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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD THALWEG

From German, from Thal valley + Weg way, path.
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PRONUNCIATION OF THALWEG

thalweg  [ˈtɑːlvɛɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THALWEG

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conjunction
determiner
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Thalweg is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES THALWEG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Thalweg

In geography and fluvial geomorphology, a thalweg or talweg is the line of lowest elevation within a valley or watercourse. Under international law, thalwegs can acquire special significance because disputed river borders are often deemed to run along the river's thalweg. The word thalweg is of Germanic origin and literally means "valley course".

Definition of thalweg in the English dictionary

The definition of thalweg in the dictionary is the longitudinal outline of a riverbed from source to mouth. Other definition of thalweg is the line of steepest descent from any point on the land surface.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THALWEG


talweg
ˈtɑːlvɛɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THALWEG

thalattocracy
thaler
Thales
thali
Thalia
thalian
thalidomide
thalidomide baby
thalli
thallic
thalliform
thalline
thallious
thallium
thalloid
thallophyte
thallophytic
thallous
thallus

WORDS THAT END LIKE THALWEG

an arm and a leg
beg
Bethmann Hollweg
blitzkrieg
bootleg
deg
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feg
keg
leg
meg
nutmeg
off the peg
off-the-peg
peg
seg
teg
Tuareg
veg
Winnipeg

Synonyms and antonyms of thalweg in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thalweg» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THALWEG

Find out the translation of thalweg to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of thalweg from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thalweg» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

深谷底线
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vaguada
570 millions of speakers

English

thalweg
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

thalweg
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثالوك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тальвег
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

talvegue
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

thalweg
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

thalweg
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Thalweg
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Talweg
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

谷線
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

thalweg
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thalweg
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

thalweg
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

thalweg
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थाल्वेग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

talveg
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

thalweg
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

thalweg
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тальвег
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

talveg
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

thalweg
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

thalweg
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Thalweg
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Thalweg
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thalweg

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THALWEG»

The term «thalweg» is normally little used and occupies the 109.467 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THALWEG» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «thalweg» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «thalweg» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thalweg

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THALWEG»

Discover the use of thalweg in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thalweg and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Principles of Water Law and Administration: National and ...
1.3.5 Boundary at the thalweg 'Thalweg' is a German word meaning deepest channel. The fixation of the boundary at the thalweg has been introduced in many international agreements, particularly in the case of navigable rivers in order to ...
Dante A Caponera, Marcella Nanni, 1992
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The Regime of Islands in International Law
The practical use of the thalweg appears to have originated in the work of the Norwegian-Swedish Boundary Commission, which in 1766, chose the thalweg as the boundary.21 However, the Franco-German Treaty of Luneville of February 9, ...
Hiran Wasantha Jayewardene, 1990
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Evaluating the effectiveness of forestry best management ...
In larger streams a boat and other equipment may be needed to accurately locate and measure the thalweg profile. No standard length exists for a thalweg profile, but a general rule of thumb is that it should extend for approximately 20-30 ...
Lee H. MacDonald, Alan W. Smart, R. C. Wissmar, 1994
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Bridge Scour
For these flow, sediment and channel parameters, (4.22) and (4.23) predict thalweg meander wavelength and amplitude magnitudes of \ - 912 m and h, = 0.76 m respectively. These compare reasonably well with the median values of thalweg ...
Bruce W. Melville, Stephen E. Coleman, 2000
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The Map of Africa by Treaty
Thenceit follows the thalweg ofthe Budumasi River to the Survey BeaconG.C.S. 1603, markingthe source ofthe Budumasi River. Thenceit follows in a southeasterly direction the ridge of the hillrange formingthewatershed between the ...
Sir E. Hertslet, 2013
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East Timor and the International Community: Basic Documents
La limite entre les possessions des Pays-Bas dans la partie occidentale et du Portugal dans la partie orientale de l'île de Timor suivra du Nord au Sud une ligne: 1° partant de l'embouchure de la Mota Biku (Silaba) par le thalweg de cette  ...
Heike Krieger, Dietrich Rauschning, 1997
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Hydraulic characteristics of bedrock constrictions and an ...
Channel and floodplain geometries are defined by thalweg slope, cross-section flow area, and changes that occur in these features along the course of the river. The field survey that was conducted to define channel and Floodplain ...
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Methods in Stream Ecology
Location denotes whether the unit is likely to be associated with the thalweg of the channel (the main part of the flow) or adjacent to a bank. Longitudinal and cross-sectional profiles refer to the deepest point in the unit relative to the head, ...
F. Richard Hauer, Gary A. Lamberti, 2011
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World Court Digest: Volume 3: 1996 - 2000
noted that the English version refers to the "centre" of the main channel, while the German version uses the term "thalweg" of that channel (Thalweg des Hauptlaufes). 22. Throughout the proceedings, the Parties have expressed differing ...
N. Krisch, K. Oellers-Frahm, C. Walter, 2002
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The Finnish Yearbook of International Law
Eirik Drift (Greenland), may play an important role in this case.106 Because this thalweg can meet the conditions of the natural prolongation relevant circumstance _ as being a fundamental disruption of the concerned continental shelves _, ...
‎1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THALWEG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thalweg is used in the context of the following news items.
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Those drawn to Isis are hardly deluded
Thalweg · 16 Jun 2015 11:50. 256 257. "Along with the promise of power, adventure and a glittering afterlife". ... richardoxford Thalweg ... amberjack Thalweg. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Ships gain better access to Songkhla port
Songkhla port in southern Thailand has renovated its breakwater structures, giving ships better access to the thalweg. The thalweg is the lowest point of a ... «IHS Maritime 360, Mar 15»
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Sir Creek dispute resolution held up due to political reasons, says …
It pointed put that the Indian view has been that the green line mentioned in the map was symbolic and under international law, thalweg (most navigable route) is ... «Firstpost, Feb 15»
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Maphead: Ken Jennings on the River That Borders North Korea …
Typically, river borders follow the "thalweg principle": the border follows the thalweg, or line of lowest elevation, at the deepest point of the river, somewhere ... «Condé Nast Traveler, Dec 14»
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Fishermen of Pakistan and India: In enemy waters
Till date, it argues that the thalweg of Sir Creek is the actual boundary of the river in accordance with the Thalweg Doctrine international law, which states that ... «The Express Tribune, Oct 14»
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Inside the Navy's Secret Swarm Robot Experiment
A large ship that the Navy sometimes calls a high-value unit, HVU, is making its way down the river's thalweg, escorted by 13 small guard boats. Between them ... «Defense One, Oct 14»
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Professor Kanti Bajpai | Revamping the Indian foreign service
India supports its stance by citing the Thalweg Doctrine in International Law. The law states that river boundaries between two states may be divided by the ... «Livemint, Jul 14»
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And fishermen pay the price
Pakistan wants the boundary established according to the historical maps; India wants that too, but according to “thalweg”. As both countries are deadlocked ... «Indian Express, Jun 14»
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Dangers of an Iraqi-Iranian border deal
A protocol was signed in 1913 that established the land boundary, detailing the border between Iran and Iraq and defining the thalweg principle, or the deepest ... «Ahram Online, Feb 14»
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Today's letters: Heated debate about frigid Arctic ownership
So it looks as if the matter may have to borrow from the old European-German concept regarding the Danube and Rhine rivers, the “thalweg,” a line joining the ... «National Post, Jan 14»

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