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Thalweg

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Noun

1. thalweg

the middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states

2. thalweg

a line following the lowest points of a valley

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Thalweg

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noun geography rare
1. 
the longitudinal outline of a riverbed from source to mouth
2. 
the line of steepest descent from any point on the land surface

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Thalweg

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n.
Geology
1. The line defining the lowest points along the length of a river bed or valley.
2. A subterranean stream.

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