{"id":116,"date":"2024-02-09T09:22:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T17:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelkeating.com\/commonplace\/?p=116"},"modified":"2024-02-09T09:26:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T17:26:32","slug":"thalweg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelkeating.com\/commonplace\/2024\/02\/09\/thalweg\/","title":{"rendered":"Thalweg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>[&nbsp;<strong>tahl<\/strong>-veg, -veyk ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>noun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\">\n<li>a line, as drawn on a map, connecting the lowest points of a valley.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Chiefly International Law<\/em>.&nbsp;the middle of the main navigable channel of a waterway that serves as a boundary line between states.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/9chickweedlane\/2020\/07\/25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/thalweg\">https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/thalweg<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Guyana claimed a&nbsp;<em>thalweg<\/em>&nbsp;boundary of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Courantyne_River\">Courantyne River<\/a>&nbsp;(probably inspired by the 1962 Dutch position), and a 35\u00b0 line from the true North, from the mouth of the river. Suriname claimed sovereignty over the full width of the Courantyne and a 10\u00b0 dividing line.<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Borders_of_Suriname#:~:text=Guyana%20claimed%20a%20thalweg%20boundary%20of%20the%20Courantyne%20River%20(probably%20inspired%20by%20the%201962%20Dutch%20position)%2C%20and%20a%2035%C2%B0%20line%20from%20the%20true%20North%2C%20from%20the%20mouth%20of%20the%20river.%20Suriname%20claimed%20sovereignty%20over%20the%20full%20width%20of%20the%20Courantyne%20and%20a%2010%C2%B0%20dividing%20line.\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Borders_of_Suriname#:~:text=Guyana%20claimed%20a%20thalweg%20boundary%20of%20the%20Courantyne%20River%20(probably%20inspired%20by%20the%201962%20Dutch%20position)%2C%20and%20a%2035%C2%B0%20line%20from%20the%20true%20North%2C%20from%20the%20mouth%20of%20the%20river.%20Suriname%20claimed%20sovereignty%20over%20the%20full%20width%20of%20the%20Courantyne%20and%20a%2010%C2%B0%20dividing%20line.\">Wikipedia: Disputed border between Guyana and Suriname. Retrieved 2024-02-09<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Clap the darbies on me.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[32,17],"class_list":["post-116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wording","tag-geography","tag-words","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelkeating.com\/commonplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelkeating.com\/commonplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelkeating.com\/commonplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelkeating.com\/commonplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelkeating.com\/commonplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/michaelkeating.com\/commonplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120,"href":"https:\/\/michaelkeating.com\/commonplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelkeating.com\/commonplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelkeating.com\/commonplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelkeating.com\/commonplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}