Used to describe landscapes in geography, not just any mountains.

Geographical Term

Refers to ranges with jagged profiles, often used for those in Spanish-speaking regions.

Specific Ranges

Mainly known in gaming, Sierra is a nod to Sierra Entertainment's history.

Gaming Association

The term can evoke nostalgia for classic PC games from the 80s and 90s.

Nostalgic Reference

Sierra in tech refers to a specific release of Apple's macOS, not all versions.

Technology Specific

Tech-savvy individuals use 'Sierra' to pinpoint the exact version they discuss.

Version Importance

Sierra in automobiles signifies a particular model, not just any Ford car.

Model Identification

Ford Sierra may reference cultural nostalgia, especially in the UK car scene.

Classic Car Culture

GMC Sierra is specific to a class of strong, durable trucks, not just any GM vehicle.

Heavy-duty Label

In the truck community, Sierra is a known model, reflecting brand loyalty.

Brand Recognition

 muir first saw the unparalleled beauty of the sierra mountains and vowed to preserve america's wild places to landmark u.s policies like the 1964 wilderness act which defines wilderness as quote where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man where man himself is a visitor who does

What It Takes to Keep...

 kind of leadership that you had at the time for example while the discovery of diamonds led to a brutal civil war in Sierra Leone in Liberia but so Ana has been peacefully mining diamonds for more than forty years and having the process build a rich economy that compares to

Paving the way towards...

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Episode 5: Name That...

 Fitness outcomes and I want to show you some examples that typify the possibilities unlocked by diving into this universe this is Lincoln meadow Lincoln meadows a three and a half hour drive east of san francisco and the sierra nevada mountains at about 2,000

The voice of the natural...

 sierra cove is surrounded by glaciers and the glaciers are carving at the end of summer beginning of autumn and so the bay fills up with blocks of ice which are incredibly dangerous for these penguins to navigate through but in

The Antarctic's...

 our community sect called Participate.net. But with our social sector partners, like the ACLU and PBS and the Sierra Club and the NRDC, once people saw the film, there was actually something they could do to make a difference.

Jeff Skoll: Making...

 The company provided affordable mobile phones and cell service to millions of Africans, in some of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the region -- I mean countries such as Congo, Malawi, Sierra Leone and Uganda.

Reducing corruption...

 some of the highest rates of domestic violence in the world I realized that women and girls are incredibly vulnerable when they come into conflict with the law in Africa research in Sierra Leone revealed instances of

Creating second chances...

 over 168 000 acres of the sierra nevada mountains and only 13 percent of it had been contained and lindsay was focused on trying to show what the firefighters were up against a lot of tension

Capturing the Year in an...

 Sierra whole semana pasada movie romeo mia the continent of South America contains almost a quarter of the world's forests including the Amazon our largest rainforest