channelize
verb (used with or without object)
to channel.
channelization
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a word derived from
channelize.
Example Sentences
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Loss of riparian habitat due to development, stream channelization and other factors has robbed the mountain frogs of habitat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2024
Each of these topics are within the feedback loop of channelization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
Experts say some of the decline is explained by activities like logging, dam building and river channelization.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 1, 2020
Put them together and, this summer in New Orleans, channelization and climate change have helped create a river running high and fast, longer than ever before.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2019
The Interior Department's Nathaniel Reed, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, found evidence of the impact of channelization on local ecosystems.
From Time Magazine Archive
