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81 relations: Archipelago, Bank (geography), Bay, Bay mud, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Boat, Body of water, Braided river, Buoy, Cairo, Illinois, Canal, Channel pattern, Channel types, Cognate, Colluvium, Columbia Bar, Columbia River, Corfu, Deposition (geology), Drainage basin, Dredging, Earth, English Channel, Erie Canal, Erosion, Estuary, Fairway (navigation), Flood, Floodplain, Florida, Fluvial sediment processes, Grade (slope), Grand Canyon, Hydrological transport model, Hydrology, Intracoastal Waterway, Island, Landform, Landslide, Lava, Lava channel, Marina, Meander, Mississippi River, Mississippi Valley Division, Navigability, North Atlantic Division, Panama Canal, Physical geography, Port, ... Expand index (31 more) »
- Channels
Archipelago
An archipelago, sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands. Channel (geography) and archipelago are coastal and oceanic landforms.
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Bank (geography)
In geography, a bank is the land alongside a body of water. Channel (geography) and bank (geography) are fluvial landforms and water streams.
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Bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. Channel (geography) and bay are bodies of water and coastal and oceanic landforms.
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Bay mud
Bay mud consists of thick deposits of soft, unconsolidated silty clay, which is saturated with water; these soil layers are situated at the bottom of certain estuaries, which are normally in temperate regions that have experienced cyclical glacial cycles.
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Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is an American national park located in western Colorado and managed by the National Park Service.
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Boat
A boat is a watercraft of a large range of types and sizes, but generally smaller than a ship, which is distinguished by its larger size or capacity, its shape, or its ability to carry boats.
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Body of water
A body of water or waterbody is any significant accumulation of water on the surface of Earth or another planet. Channel (geography) and body of water are bodies of water.
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Braided river
A braided river (also called braided channel or braided stream) consists of a network of river channels separated by small, often temporary, islands called braid bars or, in British English usage, aits or eyots. Channel (geography) and braided river are fluvial landforms and water streams.
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Buoy
A buoy is a floating device that can have many purposes. Channel (geography) and buoy are Nautical terminology.
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Cairo, Illinois
Cairo (sometimes) is the southernmost city in Illinois and the county seat of Alexander County.
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Canal
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi).
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Channel pattern
Channel patterns are found in rivers, streams, and other bodies of water that transport water from one place to another. Channel (geography) and Channel pattern are fluvial landforms.
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Channel types
A wide variety of river and stream channel types exist in limnology, the study of inland waters. Channel (geography) and channel types are water streams.
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Cognate
In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language.
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Colluvium
Colluvium (also colluvial material or colluvial soil) is a general name for loose, unconsolidated sediments that have been deposited at the base of hillslopes by either rainwash, sheetwash, slow continuous downslope creep, or a variable combination of these processes.
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Columbia Bar
The Columbia Bar is a system of bars and shoals at the mouth of the Columbia River spanning the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington.
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Columbia River
The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: or; Sahaptin: Nch’i-Wàna or Nchi wana; Sinixt dialect swah'netk'qhu) is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.
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Corfu
Corfu or Kerkyra (Kérkyra) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the nation's northwestern frontier with Albania.
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Deposition (geology)
Deposition is the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or landmass.
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Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. Channel (geography) and drainage basin are fluvial landforms and water streams.
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Dredging
Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment. Channel (geography) and Dredging are Nautical terminology.
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Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.
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English Channel
The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.
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Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east–west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie.
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Erosion
Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited.
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Estuary
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Channel (geography) and estuary are bodies of water and coastal and oceanic landforms.
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Fairway (navigation)
Fairway is a part of a water body (bay, harbor, river) containing the navigable channel (also known as a ship channel), a route suitable for ships of the larger size (with draft closer to the draft limit). Channel (geography) and Fairway (navigation) are Nautical terminology.
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Flood
A flood is an overflow of water (or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. Channel (geography) and flood are bodies of water.
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Floodplain
A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river. Channel (geography) and floodplain are fluvial landforms.
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Florida
Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
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Fluvial sediment processes
In geography and geology, fluvial sediment processes or fluvial sediment transport are associated with rivers and streams and the deposits and landforms created by sediments. Channel (geography) and fluvial sediment processes are fluvial landforms.
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Grade (slope)
The grade (US) or gradient (UK) (also called stepth, slope, incline, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the tangent of the angle of that surface to the horizontal.
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Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States.
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Hydrological transport model
An hydrological transport model is a mathematical model used to simulate the flow of rivers, streams, groundwater movement or drainage front displacement, and calculate water quality parameters.
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Hydrology
Hydrology is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and drainage basin sustainability.
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Intracoastal Waterway
The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, running from Massachusetts southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida, then following the Gulf Coast to Brownsville, Texas.
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Island
An island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water. Channel (geography) and island are coastal and oceanic landforms and fluvial landforms.
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Landform
A landform is a natural or anthropogenic land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body.
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Landslide
Landslides, also known as landslips, or rockslides, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, mudflows, shallow or deep-seated slope failures and debris flows.
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Lava
Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface.
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Lava channel
A lava channel is a stream of fluid lava contained within zones of static (i.e., solid and stationary) lava or lava levees.
