Back Loch a' Choire ANG بحيرة جبلية Arabic টার্ন (হ্রদ) Bengali/Bangla Karové jezero Czech Karsee German Αλπική λίμνη Greek Montarlago sen alfluanto Esperanto Tarn (lago) Spanish دریاچه کوهستانی Persian Ombilic glaciaire French

Tarn (lake)

"Tarns" redirects here. For the hamlet in England, see Tarns, Cumbria.
Glacial action forming a cirque which may host a tarn

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]

  1. ^ "Illustrated Glossary of Alpine Glacial Landforms". Archived from the original on 2007-08-11. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
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