THALWEG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thalweg mean? 

• THALWEG (noun)
  The noun THALWEG has 2 senses:

1. the middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states

2. a line following the lowest points of a valley

  Familiarity information: THALWEG used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THALWEG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("thalweg" is a kind of...):

bound; boundary; edge (a line determining the limits of an area)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A line following the lowest points of a valley

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("thalweg" is a kind of...):

contour; contour line (a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height)