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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 723 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THALWEG (a
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German word compounded from Thal, valley, and YPeg, way)  in
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physical
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geography, a
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term adopted into
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English usage signifying the
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line of greatest slope along the bottom of a valley, i.e. a line
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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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