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  2. Channel (geography) - Wikipedia

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    Vivari Channel in Albania links Lake Butrint with the Straits of Corfu. In physical geography and hydrology, a channel is a landform on which a relatively narrow body of water is situated, such as a river, river delta or strait. While channel typically refers to a natural formation, the cognate term canal denotes a similar artificial structure.

  3. River regime - Wikipedia

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    where is the volumetric discharge, ¯ is the mean flow velocity, is the channel width (breadth) and is the channel depth. Because of this relationship, as discharge increases, depth, width, and/or mean velocity must increase as well.

  4. Fairway (navigation) - Wikipedia

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    The fairway depth of a river varies with the season, so some standardized depth value is used, usually the one corresponding to the low navigable water level (LNWL) defined as the water level that the river stays above during almost the entire navigation season: statistically, the level shall stay below the LNWL for 20 ice-free days per year ...

  5. Thalweg - Wikipedia

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    A thalweg is the center of the principal navigable channel of the waterway (which is presumed to be the deepest part). [8] If there are multiple navigable channels in a river, the one principally used for downstream travel (likely having the strongest current) is used. [8] The definition has been used in specific descriptions as well.

  6. Stream power - Wikipedia

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    where is the channel length, is the channel width (breadth), and is the channel depth (height). We use the definition of discharge = where is the cross-sectional area, which can often be reasonably approximated as a rectangle with the characteristic width and depth. This absorbs velocity, width, and depth.

  7. Channels of the Hawaiian Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Kalohi Channel is the stretch of water separating Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi.Depth of water in this channel is about 260 feet (79 m) and width is 9.3 miles (15.0 km). This is one of the less treacherous channels between islands in the archipelago, although strong winds and choppy sea conditions are fre

  8. Outflow channels - Wikipedia

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    The largest, Kasei Vallis, is around 3,500 km (2,200 mi) long, greater than 400 km (250 mi) wide and exceeds 2.5 km (1.6 mi) in depth cut into the surrounding plains. The outflow channels contrast with the Martian channel features known as " valley networks ", which much more closely resemble the dendritic planform more typical of terrestrial ...

  9. English Channel - Wikipedia

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    The English Channel, [a] [1] also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France. It links to the southern part of the North Sea by the Strait of Dover at its northeastern end. It is the busiest shipping area in the world. [2]