COASTAL DISCOVERY THE CHANNEL

ast month, in the first feature of this new series, we explored ‘The Bay’ and learnt what to expect when you see one on a map. This month we are going to discover a very different coastal environment, ‘The Channel’. Defined as a length of water joining two bodies of water, channels can range in scale from the 400-mile-long English Channel (connecting the North Sea with the Atlantic Ocean) to a 100m channel connecting a harbour to the sea. Regardless of size, channels all share some defining characteristics and in this feature we will learn what these are, honing our knowledge so