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Channel, Channels, and similar terms may refer to:
Geography
- Channel (geography) In physical geography, a channel is the physical confine of a river, slough or ocean strait consisting of a bed and banks, in physical geography, the physical confine of a river, slough or ocean strait consisting of a bed and banks
- Stream channel, a hydrologic scientific term for physical confine of a stream (river) consisting of stream bed and stream banks
In Europe:
- English Channel The English Channel is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about 560 km (350 mi) long and varies in width from 240 km (150 mi) at its widest, to only 34 km (21 mi) in the Strait of Dover. It is the smallest of the shallow seas around the continental shelf of, the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Great Britain from northern France
- Channel Tunnel The Channel Tunnel , known colloquially as the Chunnel, is a 50.5-kilometre (31.4 mi) undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent near Dover in the United Kingdom with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais near Calais in northern France beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. At its lowest point it is 75 m (246 ft) deep. At 37.9 km (23.5 mi), the, or the Chunnel, a rail tunnel underneath the English Channel linking the U.K. and France
- Channel Islands The Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey, neither of which is part of the United Kingdom; rather they are considered the remnants of the Duchy of Normandy. They have a, an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy
In North America:
- Channel Islands of California The Channel Islands of California are a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California along the Santa Barbara Channel in the United States of America. Five of the islands are part of the Channel Islands National Park, a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California
- Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Channel Lake, Illinois
- Channel, California, a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States.
In Australia:
- Channel Highway, a regional highway in Tasmania, Australia
Business
- Distribution (business) Physical distribution is one of the four elements of the marketing mix. An organization or set of organizations (go-betweens) involved in the process of making a product or service available for use or consumption by a consumer or business user, the process of making a product or service available for use or consumption by a customer
- Channel Airways, a defunct British airline
- Channel Express, a defunct British airline
- Channel Home Centers, a defunct home improvement chain based in the northeastern United States
- Legal channeling, the act of legally making one entity responsible for an event, and thereby dismissing other parties from liability for an event
Technology
- Communication channel Channel, in communications , refers to the medium used to convey information from a sender (or transmitter) to a receiver, a transmission medium, e.g. a wire, or a multiplexed connection, e.g. a radio channel, used to convey an information signal from a sender to a receiver,
- Channel (digital image) Color digital images are made of pixels, and pixels are made of combinations of primary colors. A channel in this context is the grayscale image of the same size as a color image, made of just one of these primary colors. For instance, an image from a standard digital camera will have a red, green and blue channel. A grayscale image has just one, the grayscale representation of a primary color in a digital image
- Channel (programming), in computer science, a tool used for interprocess communication
- Television channel A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and 59.75 MHz for analog audio (FM), or 55.31 MHz for, a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart
Fiction
- Channeler (The Wheel of Time), fictional characters in the Wheel of Time fantasy book series by Robert Jordan
- Channeling (Rolemaster), in the Rolemaster role-playing game
Sport
- Channel (football), football (soccer) terminology for particular areas of the pitch
- Channel Football Club, an Australian rules football club in Tasmania
Other
- Channels (band), a rock band fronted by ex-Jawbox singer/guitarist J. Robbins
- Ion channel Ion channels are pore-forming proteins that help establish and control the small voltage gradient across the plasma membrane of all living cells by allowing the flow of ions down their electrochemical gradient. They are present in the membranes that surround all biological cells. The study of ion channels involves many scientific techniques such, a protein that allows ion An ion is an atom or molecule in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the total number of protons, giving it a net positive or negative electrical charge. An anion , from the Greek word ἀνω (anο), meaning "up", is an ion with more electrons than protons, giving it a net negative charge (since electrons are negatively flow through a cell membrane The cell membrane is one biological membrane separating the interior of a cell from the outside environment
- Mediumship Mediumship is described as a form of communication with spirits. It is a practice in religious beliefs such as Spiritualism, Spiritism, Espiritismo, Candomblé, Louisiana Voodoo, Shambala and Umbanda (also known as channelling) communication with spirits
- Meridian (Chinese medicine) The meridian is a concept central to traditional Chinese medical techniques such as acupuncture, and to martial arts such as tai chi and qigong. According to these practices, there are channels along which the energy or qi of the psychophysical system is considered to flow. Such techniques are said to achieve their effects by manipulation and, (or channel), a concept central to traditional Chinese medical techniques such as acupuncture, and to martial arts such as tai chi and qigong
See also
- Canal Smaller transportation canals can carry barges or narrowboats, while ship canals allow seagoing ships to travel to an inland port , or from one sea or ocean to another (e.g.: Caledonian Canal, Panama Canal)
- Chanel Chanel S.A., commonly known as "Chanel" ' , is a Parisian fashion house founded by the late couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, recognized as one of the most established in haute couture, specializing in luxury goods (haute couture, ready-to-wear, handbags, perfumery, and cosmetics among others). According to Forbes, the
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