low-water mark
Noun
Meaning
a line marking the lowest level reached
an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
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Examples
Ohio's southern border is defined by the Ohio River (with the border being at the 1792 low-water mark on the north side of the river), and much of the northern border is defined by Lake Erie.
The normal low-water mark is convert below datum (577.5 ft or 176.0 m).