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Definition of Thalwegs
1. thalweg [n] - See also: thalweg
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thalwegs
Literary usage of Thalwegs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Levelling, Topography, and Higher Surveying by William Mitchell Gillespie (1870)
"Ridges and thalwegs. The general character of the surface of a country is ...
The second set of lines, or the " thalwegs," are the converse of the former. ..."
2. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1896)
"It is not necessary to dwell longer on this subject. Our aim was to show the
possible formation of metalliferous thalwegs and ' niveaux. ..."
3. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1896)
"Our aim was to show the possible formation of metalliferous thalwegs and ' niveaux."
In 1876 we pointed out the existence of metalliferous thalwegs,* and we ..."
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