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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] The word is derived from the Old Norse word tjörn ("a small mountain lake without tributaries") meaning pond
- Tarns - U. S. National Park Service
Tarns are lakes that form in glacially-carved cirques They are often dammed by moraines If they are still associated with moving glaciers, tarns are often full of tiny, glacially-ground sediment that scatter light and can make the water appear colorful
- 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
- TARN Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of TARN is a small steep-banked mountain lake or pool
- Tarns of the Lake District - Lakeland Tarns - The English Lakes
Rock ledge tarns (Broadcrag Tarn - the highest tarn in Lakeland), summit tarns, and saddle tarns (located in the dips between summits) are amongst these Additionally, there are tarns with natural dam features, created by alluvial deposits, rocks falls and landslides
- Tarn | geology | Britannica
It results from the excavating effects of underground water on massive soluble limestone The term originally applied to the Karst (or Kras) physiographic region, a limestone area northeast of the Gulf of Trieste in Slovenia, but has been extended to mean all areas with similar features
- Favourite Tarns in the Lake District - Where2Walk
One of the great pleasures of walking in the Lake District are the mountain tarns Created by the work of glaciers around 15,000 years ago the tarns are the location of many of the most picturesque views
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