Approximately 62,226.
from the Spanish, first called Sierra Nevada meaning snowy range. Shortened to Nevada in 1861 separation from Utah
because the settlers wanted to be original and they wanted it to that name.
The Sierra Nevada Mountains are located in California, they touch the bottom southwest tip of Nevada.
The Sierra Nevada snowy mountain rangeis a mountain range in the U.S. states of California and Nevada, between the California Central Valley and the Basin and Range Province. Sierra Nevada means...