mountain pool
High elevation basin
A mountain pool is a small, still body of water found in mountainous terrain—formed in rock basins, fed by snowmelt or streams, often cold and clear.
The term evokes remote, pristine settings: We stripped down and plunged into an icy mountain pool.
Such pools appear frequently in nature writing and fantasy literature as places of reflection or discovery.
- tarnGlacial mountain pool
- alpineOf high elevations
- high altitudeGreat distance upward
- glacialOf frozen rivers
- reflectionReturned light or thought
still water · crystal · crystal clear · ice cold · cold · pristine · rocks · rocky outcrop · stillness · clear · depths · swimming · plunge · secluded · secret spot · wilderness · basin · snowmelt
- mountain watersalpine lake, alpine stream, tarn, loch, glacial lake
- natural poolsswimming hole, cenotes, blue holes, cenote, hot spring
- mountain streamsalpine stream, headwaters, headwater, tributary, feeder stream
mountain poolocean
Massive saltwater body
sea · desert oasis · inland sea · tidal pool · swamp
mountain, pool, mountains, mountainous, mountaineer, mountaineering, pools, pooled, pooling