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Canalization

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canalisationnounThe conversion of a river or other waterway to a canal.
channelizationnounThe straightening and widening of a stream or river.
channelisationnounAlternative spelling of channelization. [The straightening and widening of a stream or river.]

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canalisationnounThe conversion of a river or other waterway to a canal.
channelizationnounThe straightening and widening of a stream or river.
channelisationnounAlternative spelling of channelization. [The straightening and widening of a stream or river.]
canalizedverbUS and Oxford British English spelling of canalise.
canalizeverbUS and Oxford British English spelling of canalise.
drainagenounA natural or artificial means for the removal of fluids from a given area by its draining away.
seweragenounA network of sewer pipes that geographically transfers wastewater; a sewer system.
pneumatizationnoun(biology) The formation of air cavities, as in bones or a sinus
waterflownounthe flow of water, especially as part of a hydraulic system.
schematizationnounArrangement into a scheme or schema.
interoceanicnounBetween oceans; connecting two oceans.
canalnounAn artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
arterializationnoun(physiology) The conversion of venous blood into arterial blood (by absorption of oxygen in the lungs, gas exchange, and reoxygenation).
biocenosisnounAlternative form of biocoenosis. [(biology, ecology) A community of interacting organisms that form a natural ecological unit.]
maldevelopmentnounUnder the philosophy of sustainable development, poor economic, human or social development.
morphodynamicsnoun(geology) The study of changing morphology, typically of geologic surfaces
preadaptationnoun(biology) An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function
cephalizationnoun(biology) An evolutionary trend in which the neural and sense organs become centralized at one end (the head) of an animal.
devitalizationnounThe act or process of devitalizing; its results.
reaerationnounaeration again or anew

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