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, Cumbria ]]A tarn (or '''corrie loch''') is a mountain Lake or pool, formed in a Cirque excavated by a Glacier . A Moraine may form a natural Dam below a tarn.1 A corrie may be called a cirque. The word is Derived from the Old Norse word ''tjörn'' meaning pond as such is often found in names of both glacial and non-glacial small upland lakes in the English Lake District , Pennines and Cumbria . In local dialect in Cumbria , the word is also used generally to refer to any small lake or pond, regardless of its location and origin. 2 In Scandinavian Languages a ''tjern'' or ''tjärn'', ''tärn'' or ''tjørn'' is a small natural lake, often in a forest or with vegetation close around it or growing into the lake. NOTES SEE ALSO |
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