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- Tarn (lake) - Wikipedia
A tarn (or corrie loch) is a mountain lake, pond or pool, formed in a cirque (or "corrie") excavated by a glacier A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn [ 1 ]
- TARN Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of TARN is a small steep-banked mountain lake or pool
- Tarns - U. S. National Park Service
This beautiful tarn sits in a glacially-carved cirque and is still bright turquoise due to the large amounts of fine glacial sediment suspended in its waters (Olympic National Park, Washington) NPS Photo Pete Zaidel Tarns are lakes that form in glacially-carved cirques They are often dammed by moraines
- What Is A Tarn? - WorldAtlas
A mountain pool or lake formed in the cirque of a glacier is known as a tarn, a rock-basin lake, or a corrie loch A tarn is created when either river or rainwater fills up a cirque The depressions that have been carved out from weak rocks are then occupied by a series of rock-basin lakes
- Tarns of the Lake District - Lakeland Tarns - The English Lakes
From the expanse of Devoke Water to the Miniature Lang tarn on the Heathwaite Fells there is such a variety of size, and from Watendlath Tarn to Foxes Tarn such a variety of situation, that every tarn is unique But more than anything else tarns reflect the seasons and the weather so that no two visits are ever the same
- TARN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
TARN definition: 1 a small mountain lake in a hollow area surrounded by steep slopes formed by a glacier: 2 a… Learn more
- Tarn, France: travel guide and attractions in Tarn, Midi-Pyrenees
The Tarn is a quiet and peaceful department and very much a 'transition' between the Mediterranean region to the south-east and the greener, if cooler, regions of south-west France There is much to enjoy among the towns and villages, set in the steep forested valleys and rolling fields of the region, with highlights including the historical
- What does tarn mean? - Definitions. net
tarn A tarn is a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque, or corrie, formed by glacial activity
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