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Term: Tarn
Definition: A small mountain lake that occurs inside a cirque basin.
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Term: Tarn
Definition: A small mountain lake or pool.  NSIDCCryosphere 

A lake that develops in the basin of a cirque, generally after the melting of the glacier.

A small lake occupying a hollow eroded out by ice or dammed by a moraine; especially common in cirques (q.v.).  Swisseduc 

A small mountain lake that occurs inside a cirque basin.  PhysicalGeography 

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Term: Tarn
Definition: A lake that develops in the basin of a cirque, generally after the melting of the glacier.
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Term: Tarn
Definition: A small mountain lake or pool.
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Term: Tarn
Definition: A small lake occupying a hollow eroded out by ice or dammed by a moraine; especially common in cirques (q.v.).
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Last Modified 2023.03.27
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