Tarn (lake)

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A tarn (or corrie loch) is a mountain lake or pool, formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn.^[1] A corrie may be called a cirque.^{[citation needed]}

The word is derived from the Old Norse word tjörn meaning pond as such is often found in names of both glacial and non-glacial small upland lakes in the English Lake District, Pennines and Cumbria.

In local dialect in Cumbria, the word is also used generally to refer to any small lake or pond, regardless of its location and origin. ^[2]

In Scandinavian languages a tjern or tjärn, tärn or tjørn is a small natural lake, often in a forest or with vegetation close around it or growing into the lake.

[edit] See also

• Pond

it was formed by a glacier and is in a corrie.

[edit] References

1. ^ Illustrated Glossary of Alpine Glacial Landforms. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
2. ^ Fresh Water Tarns. Cumbria Wildlife Trust. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.

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