Below you will find example sentences with "sierra nevada". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Sierra Nevada in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: nevada
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 13
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 26 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "sierra nevada" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as of the sierra nevada, across the sierra nevada between california, california, northern and land stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with southern nevada, vegas nevada and southern nevada, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with sierra nevada
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System and Northern Nevada Medical Center in Reno, Nev. (14 words)
The Long Valley Caldera is a broad depression of land east of the Sierra Nevada. (15 words)
If only for one year, abundant, clear and cold waters will come down from the Sierra Nevada. (17 words)
Preparing for the threat of massive flooding during California’s “Big Melt,” federal engineers have been releasing more Kern River water from Lake Isabella than is flowing into the reservoir from the snowbound peaks of the southern Sierra Nevada. (39 words)
A wolverine was spotted three times last month in the eastern Sierra Nevada, a rare occurrence for an animal that’s only been seen one other time in California over the last 100 years, state wildlife officials said. (38 words)
Flood concerns in the southern Central Valley increased this week with the state Department of Water Resources’ release Tuesday of new projections on how much water the southern Sierra Nevada contains and when it’s expected to melt. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
These areas protect 15.4% of the Sierra's convert from logging and grazing. citation The United States Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management currently control 52% of the land in the Sierra Nevada.
Uplift and erosion Starting 10 million years ago, vertical movement along the Sierra fault started to uplift the Sierra Nevada.
An avalanche warning was issued for the Sierra Nevada backcountry around Lake Tahoe, which straddles the California-Nevada border.
A Blizzard Warning remains in effect for much of California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, as well as the Ruby Mountains in eastern Nevada.
In the second half of the training, students may have the opportunity to interview for hundreds of jobs with companies throughout Nevada that have job openings, including Panasonic Energy of North America and Sierra Nevada Corporation.
VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System and Northern Nevada Medical Center in Reno, Nev.
It is unknown if riders tried crossing the Sierra Nevada in winter, but they certainly crossed central Nevada.
It recruited Cantonese laborers in China, who did prodigious work building the line over and through the Sierra Nevada mountains and then across Nevada to their meeting in northern Utah.
Norwegian immigrant " Snowshoe Thompson " transported mail by skiing across the Sierra Nevada between California and Nevada from 1856.
Across the Sierra Nevada, this year’s snowpack peaked at about 2.7 times the average, weighing an estimated 55 billion tons, according to Painter.
Additionally, a High Wind Warning issued for the Mother Lode, the western slope of the northern Sierra Nevada and the northern San Joaquin Valley, will remain in effect until 11 PM tonight.
Another risk is that significant snowmelt could worsen the flooding risk in areas with shallow snowpack, typically below 5,000 feet, such as creeks and streams in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
A wolverine was spotted three times last month in the eastern Sierra Nevada, a rare occurrence for an animal that’s only been seen one other time in California over the last 100 years, state wildlife officials said.
Flood concerns in the southern Central Valley increased this week with the state Department of Water Resources’ release Tuesday of new projections on how much water the southern Sierra Nevada contains and when it’s expected to melt.
If only for one year, abundant, clear and cold waters will come down from the Sierra Nevada.
Mountain roads weaving through the Sierra Nevada range were obstructed by heavy snow and driving conditions made difficult by showers and thunderstorms.
Oregon wildlife biologists are looking for volunteers to help them in the effort to survey Sierra Nevada red foxes in the Central Oregon Cascades.
Preparing for the threat of massive flooding during California’s “Big Melt,” federal engineers have been releasing more Kern River water from Lake Isabella than is flowing into the reservoir from the snowbound peaks of the southern Sierra Nevada.
Snow and wind will combine in the Sierra Nevada to create blizzard conditions and make travel "verydangerous to impossible," the weather service warned.
The Long Valley Caldera is a broad depression of land east of the Sierra Nevada.