Thalweg

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027917",
  "term": "Thalweg",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Deepest part of a stream channel.\n\n2. The line of maximum depth in a stream. The thalweg is the part that has the maximum velocity and causes cutbanks and channel migration.\n\n3. Longitudinal outline/trace/survey of a deepest part of riverbed from source to mouth (upstream/downstream). Line of steepest descent along the stream.\n\n4. In hydrologic terms, it is the line of maximum depth in a stream. The thalweg is the part that has the maximum velocity and causes cutbanks and channel migration.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary",
    "NOAA National Weather Service JetStream - Online School for Weather Glossary",
    "NSTEPS Online Glossary of Terms",
    "Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/thalweg/"
}