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thalweg


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thalweg  \Thal"weg`\,  n.  [G.,  fr  thal  valley  +  weg  way  See 
  {Dale};  {Way}.]  (Physiography) 
  a  A  line  following  the  lowest  part  of  a  valley,  whether 
  under  water  or  not 
  b  The  line  of  continuous  maximum  descent  from  any  point  on 
  a  land  surface,  or  that  cutting  all  contours  and  angles. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thalweg 
  n  1:  the  middle  of  the  chief  navigable  channel  of  a  waterway  that 
  forms  the  boundary  line  between  states 
  2:  a  line  following  the  lowest  points  of  a  valley 




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