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.

Feb 9, 2018 · 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)

—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2022 The lake, a glacial tarn called Roopkund, was more than sixteen thousand feet above sea level, an arduous five-day trek from human habitation, in …

The tarn, around 30 ft deep, sits in a long narrow bowl, looked down on by a collection of huge boulders.

Dec 20, 2025 · A Tarn, in a Vale, implies, for the most part, that the bed of the vale is not happily formed; that the water of the brooks can neither wholly escape, nor diffuse itself over a large area.

Tarn, a small mountain lake, especially one set in a glaciated steep-walled amphitheatre known as a cirque

Definition of tarn noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Define tarn. tarn synonyms, tarn pronunciation, tarn translation, English dictionary definition of tarn. n. A small mountain lake, especially one formed by glaciers.

tarn in American English (tɑːrn) noun a small mountain lake or pool, esp. one in a cirque

tarn meaning, definition, what is tarn: a small lake among mountains: Learn more.