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TARN [3 records]

Record 1 2011-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
CONT

En la cabecera de un glaciar hay una estructura muy importante, se llama circo glaciar [...]. En el circo se da la acumulación del hielo. Éstos empiezan como irregularidades en el lado de la montaña que luego van aumentando de tamaño por el acuñamiento del hielo. Después de que el glaciar se derrite, estos circos suelen ser ocupados por un pequeño lago de montaña denominado tarn.

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Record 2 2004-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Small mountain lake.

CONT

Grapeblue Tarn, Nfld.

OBS

tarn: generic used in Nfld. and B.C.

OBS

tarn: term and definition officially approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC) (formerly named the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names -- CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (TB-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Nappe d'eau douce entourée de terre, généralement pourvue d'un exutoire, ou élargissement d'un cours d'eau.

CONT

Lac Arvert, T.-N.

OBS

lac : le lac est plus grand que l'étang et la mare. Générique attesté à travers le pays.

OBS

lac : terme et définition uniformisés par la Commission de toponymie du Canada (CTC) (anciennement appelée le Comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques -- CPCNG) dans le cadre du glossaire (BT-176) faisant autorité sur la question des génériques en usage au Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Toponimia
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Masa de agua rodeada de tierra, mucho menor que un mar.

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Record 3 2003-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Glaciology
DEF

A small, deep, commonly circular glacial lake occupying a cirque.

OBS

It has no prominent inlet, being fed by runoff from the surrounding slopes and dammed by a lip of bedrock or by a small moraine.

OBS

corrie: term used in Scotland as a synonym of cirque ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Glaciologie
DEF

Lac constitué dans un bassin en amphithéâtre creusé par un glacier.

Spanish

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