tarns

noun

plural of tarn
as in lakes

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  1. lakes
  2. ponds
  3. reservoirs
  4. lochs
  5. lagoons
Noun
  • If views over picturesque towns and freshwater lakes below are what is typically promised in this part of Northern Norway, today there’d be none.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Paying the statewide mussel fee does not exempt boaters from inspection requirements or additional fees imposed by individual lakes and reservoirs.
    — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of lakes
Noun
  • Her team collected 20 water samples from five temporary rainwater ponds at Gunma Ecological Park in Pará state, Brazil, in April 2025, along with 100 tadpoles of the Venezuela snouted treefrog (Scinax x-signatus) from each pond.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2026
Definition of ponds
Noun
  • The United States’ two largest reservoirs have dropped to unprecedented lows this year as drought grips the Southwest, but below the ground there’s another water crisis playing out — one that’s much less visible, but no less alarming.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In the last quarter-century, relentless drought intensified by climate change has sapped the river’s flow and left its reservoirs severely depleted.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of reservoirs
Noun
  • Shorebirds feed at the lochs’ edges, and upland raptors soar over the moors.
    — Alexandra Marvar, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The sprawling coastal property encompasses roughly 3,700 acres of pastureland, woodlands, lochs, and more than three miles of dramatic shoreline.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 June 2026
Definition of lochs
Noun
  • The brackish lagoons are a fuel stop for birds crossing between Europe and Africa, making for a constantly rotating avian cast.
    — Alexandra Marvar, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Napa and East Palo Alto impacts are mostly to natural lands like depressional wetlands, lagoons, and snowy plover habitat, while East Oakland is mainly due to BART and the Oakland Airport.
    — Zoe Mintz, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of lagoons
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