1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ENGLISH CHAKKEL (commonly called "The Channel"; Fr. La Uanche, " the sleeve "), the narrow sea separating England from France. If its entrance be taken to lie between Ushant and the Scilly Isles, its extreme breadth (between those points) is about 100 m., and its length about 350. At the Strait of Dover, its breadth decreases to 20 m. Along both coasts of the Channel, cliffs and lowland alternate, and the geological affinities between successive opposite stretches are well marked, as between the Devonian and granit…
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