What is the difference between a river and a channel?
What is the difference between a river and a channel? A stream or river is a natural, flowing waterway on the land's surface. Stream channels are long, narrow depressions in the land where water flows.
What do the Dutch call the English Channel?
It is also called by many different names by other European nations, including, La Manche in French, Engelse Kanaal in Dutch, Armelkanal in German, El canal de la mancha in Spanish and Mor Udd in Welsh.