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  • noun Plural form of thalweg.

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  • The humid microclimate of the escarpment thalwegs supports Combretum along with Stereospermum kunthianum, Gloriosa simplex, Cissus populnea, Acacia ataxacantha and A. sieberiana.

    Cliffs of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons), Mali 2009

  • The main collectors are situated in the main thalwegs and the secondary collectors in the secondary thalwegs.

    2.1. Open ditches 1982

  • Six principal habitat types are found, including: shrublands (established on lateritic and sandy soils), savanna woodlands and deciduous gallery forests (located along seasonal watercourses), semi-deciduous gallery forests (on transition with damp thalwegs and dry plateaus, evergreen gallery forests (established on deep soils), and flooded plains along the Niger River.

    'W' National Park, Niger 2009

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