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Tarn Beck
Tarn may refer to: Places * Tarn (lake), a mountain lake or pool formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier England * The Tarn, a park, nature reserve, and lake in Mottingham, Royal Borough of Greenwich. * Tarn or Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England * Tarn Crag (other), a number of hills in the English Lake District * Tarns, Cumbria France * Tarn (department), a department in southwest France ** Lisle-sur-Tarn, France, a commune in the Tarn department ** Marssac-sur-Tarn, France, a commune in the Tarn département * Tarn (river), a river in France ** Gorges du Tarn, France, a canyon along the course of the Tarn River * Tarn-et-Garonne, a department in southwest France United States * Tarn Oil Field, an oil field in Alaska, U.S. Chile * Mount Tarn, a summit on the southern part of the Strait of Magellan, Chile Outer space * 13032 Tarn, a main-belt minor planet People * Aleks Tarn (born 1955), journalist and author * Gary Tarn (born 1962), British filmmaker and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarn (lake)
A tarn (or corrie loch) is a Proglacial lake, proglacial mountain lake, pond or pool, formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn. Etymology The word is toponymy, derived from the Old Norse word ''tjörn'' ("a small mountain lake without tributaries") meaning pond. In parts of Northern England - predominantly Cumbria but also areas of North Lancashire and North Yorkshire - 'tarn' is widely used as the name for small lakes or ponds, regardless of their location and origin (e.g. Talkin Tarn, Urswick Tarn, Malham Tarn). Similarly, in Scandinavian languages, a ''tjern'' or ''tjørn'' (both Norwegian) or ''tjärn'' or ''tärn'' (both Swedish) is a small natural lake, often in a forest or with vegetation closely surrounding it or growing into the tarn. The specific technical use for a body of water in a glacial corrie comes from high number of tarns found in corries in the Lake District, an upland area in Cumbria. Nonetheless, there are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
