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Definition of Sierra nevada mountains
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 Sierra Nevada Mountains
Literary usage of Sierra nevada mountains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevadaby Clarence King by Clarence King (1902)
" Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada (originally published 1872) begins with a summary of the geological history of the Sierras and then recounts King's..."
2. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"sierra nevada mountains The sierra nevada mountains on the eastern border of
California are a bold, continuous range about 75 miles in width. ..."
3. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1907)
"The next paper is "The Water Supply of the sierra nevada mountains," by John Tuohy.
... What I have to say as to the streams of the sierra nevada mountains, ..."
4. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"... the Pacific Ocean on the west, and two lines diverging from a point near the
center of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains on the east, ..."
5. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1897)
"... the Pacific Ocean on the west, and two lines diverging from a point near the
center of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains on the east, ..."
6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"Did you ever know or hear of the rolling land in range 10 east being ever designated
as part of the Sierra Nevada mountains? A. A great deal of land in both ..."
7. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1885)
"... the Pacific Oc< two lines diverging from a point near the ce in the Sierra
Nevada mountains on the ea: •due north to the northern boundary and southeast ..."
8. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1876)
"We have largo tracts of the sugar-pine and yellow pine, as well as a species of
fir, in the sierra nevada mountains, also a variety at larch, which grows in ..."
9. Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevadaby Clarence King by Clarence King (1902)
" Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada (originally published 1872) begins with a summary of the geological history of the Sierras and then recounts King's..."
10. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"sierra nevada mountains The sierra nevada mountains on the eastern border of
California are a bold, continuous range about 75 miles in width. ..."
11. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1907)
"The next paper is "The Water Supply of the sierra nevada mountains," by John Tuohy.
... What I have to say as to the streams of the sierra nevada mountains, ..."
12. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"... the Pacific Ocean on the west, and two lines diverging from a point near the
center of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains on the east, ..."
13. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1897)
"... the Pacific Ocean on the west, and two lines diverging from a point near the
center of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains on the east, ..."
14. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"Did you ever know or hear of the rolling land in range 10 east being ever designated
as part of the Sierra Nevada mountains? A. A great deal of land in both ..."
15. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1885)
"... the Pacific Oc< two lines diverging from a point near the ce in the Sierra
Nevada mountains on the ea: •due north to the northern boundary and southeast ..."
16. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1876)
"We have largo tracts of the sugar-pine and yellow pine, as well as a species of
fir, in the sierra nevada mountains, also a variety at larch, which grows in ..."
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