Sierra Nevada

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geographical region mountain range

Sierra Nevada is a major mountain range in the western United States known for its dramatic granite peaks, extensive forests, and iconic natural landmarks such as Yosemite National Park and Lake Tahoe.

Aliases (32)

Sierra Nevada mountains ×18
Sierra Nevada (U.S.) ×11
Sierra Nevada crest ×11
Sierra Nevada mountain range ×11
Sierra Nevada region ×8
Sierra Nevada peaks ×6
Mount Whitney ×3
Sierra Nevada (California) ×3
Sierra Nevada (United States) ×3
Sierra Nevada, California ×3
Sierra Nevada batholith ×2
southern Sierra Nevada ×2
California Sierra Nevada ×1
Central Sierra Nevada ×1
Lake Tahoe ×1
Sierra Nevada (California portion) ×1
Sierra Nevada (mountain range) ×1
Sierra Nevada (on clear days) ×1
Sierra Nevada (part) ×1
Sierra Nevada (portion) ×1
Sierra Nevada (regionally related range system) ×1
Sierra Nevada (southern part) ×1
Sierra Nevada Batholith ×1
Sierra Nevada crest region ×1
Sierra Nevada high country ×1
Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forest ×1
Sierra Nevada mountain system ×1
Sierra Nevada orogeny ×1
Sierra Nevada physiographic province ×1
Sierra Nevada region of California ×1
Sierra Nevada subrange of California ×1
Western Sierra Nevada ×1

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region → mountain range →
age	Mesozoic →
borderedBy	Central Valley of California → Great Basin →
climate	Mediterranean climate at lower elevations → alpine climate at high elevations →
contains	Kings Canyon → Lake Tahoe → Lake Tahoe Basin → Mammoth Lakes area → Mount Whitney region → Yosemite Valley →
continent	North America →
country	United States → United States →
crossedBy	Carson Pass → Donner Pass → Ebbetts Pass → Sierra Nevada passes → Sonora Pass → Tioga Pass →
ecoregion	Sierra Nevada forests →
elevation	4418 m →
fauna	Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep → black bear → mountain lion → mule deer →
geology	batholith → granite →
hasProtectedArea	Eldorado National Forest → Inyo National Forest → Kings Canyon National Park → Lassen Volcanic National Park → Sequoia National Park → Sierra National Forest → Stanislaus National Forest → Tahoe National Forest → Yosemite National Park →
highestPoint	Mount Whitney →
historicalSignificance	California Gold Rush →
importance	major water source for California →
knownFor	Lake Tahoe → Yosemite National Park → alpine lakes → dramatic granite peaks → extensive forests → glacially carved valleys → gold deposits → hydroelectric power generation → ski resorts →
locatedIn	California → Sierra Nevada → Sierra Nevada → western United States →
majorRiverSource	Carson River → Sacramento River tributaries → San Joaquin River → Truckee River → Walker River →
mountainSystem	North American Cordillera →
namedAfter	Spanish term for "snowy range" →
orogeny	Sierra Nevada orogeny →
partlyLocatedIn	Nevada →
snowCover	significant winter snowpack →
traversedBy	John Muir Trail → Pacific Crest Trail →
usedFor	camping → climbing → hiking → recreation → skiing →
vegetation	alpine meadows → coniferous forests → subalpine forests →

Referenced by (378)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alpine County → Amador County, California → Ansel Adams Wilderness → Bass Lake → Blackwood Creek → Bridalveil Creek → California State Route 108 over Sonora Pass → California State Route 28 → California State Route 88 → Carson Pass → Carson Trail → Cedar Grove → Crescent Meadow → Crystal Cave → Desolation Wilderness → Devils Postpile National Monument → Donner Lake → Donner Pass → Douglas County, Nevada ("Sierra Nevada region") → Ebbetts Pass → Echo Summit → Edgewood Creek → El Capitan → El Dorado County → El Dorado County, California → Eldorado National