Which statement best expresses the main idea of this passage?
A. The Sierra Nevada is a magnificent mountain range, and the view of it from California's Coast Range is spectacular.
B. In every way, the Sierra Nevada is far superior to other mountain chains.
C. The Sierra Nevada, which means "Snowy Range of Mountains" in Spanish, should be called "Mountain Range of Light."
D. The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range that contains many glaciers.

b.  Sierra Madre Occidental

Explanation:

A major range of the North American mountains that run northwest and southeast to the western Mexico, along the Gulf of California and is apart of the cordillera.

This mountain range act as a source of water for the agricultural land and geologically is high plateau and a volcanic rock composed of the plutonic and sediments, formed by the lava flows.    

Thus zone forms an extension of the northern Sonora stat, near the Mexico and the U.S border. This high plateau is cut by the running rivers. The highest place of elevation is known as the Tarahumara range.

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