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 located 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

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
 * The Channel (film), a 2023 film
 * Pre-chorus, or build or channel, part of a song structure of popular music

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