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a mountain lake carved by a glacier that left and forgot to drain
means A small mountain lake, typically one that sits in a hollow scooped out by a glacier.
from From the Old Norse 'tjǫrn,' meaning a small mountain pool — a word the Vikings carried into northern England, where it settled into the fells and stayed. You still find tarns scattered most thickly across the Lake District and the Pennines, exactly where Norse settlers once spoke it.
- birth certificate
- Glaciers gouge the rock bowl, then melt into it
- viking tongue
- Name comes from Old Norse 'tjorn'
- high life
- Usually sits in alpine cirques above the treeline
- clear water
- Few nutrients means startling glassy transparency
for instance
red tarn — glacial lake in the english lake district, 2,356 feet elevation in helvellyn range
scales tarn — highest mountain tarn in england at 2,790 feet on scafell pike, lake district
blea tarn — small glacial lake near great langdale in the lake district, featured in numerous hiking guides