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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 723 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THALWEG (a See also:German word compounded from Thal, valley, and YPeg, way)  in See also:physical See also:geography, a See also:term adopted into See also:English usage signifying the See also:line of greatest slope along the bottom of a valley, i.e. a line See also:drawn through the lowest points of a valley in its downward slope . It thus marks the natural direction of a watercourse .

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