the Channel
Separates Britain, France
The Channel refers to the English Channel, the body of water separating England from France.
British speakers especially use this shortened form: We're taking the ferry across the Channel, the Channel crossing.
The Channel Tunnel (or Chunnel) runs beneath it, connecting the two countries by rail.
- waterwayNavigable route for vessels
- straitConstricted marine passage
- narrow straitConstricted water passage
- ArmadaNamed naval force
- DoverDelaware's capital city
Pas-de-Calais · Calais · smuggling · oceanic · maritime · D-Day · seabed · body of water · estuary · tide · nautical · invasion · ferry · Normandy · trade route · stream · conduit · coastline
- English Channel names
- English ChannelStrait of Dover, Dover, Calais, Chunnel, Folkestone
the Channeldry land
Earth above water
land bridge · isthmus · terra firma · solid ground · overland route
the Channelterra firma
Solid ground underfoot
dry land · solid ground · France · England
channel, channels, channeled, channeling, canal, canals, canalization