N. LeConte
  • James S. Hutchinson
  • Norman Clyde
  • Walter Starr, Sr.
  • Walter A. Starr, Jr.

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