the middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states
shape noun (2- and 3-dimensional shapes)
thalwegs
Thalweg is an English loan word from German. The German word Thalweg (nowadays...
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in geography and fluvial geomorphology signifies the deepest continuous inline within a valley or watercourse system. In hydrological and fluvial landforms, the thalweg is a line drawn to join the lowest points along the entire length of a stream bed... (40 of 518 words, pronunciation)
the longitudinal outline of a riverbed from source to mouth | the line of steepest descent from any point on the land surface (22 of 223 words, 2 definitions, pronunciations)
The line defining the lowest points along the length of a river bed or valley. | A subterranean stream. (18 of 55 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
The line that connects the lowest points in a valley or river channel, and thus the line of fastest flow along a river's course. (24 of 50 words, pronunciations)
a line, as drawn on a map, connecting the lowest points of a valley. | [international law] the middle of the main navigable channel of a waterway that ... (27 of 42 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
a line connecting the lowest points of successive cross-sections along the course of a valley or river (17 of 35 words, pronunciation)
something such as a line on a map that marks where one area of land ends ... | [plural] the limits of an activity or experience ; an imaginary point ... (29 of 210 words, 4 definitions, 10 usage examples, pronunciation)
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something that indicates or fixes a limit or extent (9 of 127 words, pronunciations)
a real or imagined line that marks the edge or limit of something | the limit of a subject or principle (20 of 56 words, 2 definitions, 3 usage examples, pronunciations)
any line or thing marking a limit; bound; border (9 of 18 words, pronunciation)
a line connecting the lowest points of successive cross sections through a river channel or valley (16 of 49 words, pronunciations)
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Origin: Thalweg is an English loan word from German. The German word Thalweg (nowadays spelt Talweg) is a compound noun that is built from the German elements Thal (since Duden's orthography reform of 1901 written Tal) meaning... (36 of 41 etymology words)
Origin: German: Tal, Thal, valley (from Middle High German tal, from Old High German) + Weg, way (from Middle High ... (19 of 31 etymology words)
First use: mid 19th century
Origin: German, from obsolete Thal "valley, dale" + Weg "way"
First use: 19th century
Origin: from German, from Thal valley + Weg way, path
Origin: 19th century German Thal ("valley") + Weg ("way, course")
First use: Mid-19th century
Origin: German from obsolete Thal "valley" (now Tal) + Weg "path"
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