Stream Channel

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-026947",
  "term": "Stream Channel",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. In hydrologic terms, also known as Watercourse; an open conduit either naturally or artificially created which periodically, or continuously contains moving water, or forms a connecting link between two bodies of water. River, creek, run, branch, anabranch, and tributary are some of the terms used to describe natural channels. Natural channels may be single or braided. Canal and floodway are some of the terms used to describe artificial channels.\n\n2. A general term for a linear or sinuous depression on an otherwise more flat area (for example, a valley- or groove-like feature through which water flows). This is a very broad term that is often used in connection with other terms to provide more meaning.\n\n3. A long narrow depression shaped by the concentrated flow of a stream and covered continuously or periodically by water.\n\n4. Stream or riverbed.\n\n5. A definite channel with bed and banks within which concentrated water flows continuously, frequently or infrequently.",
  "references": [
    "NOAA National Weather Service Glossary",
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012",
    "USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Regional Hydraulic Geometry Curves Glossary",
    "Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary",
    "NPS Forestry Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/stream-channel/"
}