world best travel places: The Most Famous Tarns

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

The Most Famous Tarns


A tarn is a lake formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier and is located at the top of a mountain. The most famous tarns are Upper Thornton Lake in North Cascades National Park and Andrews Tarn at the base of Andrews Glacier in Rocky Mountain National Park in the USA. Štrbské pleso is the most famous tarn in Slovakia and Ve?ké Hincovo pleso tarn, the deepest tarn in Slovakia, both located in High Tatras mountain.





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