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  2. Tarn (lake) - Wikipedia

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    Verdi Lake in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada. The word is derived from the Old Norse word tjörn ("a small mountain lake without tributaries") meaning pond. In parts of Northern England – predominantly Cumberland and Westmorland (where there are 197), [2] but also areas of North Lancashire and North Yorkshire – 'tarn' is widely used as the name for small lakes or ponds, regardless of their ...

  3. Cirque - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] Should ice segregation, plucking and abrasion continue, the dimensions of the cirque will increase, but the proportion of the landform would remain roughly the same. A bergschrund forms when the movement of the glacier separates the moving ice from the stationary ice, forming a crevasse.

  4. Tower of Hanoi - Wikipedia

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    That is to say: 5>4>3 (3 over 4 over 5) is valid; 5>4>2 (with 2 over 4) is invalid. Exactly 1 of the top labels (disk number or empty base) is even (for even n; otherwise exactly 1 is odd). A bit with the same value as the previous digit means that the corresponding disk is stacked on top of the previous disk.

  5. Book of Challenges - Wikipedia

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    The encounters in the Book of Challenges include straightforward traps (such as a domed room with a hinged floor that serves as the hidden lair for a beholder).It also includes challenging logic puzzles, riddles and even role-playing encounters where combat or mechanics skills play a secondary role.

  6. William Woodthorpe Tarn - Wikipedia

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    William Woodthorpe Tarn was born in London on 26 February 1869, eldest of two sons and one daughter of William Tarn (b. 1841), a silk merchant, and Frances Arthy (b. 1843/4). He was educated at Eton College , where he was school captain and a king's scholar, graduating in 1888.

  7. The ClueFinders 5th Grade Adventures: The Secret of the ...

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    The ClueFinders 5th Grade Adventures: Secret of the Living Volcano is a computer game in The Learning Company's ClueFinders series of educational software.In the game, the ClueFinders are shipwrecked on a mysterious volcanic island, inhabited by centuries of trapped castaways, where any escape attempt seems to be deliberately thwarted by natural forces.

  8. Malham Tarn - Wikipedia

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    Malham Tarn is a glacial lake near the village of Malham in the Yorkshire Dales, England. The lake is one of only eight upland alkaline lakes in Europe. At an altitude of 377 metres (1,237 ft) above sea level it is the highest marl lake in the United Kingdom. [ 2 ]

  9. Gorges du Tarn - Wikipedia

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    The gorges landscape involves Mesozoic limestone plateaux downstream presenting sub-vertical cliffs. Faults like the Hauterive Fault explain the important water sources in the region of Sainte-Enimie (the Burle source and the Coussac source, the latter joining the Tarn in an impressive waterfall), and the more complex geology in the upstream part of the canyon.