Definitions for thalweg

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thalweg thal·weg

Spelling: [tahl-veg, -veyk]

IPA: /ˈtɑl vɛg, -veɪk/

Thalweg is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 152 anagrams from letters in thalweg (aeghltw).

Definitions for thalweg

noun

1. a line, as drawn on a map, connecting the lowest points of a valley.
2. Chiefly International Law. the middle of the main navigable channel of a waterway that serves as a boundary line between states.

Origin of thalweg

1860-65; German, equivalent to Thal, now obsolete spelling of Tal valley (cognate with dale) + Weg way¹

Examples for thalweg

The thalweg has been frequently confirmed as the accepted boundary where no conventions to the contrary existed.