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Lake and Tarn (lake)

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Difference between Lake and Tarn (lake)

Lake vs. Tarn (lake)

A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. A tarn (or corrie loch) is a mountain lake or pool, formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier.

Similarities between Lake and Tarn (lake)

Lake and Tarn (lake) have 3 things in common (in Unionpedia): Glacier, Pond, Proglacial lake.

Glacier

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries.

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Pond

A pond is a body of standing water, either natural or artificial, that is usually smaller than a lake.

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Proglacial lake

In geology, a proglacial lake is a lake formed either by the damming action of a moraine during the retreat of a melting glacier, a glacial ice dam, or by meltwater trapped against an ice sheet due to isostatic depression of the crust around the ice.

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Lake and Tarn (lake) Comparison

Lake has 272 relations, while Tarn (lake) has 18. As they have in common 3, the Jaccard index is 1.03% = 3 / (272 + 18).

References

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