Square Lake
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Square Lake is a tarn
located in a cirque
north of Mount Linn
in the northern California Coast Ranges, in Tehama County, California
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Square Lake lies at an elevation of about 7021 feet (2,140 m). Like its name states, the lake has straight shorelines that make the shape of the lake resemble a square.
Tarn (lake)
A tarn is a mountain lake or pool, formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn. A corrie may be called a cirque.The word is derived from the Old Norse word tjörn meaning pond...
located in a cirque
Cirque (landform)
thumb|250 px|Two cirques with semi-permanent snowpatches in [[Abisko National Park]], [[Sweden]].A cirque or corrie is an amphitheatre-like valley head, formed at the head of a valley glacier by erosion...
north of Mount Linn
Mount Linn
Mount Linn, at , is the easternmost summit on South Yolla Bolly Mountain, and is located in the Northern Coast Ranges of California in the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness. The summit is the highest point in the Northern Coast Ranges south of the Trinity Alps of the Klamath Mountains...
in the northern California Coast Ranges, in Tehama County, California
Tehama County, California
Tehama County is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California. It is bisected by the Sacramento River. As of 2010 its population was 63,463, up from 56,039 as of 2000. The county seat is Red Bluff.-History:...
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Square Lake lies at an elevation of about 7021 feet (2,140 m). Like its name states, the lake has straight shorelines that make the shape of the lake resemble a square.