thalweg

English - Turkish

Definition of thalweg in English Turkish dictionary: talveg; talveg (bir vadinin en derin kısmını takip eden hat. bu kısım su altında olabilir veya olmayabilir)

English - English

Definition of thalweg in English English dictionary: The line that connects the lowest points in a valley or river channel, and thus the line of fastest flow along a river’s course; The line of continuous maximum descent from any point on a land surface, or that cutting all contours and angles; The deepest water at any point in the river The longitudinal line of greatest continuous depth in the river channel; a line following the lowest points of a valley; A line following the lowest part of a valley, whether under water or not; the "channel within the channel" that carries water during low-flow conditions; The line down the center of the main channel of a stream Threshold velocity: The maximum orbital velocity at which the sediment on the bed begins to move as waves approach shallow water; Line of deepest water in a stream channel as seen from above Normally associated with the zone of greatest velocity in the stream; The line of maximum depth in a stream The thalweg is the part that has the maximum velocity and causes cutbanks and channel migration; a line following the lowest points of a valley the middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states; The line down the center of the main CHANNEL of a stream; The line connecting the lowest or deepest points along the riverbed, usually identical to the center of the navigation channel; The "downway," meaning the course taken by boats going downstream in a river The line following the lowest part of a valley, whether under water or not The intricacy of detail in ordinary relief often makes difficult a practical location of a thalweg; in a survey of a political boundary line this difficulty may assume considerable weight A thalweg may also be defined as the line down the center of the main channel of a stream or as the line of greatest slope, cutting all contours at right angles; (1) The lowest thread along the axial part of a valley or stream channel (2) A subsurface, ground-water stream percolating beneath and in the general direction of a surface stream course or valley (3) The middle, chief, or deepest part of a navigable channel or waterway; {i} line drawn between the lowest points along a valley; line along the middle of a body water that separates between two countries; The longitudinal profile of a canyon; Line joining the lowest points of successive cross-sections, either along a river channel or, more generally, along the valley that it occupies; A location with in a stream where velocity is greatest; The deepest area running along the stream bed Usually where the fastest water runs; the middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states; The locus of the deepest points in a valley at successive cross-sections