Forest → Elephant Back → Evolution Valley → Fish Camp, California → Forester Pass → Franklin Lakes Trail → Giant Forest sequoia grove ("Sierra Nevada (mountain range)") → Giant Sequoia National Monument → Golden Trout Wilderness (portion) → Great Western Divide → Half Dome → Heavenly Gondola → Heavenly Mountain Resort → High Sierra Trail → Kaweah Gap → Kaweah River canyon → Kings River → Kirkwood Mountain Resort → Lake Tahoe → Lake Tahoe → Lake Tahoe Basin → Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit → Little Yosemite Valley → Lyell Glacier → Mariposa County ("Sierra Nevada region") → Merced River → Mineral King → Mist Trail and John Muir Trail to Sub Dome → Monarch Wilderness → Monitor Pass → Mono County ("Sierra Nevada region") → Mount Lyell → Mount Ritter → Mount Whitney → Mount Whitney → Mount Whitney vicinity → Nevada County, California → Nevada Fall → Pacific Crest Trail (nearby at Mount Whitney area) → Pollock Pines → Rae Lakes → Red Lake → Rim Fire 2013 (affected area) ("Sierra Nevada (California)") → Rock Creek Canyon → Round Top → Rubicon Trail (segment) → Sequoia National Park ("southern Sierra Nevada") → Sherman Pass → Sierra Forest Reserve → Sierra National Forest → Sierra Nevada passes → Sonora Pass → Squaw Valley → Stanislaus National Forest → Stanislaus River → State Route 168 → Sugar Bowl Resort → Tahoe National Forest → Tahoe Regional Planning Agency → Tahoe Rim Trail → Tehipite Valley → Tenaya Canyon ("Sierra Nevada (California)") → Tioga Lake → Tioga Mine → Tioga Pass → Tokopah Valley → Trail Crest → Truckee → Tuolumne County → Tuolumne Meadows → Tuolumne River → Twain Harte → Upper Truckee River → Vernal Fall → Wawona ("Sierra Nevada (United States)") → Whitney Portal region → Woods Lake → Yosemite Falls → Yosemite National Park → Yosemite Valley → Yosemite Wilderness → Yosemite area tourism region → Zumwalt Meadow →	locatedIn
Alpine County → Ansel Adams Wilderness → Donner Lake → Donner Pass → Ebbetts Pass → El Capitan → Elephant Back → Forester Pass → Freerider → Giant Forest → Half Dome → Heavenly Mountain Resort → High Sierra → High Sierra Trail → Kaweah Gap → Kirkwood Mountain Resort → Lake Mary → Liberty Cap → Mineral King → Monitor Pass → Mount Dana → Mount Lyell → Mount Whitney → Mulhacén → North Palisade → Northstar California → Rae Lakes → Rainbow Falls (Mammoth Lakes) → Red Lake → Round Top → Sherman Pass → Sierra Forest Reserve → Southern Sierra Nevada → Squaw Valley → Sugar Bowl Resort → Tioga Mine → Tioga Pass → Tokopah Valley → Truckee River → Twin Lakes (Mammoth Lakes) → Whitney Portal Road → Woods Lake → Yosemite Falls →	mountainRange
Baranoff Island ("Sierra Nevada region") → Bootjack ("Sierra Nevada region") → Boundary Peak ("Sierra Nevada (regionally related range system)") → Bridalveil Fall → Carson Range → Cathedral Rocks → Dana Meadows → Devils Postpile National Monument ("Sierra Nevada physiographic province") → Echo Summit ("Sierra Nevada mountain range") → Evolution Valley ("Sierra Nevada mountain range") → Fannette Island ("Sierra Nevada region") → Fannette Island → Giant Forest → High Sierra → Liberty Cap → Mammoth Lakes area ("Sierra Nevada mountain range") → Mariposa County → Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias → Monarch Wilderness ("Sierra Nevada mountain range") → Mono County, California ("Sierra Nevada (U.S.)") → Mother Lode region → Mount Whitney Trail → Mount Whitney vicinity ("Sierra Nevada crest") → Panorama Trail → Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks ("Sierra Nevada mountain range") → Sierra Nevada foothills → South Lake Tahoe → Southern Sierra Nevada → Tehipite Valley ("Sierra Nevada mountain system") → The Captain → Third Creek → Tokopah Falls → Trail Crest ("Sierra Nevada mountain range") →	partOf
