thalweg

['tɑl,vɛɡ]
  • n. 海谷底线,海谷深泓线;最深谷底线

英英释义


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

英文词源


thalweg (n.)
1831, from German Thalweg "path along the bottom of a valley," from thal (see dale) + weg (see way).