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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Hydrology
- Bouldering of thalweg of non-canalised rivers
- Thalweg principle
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=1.3|The thalweg of a river
In geography, hydrography, and fluvial geomorphology, a thalweg or talweg () is the line or curve of lowest elevation within a valley or watercourse. Normally only the horizontal position of the curve is considered (as viewed on a map); the corresponding vertical position is represented in a stream profile.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “thalweg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.