American River → Boreal Mountain California → Bridalveil Fall ("Western Sierra Nevada") → Caples Lake → General Sherman Tree → High Sierra Trail ("southern Sierra Nevada") → Incline Creek → Kern River Canyon → Mount Dana ("Sierra Nevada crest region") → Placer County → Salathé Wall → Sand Harbor → Sequoia National Park → Snake Dike → Tioga Mine ("California Sierra Nevada") → Tuolumne County ("Sierra Nevada region of California") → Ward Creek → Yosemite Falls Trail → Yosemite Valley ("Central Sierra Nevada") →	region
California State Route 108 over Sonora Pass ("Sierra Nevada mountain range") → California State Route 120 → California State Route 88 → California Trail ("Sierra Nevada mountains") → Carson Trail ("Sierra Nevada mountain range") → Central Pacific Railroad historic route → Central Pacific Railroad historic route ("Sierra Nevada mountain range") → Ebbetts Pass → Forester Pass ("Sierra Nevada crest") → Pacific Crest Trail ("Sierra Nevada crest") →	crosses
Ansel Adams Wilderness ("Sierra Nevada crest") → Donner Pass ("Sierra Nevada peaks") → Echo Summit ("Sierra Nevada peaks") → Lake Mary ("Sierra Nevada peaks") → Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park → Panamint Range → Sugar Bowl Resort ("Sierra Nevada peaks") → Tioga Lake ("Sierra Nevada peaks") → Tioga Pass ("Sierra Nevada high country") → Whitney Portal Road ("Sierra Nevada crest") →	hasViewOf
Caples Lake → Convict Lake → Glacier Point → Inyo National Forest → John Muir Trail → John Muir Wilderness → Moro Rock → Walker Pass → Whitney Portal Campground →	locatedInMountainRange
Carson City → Crystal Bay, Nevada → Lone Pine, California → Long Valley Caldera → Manzanar National Historic Site ("Sierra Nevada (United States)") → Owens Lake → Reno → San Emigdio Mountains ("Sierra Nevada (California)") →	locatedNear
California Zephyr → California–Nevada border ("Sierra Nevada (U.S.)") → Generals Highway ("Sierra Nevada mountains") → Lincoln Highway (historic alignment via U.S. 40) → Pacific Crest Trail → Pacific Crest Trail ("Sierra Nevada mountains") → Wawona Road →	passesThrough
Kings River → Kings River → Merced River ("Sierra Nevada, California") → San Joaquin River → Tuolumne River → Upper Truckee River ("Sierra Nevada, California") →	sourceLocation
American River ("Sierra Nevada mountains") → Bridalveil Creek → Kings River → Merced River → Stanislaus River → Walker River →	sourceRegion
California Coast–Sierra Nevada–Transverse Ranges transition zone ("Sierra Nevada (U.S.)") → Great Basin → Sacramento Valley → San Joaquin Valley → Truckee Meadows ("Sierra Nevada (U.S.)") →	borders
Lake Tahoe Basin ("Sierra Nevada crest") → Mojave Desert → Owens Valley → Pacific coast of North America ("Sierra Nevada (U.S.)") →	borderedBy
Inyo County, California ("Sierra Nevada (part)") → North American Cordillera ("Sierra Nevada (U.S.)") → Northern California ("Sierra Nevada (California portion)") → Tulare County, California ("Sierra Nevada (portion)") →	contains
Franklin Lakes Trail ("Sierra Nevada peaks") → Hot Creek Geological Site ("Sierra Nevada mountains") → Sand Harbor ("Sierra Nevada mountains") → Whitney Portal Store ("Sierra Nevada mountains") →	hasView
Kings Beach → Oakhurst → Stateline, Nevada → Tahoe City →	locatedInRegion
California–Nevada border ("Sierra Nevada (U.S.)") → Pacific Crest Trail → Pacific Crest Trail →	follows
Half Dome ("Sierra Nevada batholith") → Mount Whitney ("Sierra Nevada Batholith") → Tuolumne County ("Sierra Nevada region") →	isPartOf
Ponderosa pine → Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep → giant sequoia →	nativeTo
Inyo Mountains → White Mountains → White Mountains (California) ("Sierra Nevada (U.S.)") →	separatedFrom
