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Thalweg

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(a German word compounded from Thal, valley, and Weg, way) in physical geography, a term adopted into English usage signifying the line of greatest slope along the bottom of a valley, i.e. a line drawn through the lowest points of a valley in its downward slope. It thus marks the natural direction of a watercourse.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Thalweg'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​t/thalweg.html. 1910.
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