Sierra Nevada [mountain range] (English spelling)

Japanese: シエラ・ネバダ[山脈](英語表記)Sierra Nevada
Sierra Nevada [mountain range] (English spelling)
A mountain range in eastern California, in the western United States. Its name means "snowy mountain range" in Spanish. Together with the Cascade Range to the north, it forms part of the western Cordillera mountain range in North America. To the east, between the Great Basin and the Rocky Mountains, lies the vast Great Basin, and to the west, the Central Basin of California. Small mountain glaciers can be seen on the high peaks, including Mount Whitney (4,418 m), the highest peak, and glacial landforms from the diluvial period can be seen in various places, such as Yosemite National Park.

Sierra Nevada [mountain range]

A mountain range stretching 80-100km east to west and 40km north to south along the Mediterranean coast in the Andalusia region of southern Spain. The geology is mainly crystalline rocks and Palaeozoic strata, and it is a folded mountain range formed by neo-mountain building. The highest peak is Cerro de Mulhacén (3,478m), which is also the highest peak in the Iberian Peninsula. The name Sierra Nevada means "snowy mountain range". Covered in perpetual snow, it forms glacial landforms such as cirques above 3,000m and moraines at around 2,000m.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
アメリカ合衆国西部,カリフォルニア州東部にある山脈。名称はスペイン語で〈雪の山脈〉を意味する。北側に続くカスケード山脈とともに,北アメリカにおけるコルディレラ山系の西側の一部をなす。東側にはロッキー山脈との間に広大なグレート・ベースン(大盆地),西側にはカリフォルニア中央盆地がある。最高峰ホイットニー山(4418m)をはじめ,高峰には小規模ながら山岳氷河がみられ,ヨセミテ国立公園などの各地に洪積期の氷河地形がみられる。

シエラ・ネバダ[山脈]【Sierra Nevada】

スペイン南部アンダルシア地方,地中海沿岸に東西80~100km,南北40kmにわたって連なる山脈。地質はおもに結晶質岩石と古生層で,新期造山運動によって形成された褶曲山脈。最高峰はムーラセーン山Cerro de Mulhacén(3478m)で,これはイベリア半島の最高峰でもある。シエラ・ネバダは〈雪の山脈〉の意。万年雪に覆われ,3000mを超えるところにはカール,2000m前後にはモレーンなど氷河地形が形成されている。

出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報

<<:  Sierra Madre (mountain range)

>>:  Sheraton, Thomas

Recommend

Ostracoda

…the name of the crustaceans belonging to the sub...

Kastrup Airport - Kastrup Airport

…It is managed by the Schiphol Airport Authority....

Equalizer

1. Something that equalizes. Something that brings...

Ezorurisou - Ezorurisou

...The nature of the seashore-dwelling, fleshy na...

Herring oil (Nishinyu)

This oil is extracted from herring by boiling. Alo...

Manganese Sulfate - Manganese Sulfate

[ I ] Manganese sulfate(II): MnSO 4 (151.00). It ...

The Orators

…But Auden, in particular, was not a poet who fit...

Haga [town] - Haga

A town in Haga County in the southeastern part of ...

deme

...This kind of unit group has not been noticed b...

Iruma [city] - Iruma

A city in the southern part of Saitama Prefecture,...

Mandatory Lawsuit - Gimzuke Sosho

A lawsuit seeking to order an administrative agenc...

Oobettou (Niigata) - Oobettou

...Located in the center of the Kambara grain bel...

Myxinidae

…Any of the fishes of the order Myxiniformes or f...

Retsuko - Retsuko

Date of birth and death unknown. An ancient Chine...

Huang Dao-zhou; Huang Tao-chou

[Born] Wanli 13 (1585) [Died] 1646 A loyal subject...