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What is a tarn?

What is a tarn? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Northern England) A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England. [from late 14th c.]
  2. (Montana) One of many small mountain lakes or ponds.
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After passing the Dollar Lakes, I hear the gurgle of a stream and then see Lamoille Lake, a shallow mountain tarn in a glacial bowl, with steep talus slopes cradling it.
Silting, aggravated by autumn leaf fall, had deoxygenated the water but the conservation-keen couple were reluctant to restore the tarn until they knew more about its history.
Soon after you leave the shelter of the trees you come to a mountain tarn.
Although the site is not a war grave, the wreckage was returned to the tarn after identification.
The pub served deep-fried fish in the net they'd pulled it out the tarn with, and I ate it greedily in Blencathra's thrall.
You need an all-terrain vehicle to use it, and having used it after wet weather, to gain access to the tarn you need all-weather footwear.

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