thalweg

English

WOTD – 23 September 2009

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 19th century German Thal (“valley”) + Weg (“way, course”)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtaːlvɛç/, /ˈtɑːlvɛɡ/[1]
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɑl.vɛɡ/

Noun

thalweg (plural thalwege or thalwegs)

  1. (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.

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References

  1. 1 2 “‖thalweg” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
  • 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised), Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  • 2004, Susan Mayhew, A Dictionary of Geography, Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Portuguese

Noun

thalweg m (plural thalwegs)

  1. Dated form of talvegue.
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