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Definition of Thalweg
1. Noun. The middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states.
2. Noun. A line following the lowest points of a valley.
Definition of Thalweg
1. n. A line following the lowest part of a valley, whether under water or not.
Definition of Thalweg
1. Noun. (geology geography) 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thalweg
1. the line defining the lowest points along the length of a riverbed [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thalweg
Literary usage of Thalweg
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Map of Africa by Treaty by Edward Hertslet, Great Britain (1894)
"From this point (6° 55' south latitude) the boundary shall be marked out by the
parallel as far as its intersection with the thalweg of the ..."
2. The Law of Nations Considered as Independent Political Communities by Travers Twiss (1861)
"... each will have a Right of Empire and Dominion over the river as far as the
mid- channel or thalweg. " Pour ce qui est des fleuves et « Martens, ..."
3. South African Treaties, Conventions, Agreements and State Papers, Subsisting by Great Britain (1898)
"From this point (6° 55' south latitude) the boundary shall be marked out by the
parallel as far as its intersection with the thalweg of the ..."
4. International Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied by the United States by Charles Cheney Hyde (1922)
"Wheresoever that may be, such a course necessarily indicates the principal artery
of commerce, and for that reason is decisive of the thalweg.2 the first ..."
5. The Map of Europe by Treaty: Showing the Various Political and Territorial by Edward Hertslet (1891)
"Thence it meets the river Arda, following the thalweg of a ravine, ... From that
point it follows, continuously from east to west, the thalweg of the Arda ..."
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