Channel

**Channel**, **channels**, **channeling**, etc., may refer to:

## Geography
* Channel (geography), in physical geography, a landform consisting of the outline (banks) of the path of a narrow body of water.

### Australia
* Channel Country, region of outback Australia in Queensland and partly in South Australia, Northern Territory and New South Wales.
* Channel Highway, a regional highway in Tasmania, Australia.

### Europe
* Channel Islands, an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy
* Channel Tunnel or Chunnel, a rail tunnel underneath the English Channel
* English Channel, called simply "The Channel", the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Great Britain from northern France

### North America
* Channel Islands of California, a chain of eight islands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California, United States
* Channel Lake, Illinois, a census-designated place in Lake County, Illinois, United States
* Channels State Forest,  a state forest in Virginia, United States
* Channel, Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; a town district

### Other places
* Channel Glacier, a glacier in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
* Channel Rock (disambiguation), various rocks

## Arts, entertainment, and media
### Television
* Channel Television, a division of British ITV
* Channels TV (Niger) A company of Tele Sahel.

### Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
* Channeler (*The Wheel of Time*), fictional characters in the *Wheel of Time* fantasy book series by Robert Jordan
* Channeling (Rolemaster), a magic element in the Rolemaster role-playing game
* Channels (band), fronted by former Jawbox singer/guitarist J. Robbins
* *Channels* (film), a 2008 film
* Pre-chorus, or build or channel, part of a song structure of popular music

## Science and technology
### Communications
* Communication channel, a transmission medium used to convey information
** Audio channel, a communications channel in a storage device used in operations such as multitrack recording and playback
** Channel (broadcasting), a range of frequencies assigned for the operation of a television, radio, or other broadcast station
*** Television channel, a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart
** Channel (digital image), the grayscale representation of a primary color in a digital image
** Channel (programming), in computer science, a tool used for interprocess communication
** Channel I/O, in computing, a high-performance input/output (I/O) architecture
** Video blog,  hosted by a video-sharing website or channel

### Other uses in science and technology
* Channel (semiconductor), a part of the structure of a field-effect transistor
* Ion channel, a protein that allows ion flow through a cell membrane
* Scattering channel, a concept in quantum mechanics
* Strut channel, a standardized formed structural system used in the construction and electrical industries
* Structural channel

## Brands and enterprises
* The Channel (nightclub), a music venue in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
* Channel Express, a defunct British airline
* Channel Home Centers, a defunct home improvement chain based in the northeastern United States

## Business and legal terms
* Channel (chart pattern), a pair of parallel trend lines that form a chart pattern for a stock or commodity
* Distribution channel, a chain of intermediaries, each passing the product down the chain to the next organization, before it finally reaches the consumer
* Legal channeling, the act of legally making one entity responsible for an event, and thereby dismissing other parties from liability
* Marketing channel, set of activities necessary to transfer the ownership of goods from the point of production to the point of consumption

## Sports
* Channel (association football), football (soccer) terminology for particular areas of the pitch
* Channel (horse), a racehorse
* Channel Football Club, an Australian football club in Tasmania

## Other uses
* Channel catfish, a catfish species in North America
* Meridian (Chinese medicine), or channels, a concept central to traditional Chinese medical techniques such as acupuncture, and to martial arts such as tai chi and qigong
* Mediumship or channelling, communication with spirits

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