How is a tarn formed?

      

Describe how a tarn is formed.

  

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Maurice
Snow accumulates in shallow pre-existing hollow or depression on the mountain side. The snow gets compacted into ice. The accumulated ice erodes the hollow making it deep and wide. Eventually a deep arm-chair like depression known as a corrie or cirque is formed. The depression is filled with melt water or rain water to form a tarn.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on June 8, 2017 at 09:21


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