thalweg in English

noun
1
a line connecting the lowest points of successive cross-sections along the course of a valley or river.
A river adjusts to variations in seasonal changes in volumetric flow by means of its thalweg (the thread of fastest flowing water), its flood plains, and its underground flow.

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1. Thalweg metrics differed between these undisturbed streams and reaches in streams affected by placer gold mining.