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Marina
A marina (from Spanish, Portuguese and Italian: "related to the sea") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats. Channel (geography) and marina are Nautical terminology.
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Meander
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. Channel (geography) and meander are fluvial landforms and water streams.
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Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the primary river and second-longest river of the largest drainage basin in the United States.
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Mississippi Valley Division
The United States Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) is responsible for the Corps water resources programs within 370,000-square-miles of the Mississippi River Valley, as well as the watershed portions of the Red River of the North that are within the United States.
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Navigability
A body of water, such as a river, canal or lake, is navigable if it is deep, wide and calm enough for a water vessel (e.g. boats) to pass safely.
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North Atlantic Division
The North Atlantic Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is one of the nine permanent divisions within the Corps.
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Panama Canal
The Panama Canal (Canal de Panamá) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, cutting across the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit for maritime trade.
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Physical geography
Physical geography (also known as physiography) is one of the three main branches of geography.
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Port
A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Channel (geography) and port are Nautical terminology.
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Port of Boston
The Port of Boston (AMS Seaport Code: 0401, UN/LOCODE: US BOS) is a major seaport located in Boston Harbor and adjacent to the City of Boston.
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Port of Long Beach
The Port of Long Beach, administered as the Harbor Department of the City of Long Beach, is a container port in the United States, which adjoins Port of Los Angeles.
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Port of Los Angeles
The Port of Los Angeles is a seaport managed by the Los Angeles Harbor Department, a unit of the City of Los Angeles.
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Reef
A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral, or similar relatively stable material lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Channel (geography) and reef are coastal and oceanic landforms.
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River
A river is a natural flowing freshwater stream, flowing on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. Channel (geography) and river are bodies of water, fluvial landforms and water streams.
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River delta
A river delta is a landform shaped like a triangle, created by the deposition of sediment that is carried by a river and enters slower-moving or stagnant water. Channel (geography) and river delta are bodies of water, fluvial landforms and water streams.
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Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899
The Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 is the oldest federal environmental law in the United States.
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Sea captain
A sea captain, ship's captain, captain, master, or shipmaster, is a high-grade licensed mariner who holds ultimate command and responsibility of a merchant vessel. Channel (geography) and sea captain are Nautical terminology.
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Seamanship
Seamanship is the art, competence, and knowledge of operating a ship, boat or other craft on water.
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Sediment
Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice or by the force of gravity acting on the particles.
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Ship canal
A ship canal is a canal especially intended to accommodate ships used on the oceans, seas, or lakes to which it is connected.
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Shoal
In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material, and rises from the bed of a body of water close to the surface or above it, which poses a danger to navigation. Channel (geography) and shoal are coastal and oceanic landforms and fluvial landforms.
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South Pacific Division
The United States Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division (SPD) is an Army organization providing civil works and military water resource services/infrastructure.
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St. Johns River
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St. Louis
St.
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Strait
A strait is a landform connecting two seas or two water basins. Channel (geography) and strait are bodies of water and coastal and oceanic landforms.
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Stream
A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Channel (geography) and stream are bodies of water, fluvial landforms and water streams.
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Stream bed
A streambed or stream bed is the bottom of a stream or river (bathymetry) and is confined within a channel, or the banks (bank (geography) of the waterway. Channel (geography) and stream bed are fluvial landforms and water streams.
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Stream gradient
Stream gradient (or stream slope) is the grade (or slope) of a stream. Channel (geography) and stream gradient are water streams.
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Stream restoration
Stream restoration or river restoration, also sometimes referred to as river reclamation, is work conducted to improve the environmental health of a river or stream, in support of biodiversity, recreation, flood management and/or landscape development. Channel (geography) and stream restoration are water streams.
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Streamflow
Streamflow, or channel runoff, is the flow of water in streams and other channels, and is a major element of the water cycle.
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Surface features of Venus
The surface of Venus is dominated by geologic features that include volcanoes, large impact craters, and aeolian erosion and sedimentation landforms.
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Surface runoff
Surface runoff (also known as overland flow or terrestrial runoff) is the unconfined flow of water over the ground surface, in contrast to channel runoff (or stream flow).
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Surge channel
A surge channel is a narrow inlet, usually on a rocky shoreline, and is formed by differential erosion of those rocks by coastal wave action. Channel (geography) and surge channel are coastal and oceanic landforms.
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United States Army Corps of Engineers
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is the military engineering branch of the United States Army.
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United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services.
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United States Department of the Interior
The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal lands and natural resources.
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Valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which typically contains a river or stream running from one end to the other. Channel (geography) and valley are bodies of water and fluvial landforms.
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Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun.
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Water
Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.
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Water cycle
The water cycle (or hydrologic cycle or hydrological cycle), is a biogeochemical cycle that involves the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth.
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See also
Channels
- Channel (geography)
- Cuniculus (water channel)
- Haʻava
- Mactan Channel
- São Gonçalo Channel
- Shipping channels
- Sint Anna Bay
- Uraga Channel
- Watercourses
References
Also known as Channel (body of water), Channel (hydrology), Channel initiation, Channels (geography), Fluvial channel, Lane's Principle, Lane's relationship, Natural channels, Nautical channel, Navigable channel, River channel, River channels, Shipping channel, Shipping channels, Stream channel.