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Definition of High sierra
1. Noun. A mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney.
Group relationships: Ca, Calif., California, Golden State
Terms within: Donner Pass, Mount Whitney, Whitney
Generic synonyms: Chain, Chain Of Mountains, Mountain Chain, Mountain Range, Range, Range Of Mountains
Lexicographical Neighbors of High Sierra
Literary usage of High sierra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1904)
"SYSTEMATIC ASYMMETRY OF CREST LINES IN THE high sierra OF CALIFORNIA.' THE substance
of the present paper was communicated to the Section of Physiography of ..."
2. Glaciers of North America: A Reading Lesson for Students of Geography and by Israel Cook Russell (1897)
"THE high sierra. To the more elevated portion of the Sierra Nevada the name ...
This is the high sierra par excellence, as will be admitted by all who ..."
3. Glaciers of North America: A Reading Lesson for Students of Geography and by Israel Cook Russell (1897)
"THE high sierra. To the more elevated portion of the Sierra Nevada the name ...
This is the high sierra par excellence, as will be admitted by all who ..."
4. The Mountains of California by John Muir (1907)
"... excepting distant views from the heights about the Yosemite walls. To artists,
few portions of the high sierra are, strictly speaking, picturesque. ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1892)
"GEOGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIP OF THE FLORA OF THB high sierra NEVADA, CALIFORNIA. ...
A LIST of representative species of the high Sierra Nevada Is given. ..."
6. Yosemite Guide-book: A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent by Josiah Dwight Whitney, Geological Survey of California (1874)
"THE high sierra. HAVING, in the last chapter, given as full a description ...
This region of the high sierra in California is hardly yet opened to visitors, ..."
7. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1893)
"GEOGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIP OP THE FLORA OP THE high sierra NEVADA, CALIFORNIA.
The two great mountain systems of the western United States are, first the Rocky ..."
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