Triad Lake in Glacier Peak Wilderness

View of Tarn Hows, Cumbria

A tarn (or corrie loch) is a mountain lake or pool, formed in a corrie excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn. (A corrie may be called a cirque.) Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 679 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Triad Lake Description: Triad Lake, 6560 feet, 500 m northwest of High Pass, Cirque Mountain (left), Glacier Peak (right) Viewpoint location: 400 m... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 679 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Triad Lake Description: Triad Lake, 6560 feet, 500 m northwest of High Pass, Cirque Mountain (left), Glacier Peak (right) Viewpoint location: 400 m... The Glacier Peak Wilderness, created by Congress in the original 1964 wilderness legislation, is located within portions of Chelan, Washington, and Skagit Counties in the North Cascades of Washington State, USA. The area, 572,000 acres (2315 km²) in size, 35 miles (56 kilometers) long and 20 miles (32 kilometers... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 438 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 561 pixel, file size: 84 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) taken by Steve Miall, June 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 438 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 561 pixel, file size: 84 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) taken by Steve Miall, June 2005 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to... View of Tarn Hows Tarn Hows is an area of the Lake District National Park, containing a picturesque tarn, approximately 3 km northeast of Coniston and 2. ... A man-made lake in Keukenhof, Netherlands A lake is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size contained on a body of land. ... It has been suggested that Coombe be merged into this article or section. ... A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity and undergoes internal deformation. ... Moraine at Mono Lake, California, United States Moraines clearly seen on a side glacier of the Gorner Glacier, Zermatt, Switzerland. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A cirque is an amphitheatre-like valley of glacial origin, formed by glacial erosion at the head of the glacier. ...

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. Toponymy is the taxonomic study of toponyms (place-names), their origins and their meanings. ... Old Norse or Danish tongue is the Germanic language once spoken by the inhabitants of the Nordic countries (for instance during the Viking Age). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Typical Pennine scenery. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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 [1]. Cumbria (IPA: ), created in 1974, is a county in the North West region of England. ...

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. The North Germanic languages (also Scandinavian languages or Nordic languages) is a branch of the Germanic languages spoken in Scandinavia, parts of Finland and on the Faroe Islands and Iceland. ...

See also

• Pond

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