navigation channel

English

Noun

navigation channel (plural navigation channels)

  1. (nautical) The portion of a body of water (e.g., sea, bay, river) that is navigable, having suitable depth; it often includes a portion that is dredged into the seabed or riverbed to enable larger ships (which have deeper draft) to pass through to a port.

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