The artificial enlargement, straightening, or realignment of a stream channel.
the modification of a channel by clearing, excavation, realignment, lining, or other means to increase its capacity for water flow.
The process of changing and straightening the natural path of a waterway.
the straightening and/or deepening of a river channel
The process of structuralizing a natural stream channel, often with concrete, for flood protection purposes.
Modification of a stream, typically by straightening the channel, to provide more uniform flow; often done for flood control or for improved agricultural drainage or irrigation.
Navigation or flood control projects that widen, deepen, or straighten streams, canals, or rivers. Environmental consequences associated with channelization include bank erosion, increased sedimentation and flooding, and decreased biomass.
straightening and deepening a river to make the water move faster and prevent flooding. From Ponca State Park on downstream, the Missouri has been converted into a single channel river to support barge traffic and prevent flooding. Here's a picture of the first "hard point" in the river, where the channelization begins.
Straightening or deepening of a natural channel by artificial cutoffs, grading, flow-control measures, or diversion of flow into a man-made channel.
The conversion of a naturally flowing river or stream to a dredged drainage or navigation channel, often lined with concrete; channelization increases flow velocity, but negatively impacts stream ecology.
The creation of a channel or channels resulting in faster water flow, a reduction in hydraulic residence time, and less contact between water and solid surfaces in the water body.
The cutting or manicuring of river channels, or direction by way of a channel.
Realigning a stream by straightening it or dredging a new channel.
Deepening and/or straightening the bed of a river or stream.
the act of straightening and sometimes deepening a water channel to encourage a more controlled and predictable flow.
using bulkheads, armor or other engineering practices to maintain a channel in a river or harbor in one specific position. Eliminates natural meandering processes.
The straightening and/or the surfacing of rivers and streams to permit water to move rapidly and/or directly downstream. See also Flood Control Channel below.
the practice of straightening a water course or stream to remove meanders and make the water flow faster. Sometimes concrete is used to line the sides and bottom.
Straightening and deepening streams so water will move faster – a tactic that can interfere with waste assimilation capacity, disturb fish and wildlife habitats, and aggravate flooding.
the straightening and deepening of stream or river channels to speed water flow and reduce flooding.
The process of making a channel or channels. A channel is the bed of a stream or river, or the hollow or course in which a stream flows.
an engineering technique to straighten, widen, deepen or otherwise modify a natural stream channel.
The engineered straightening and/or lining of natural, meandering creekbeds using rock (riprap) or concrete. Channelization - traditionally implemented for flood-control purposes - has resulted in some of the most detrimental flood control projects that exist, including exacerbating erosion and flooding problems in downstream areas, and eliminating critical ecological habitat (such as fish habitat and vegetative cover on stream banks). The loss of natural stream meander increases flooding problems, while increasing water flow speeds and volumes.
When walls or other devices are built along the banks of a stream, making it impossible for the stream to meander naturally.
This article is about stream channelization. For channelization in the context of telecommunications, see Channelized.