channelization
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7.7
- noun
- /ˌʧænəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
canalización
- Development within watersheds, the channelization of streams for flood control projects, and other poor land-use practices have turned coastal waters into dumping grounds for runoff, and thus for substances ranging from nutrients to toxic chemicals.
- stream channelization
Examples
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Geomorphic-trophic relationships will often be partially obscured by other factors (such as the introduction of fishes or channelization of streams), but unraveling these relationships will be a key component of management and restoration strategies.
Academic text (1999) -
Channelization and wetland drainage can actually increase the magnitude of extreme floods because the reduction in upstream storage capacity results in accelerated water delivery downstream.
Academic text (1997) -
With this authority, the Corps continues to carry out stream channelization projects that result in extensive watershed impacts to coastal marine resources.
Academic text (2007) -
Originally founded to oppose further channelization of Buffalo Bayou, it expanded to include several other Harris County watersheds.
Academic text (2006) -
CONCEPTS accurately depicts stream and streambank processes and helps researchers predict channelization's effects.
Academic text (2006) -
The effects of channelization, levee construction, and conversion of the riparian zone from forested wetlands to agriculture can be seen within the Delta.
Academic text (2009) -
67 In Ray, landowners and interested parties in the Black Creek Watershed area in Mason County sought an injunction against a local flood control program's channelization of drains.
Academic text (1992) -
Disturbances include changes in riparian and catchment vegetation, increased sediment delivery to water bodies, and changes in water body morphology (e.g., channelization).
Academic text (2000) -
Years after a massive channelization project in the Kissimmee River in Florida, partial reestablishment of the flow regime quickly restored plant, invertebrate, fish, and bird assemblages (Toth 1993).
Academic text (1994) -
The channelization of the river has improved flood control measures in the area.
Synonyms
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4.2
Directing water, energy or resources along a set path to move them where needed
Creating canals in land or rivers to move water
Antonyms
How Modified
- Specialized
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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4.4
10
4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
channelization = channelize (transparent) = channel + ize + ation
Built regularly from 'channel' -> 'channelize' -> 'channelization'; in this sense the term denotes the literal engineering process of forming or modifying a channel, which is directly inferable.
Etymology
Channelization comes from channel and the old word canal, which means 'a pipe or waterway'. That gives a clear image: to channelize a river is to make or change its channel so the water flows where people want, which is why channelization refers to changing waterways to control their flow.