can anyone explain the differences between the Sierra Nevada mountains and the Rocky Mountains?

Question

For example, the Sierra Nevada mountains between Reno and Sacramento. How are they different from the Rocky Mountains
in Colorado? Thank you.

Answer 1

The Rockies form the Continental Divide, water flows either east to the Atlantic or west to the Pacific. The Sierra is west of this. The Rockies run from Alaska to New Mexico, the Sierra runs 300 miles in eastern California.

Answer 2

Sierra Nevada Mountain Range is also just a subdivision of the Pacific Mountain Ranges.

Answer 3

Rocky Mountains:
"Mountain system, western North America. It extends some 3,000 mi (4,800 km) from the Mexican frontier to the Arctic Ocean, through the western U.S. and Canada. The highest peak in the U.S. Rockies is Mount Elbert in Colorado, at 14,433 ft (4,399 m); in the Canadian Rockies it is Mount Robson in British Columbia, at 12,972 ft (3,954 m)."
The Sierra Nevada is a regional range.
A range within a much larger range.
"Sierra Nevada (sēĕr'ə nəvä'də) , mountain range, c.400 mi (640 km) long and from c.40 to 80 mi (60–130 km) wide, mostly in E Calif."

Answer 4

the appalachians run from kentucky(i think of) north/ northeast via tennessee, west virginia, virginia and perhaps pennsylvania and new tork. sierra nevadas are in the southwest u.s. in california and nevada.