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Tarn

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Tarn  (tärn)
A river, about 378 km (235 mi) long, of southern France flowing generally west and southwest to the Garonne River.
tarn  (tärn)
n.
A small mountain lake, especially one formed by glaciers.
[Middle English tarne, of Scandinavian origin.]
tarn [tɑːn]
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a small mountain lake or pool
[of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse tjörn pool]
Tarn (French) [tarn]
n
1. (Placename) a department of S France, in Midi-Pyrénées region. Capital: Albi. Pop.: 343 402 (1999). Area: 5780 sq. km (2254 sq. miles)
2. (Placename) a river in SW France, rising in the Massif Central and flowing generally west to the Garonne River. Length: 375 km (233 miles)
tarn  (tärn)
A small mountain lake, especially one formed as a glacier melts, filling a cirque with water.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Tarntarn - a mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers)
lake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
Translations
tarn [tɑːn] N → lago m pequeño de montaña
tarn
n → kleiner Berg- or Gebirgssee


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The skies they were ashen and sober; The leaves they were crisped and sere -- The leaves they were withering and sere; It was night in the lonesome October Of my most immemorial year: It was hard by the dim lake of Auber, In the misty mid region of Weir: -- It was down by the dank tarn of Auber, In the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir.
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It was during one of my lonely journeyings, amid a far distant region of mountain locked within mountain, and sad rivers and melancholy tarn writhing or sleeping within all -- that I chanced upon a certain rivulet and island.
The Island of The Fay by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
Strait of Magellan -- Port Famine -- Ascent of Mount Tarn -- Forests -- Edible Fungus -- Zoology -- Great Sea-weed -- Leave Tierra del Fuego -- Climate -- Fruit-trees and Productions of the Southern Coasts -- Height of Snow-line on the Cordillera -- Descent of Glaciers to the Sea -- Icebergs formed -- Transportal of Boulders -- Climate and Productions of the Antarctic Islands -- Preservation of Frozen Carcasses -- Recapitulation.
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