tarns
High glacial pools
Tarns are small mountain lakes, typically formed in hollows carved by glaciers.
The word is most common in descriptions of British uplands, especially the Lake District: We hiked past several tarns before reaching the summit.
Tarn appears in place names like Tarn Hows.
High-altitude freshwater bodies
- cirquesGlacier-carved mountain hollows
- hollowsSunken areas, indentations
- valleysLow areas between hills
- ridgesNarrow elevated formations
peaks · escarpments · moraine · cols · scree · boulder fields · aretes · high country
Feeling-centered literary movement
- sublimeAwe-inspiring greatness
- solitudeState of being alone
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
Wordsworth · contemplation · wilderness · brooding · mist · atmosphere · moorland · timelessness
Northwest England's national park
- CumbriaEnglish administrative county
- scramblingMoving clumsily in haste
- wild swimmingSwimming in natural waters
- backpackingSelf-supported wilderness travel
summit · viewpoint · rest stop · picnic spot · waypoint · navigation · contour lines · rambling
Figurative enthusiasm killer
- charBurn without destroying
- troutFreshwater game fish
- aquatic plantsVegetation growing in water
- invertebratesAnimals without vertebral columns
peat · watersheds · catchment · water quality · biodiversity · mountain flora · mosses · lichens
mountain lakes
High-altitude freshwater bodies
- cirquesGlacier-carved mountain hollows
- hollowsSunken areas, indentations
- valleysLow areas between hills
ridges · peaks · escarpments · moraine · cols · scree · boulder fields · aretes · high country · backwaters
Romantic poetry
Feeling-centered literary movement
- sublimeAwe-inspiring greatness
- solitudeState of being alone
- reflectionReturned light or thought
Wordsworth · tranquility · contemplation · wilderness · brooding · mist · atmosphere · moorland · timelessness · stillness
Lake District
Northwest England's national park
- CumbriaEnglish administrative county
- scramblingMoving clumsily in haste
- wild swimmingSwimming in natural waters
backpacking · summit · viewpoint · rest stop · picnic spot · waypoint · navigation · contour lines · rambling · hillwalking
cold water
Figurative enthusiasm killer
- charBurn without destroying
- troutFreshwater game fish
- aquatic plantsVegetation growing in water
invertebrates · peat · watersheds · catchment · water quality · biodiversity · mountain flora · mosses · lichens · heather
- water bodiessea, lakes, lake, rivers, streams
- Alpine terrainpeaks, valleys, glacial lakes, mountain passes, ridges
- British Countrysidehedgerow, village, hedgerows, hamlet, moorland
- natural waterssprings, hot springs, streams, creeks, ponds
- alpine meadowswildflower fields, wildflower bloom, grasses, buttercups, columbines
- glaciersglacier, crevasse, glacial movement, moraine, iceberg
tarnscoastal lagoons
Shallow waters separated from sea
prairie potholes · bayous · oxbow lakes · sinkholes · swamps
- tarnished imageDamaged public perception
- tarnished silverOxidized precious metal
- silver tarnishSulfide corrosion layer
- tarnish removerChemical that dissolves discoloration
tarnish, tarnished, tarn, untarnished, tarnishing, tarnishes