Monarch Lakes Trail → Pacific Crest Trail (nearby at Mount Whitney area) ("Sierra Nevada crest") → Sierra Nevada transportation corridor ("Sierra Nevada mountain range") →	traverses
Eastern California ("Sierra Nevada crest") → Tulare Basin →	adjacentTo
Horseshoe Lake (Mammoth Lakes, California) → Tioga Lake →	hasMountainRange
North Fork, California → Northern Nevada →	hasNearbyMountainRange
El Dorado Beach ("Sierra Nevada mountains") → Moro Rock–Crescent Meadow Road ("Sierra Nevada mountains") →	hasScenicViewOf
Me-wuk → Northern Sierra Miwok →	indigenousTo
Big Pine, California → Madera County →	isGatewayTo
My First Summer in the Sierra → The Mountains of California →	mainSubject
Nevada County, California → Sierra Forest Reserve →	namedAfter
Reno–Sparks metropolitan area → Ridgecrest, California ("Sierra Nevada (United States)") →	near
Auburn, California → Nevada City, California →	nearbyMountainRange
Heavenly Gondola ("Sierra Nevada mountains") → Mount Dana ("Sierra Nevada crest") →	offersViewOf
Charles Begole → John Muir ("Sierra Nevada, California") →	placeOfActivity
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area → Mount Ritter →	range
Mono people → Northern Sierra Miwok ("Sierra Nevada mountains") →	traditionalRegion
California grizzly bear →	associatedWith
Douglas County, Nevada ("Sierra Nevada mountains") →	borderCrosses
Northern Nevada ("Sierra Nevada crest") →	borderFeature
Basin and Range Province →	boundedBy
California Trail →	connectsTo
Kern County ("Sierra Nevada (southern part)") →	containsMountainRange
U.S. Route 50 →	crossesMountainRange
Kings River →	drainageBasin
Central Valley →	eastBoundary
Sequoia National Park ("Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forest") →	ecosystem
Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep →	endemicTo
Mono County ("Sierra Nevada mountains") →	geographyFeature
Tioga Mine ("Sierra Nevada batholith") →	geologicalSetting
Douglas County, Nevada ("Sierra Nevada mountains") →	hasBorderFeature
Zephyr Cove ("Sierra Nevada mountains") →	hasGeographicalFeature
Mountain States ("Sierra Nevada (U.S.)") →	hasMajorMountainRange
Mono Basin →	hasMountainRangeView
Jackson, California →	hasNearbyLandform
Mount Diablo ("Sierra Nevada (on clear days)") →	hasNotableView
western United States →	hasPart
California →	hasRegion
Pacific Crest Trail →	highestPointLocatedIn
Farallon Plate ("Sierra Nevada (U.S.)") →	influencedFormationOf
Sawtooth Pass Trail →	inMountainRange
Emerald Pool →	inParkRegion
Mount Whitney →	isHighestPointOf
Mount Dana ("Sierra Nevada subrange of California") →	isWithin
Mount Lyell ("Sierra Nevada crest") →	liesOn
Tehachapi Mountains foothills →	locatedAtConfluenceOf
Intermontane Plateaus →	locatedBetween
White Mountains (California) ("Sierra Nevada (U.S.)") →	locatedEastOf
Reno →	locatedInMountainRainShadowOf
Eastern Sierra →	locatedOnFlankOf
Blackwood Creek →	locatedOnMountainRange
Congress Trail →	locatedWithinEcosystem
forty-niners →	mainDestinationRegion
California Gold Rush →	mainLocation
I Love You, California →	mentions
California State Route 178 over Walker Pass →	mountainRangeCrossed
Owens River →	mountainRangeOnWest
Alpine County ("Sierra Nevada mountains") →	namedFor
Sparks →	nearbyFeature
Tehachapi Mountains →	nearbyRange
Sierra Nevada ("Sierra Nevada orogeny") →	orogeny
Northstar-at-Tahoe →	partOfRegion
Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive →	primaryRegionOfOperation
State Route 168 ("Sierra Nevada mountains") →	providesAccessTo
Reno–Tahoe International Airport ("Sierra Nevada region") →	serves
The Mountains of California →	setIn
Dharma Bums →	setting
My First Summer in the Sierra →	settingLocation
Carson River →	sourceLocatedIn
Emerald Bay ("Sierra Nevada mountains") →	surroundedBy
Miwok people →	traditionalTerritory
Sierra Nevada passes ("Sierra Nevada mountain range") →	traverse