Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Thalweg

1. A line following the lowest part of a (usu. submerged) valley. 2. The middle of the primary navigable channel of a waterway, constituting the boundary between states. - Also termed midway.

live thalweg

The part of a river channel that is most followed, usu. at the middle of the principal channel. Louisiana v. Mississippi, 466 U.S. 96, 104 S.Ct. 1645 (1984).