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.
6-668: Dollar Lakes are a group of three glacial tarns in the Ruby Mountains of Elko County , Nevada , United States . They are within the Ruby Mountains Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest . The lakes are located near the head of Lamoille Canyon at approximately 40°35′30″N 115°23′6″W / 40.59167°N 115.38500°W / 40.59167; -115.38500 , and at an elevation of 9,626 feet (2,934 m). They have
12-415: A combined area of approximately 3 acres (1.2 hectares), and an estimated depth of up to 15 feet (4.6 m). The Ruby Crest National Recreation Trail runs along the western shore of the lakes. Dollar and Lamoille lakes are the principal sources of Lamoille Creek, which after exiting the mountains passes through the town of Lamoille , meanders down Lamoille Valley, and then merges with the main branch of
18-639: Is also from a related word. 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 North-West England. Nonetheless, there are many more bodies of water called 'tarn' in the Lake District than actually fit this technical use. Tarns are the result of small glaciers called cirque glaciers. Glacial cirques (or 'corries') form as hollows on mountainsides near
24-624: 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 name of the Tjörnin in Reykjavik , Iceland
30-553: The Humboldt River . This Elko County , Nevada state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tarn (lake) The word is derived from the Old Norse word tjörn ("a small mountain lake without tributaries") meaning pond. In parts of Northern England – predominantly Cumberland and Westmorland (where there are 197), but also areas of North Lancashire and North Yorkshire – 'tarn'
36-412: The firn line . Eventually, the hollow in which a cirque glacier develops may become a large bowl shape in the side of the mountain, caused by weathering, by ice segregation, and as well as being eroded by plucking . The basin will become deeper as it continues to be eroded by ice segregation and abrasion. A cirque typically will be partially surrounded on three sides by steep cliffs , with a fourth side
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