The riverways may not be altered with dams, channelization, or other changes.
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The channelization of the river makes it more suitable for generating hydroelectric power.
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Habitat changes like dams and channelization, plus commercial fishing, took their toll.
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The SCS then moved to hold down floods, too, through channelization.
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The SCS planned channelization projects by the hundreds.
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Germany had to agree to the channelization of the Moselle.
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Frequency Division Multiple Access or FDMA is a channel access method used in multiple-access protocols as a channelization protocol.
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Other factors that can change the length of a river include cycles of erosion and flooding, dams, levees, and channelization.
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River regulation through the creation of dams and reservoirs, as well as channelization, can degrade and destroy dipper habitat.
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Management through specified channels of communication
(channelize) steer: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
(channelize) make a channel for; provide with a channel; "channelize the country for better transportation"
(channelize) transmit: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message"
Channelization is an engineering concept which employs the use of secondary roads to separate certain flows of traffic from the main traffic lanes. This method came into favor in the United States in the 1950s.
Channelized in a telecommunications environment means that the line that communications have been transmitted over contains more than one message thread, separated in some fashion.
(Channelized) A portion of a river channel that has been enlarged or deepened, and often has armored banks.
(Channelized) A transmission option for subscribers of symmetrical services. Channelized service allows a subscriber to assign one device (such as a PC) to a DS0 channel, resulting in many devices being able to transmit and receive simultaneously at 64 kbps.
(channelized) The channel is any one of n time slots within a given line, where the following is true: