Canal

Canals and navigations are human-made channels for water. In the vernacular both are referred to as 'canals'. The main difference between them is that a navigation parallels a river and shares its drainage basin, while a canal cuts across a drainage divide.

Types of artificial waterways

A navigation is a series of channels that run roughly parallel to the valley and stream bed of an unimproved river. A navigation always shares the drainage basin of the river. A vessel uses the calm parts of the river itself as well as improvements, traversing the same changes in height.

A true canal is a channel that cuts across a drainage divide, making a navigable channel connecting two different drainage basins.

Most commercially important canals of the first half of the 19th-century were a little of each, using rivers in long stretches, and divide crossing canals in others. This is true for many canals still in use.

Structures used in artificial waterways

Both navigations and canals use engineered structures to improve navigation:

Esteban

Esteban is a Spanish given name; it is a variant of the name Stephen.

People with the given name Esteban

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Topo Chico

Topo Chico is a brand of sparkling mineral water sourced and bottled in Monterrey, Mexico. The product has been bottled since 1895 and is sold in Northern Mexico and all of the United States. Topo Chico is available in 12 fl oz & 6.5 floz glass bottles, their PET bottles are available in 20oz, 1 Lt, and 1.5Lt. Topo Chico is also available in lime flavor in the USA.

History

Dr. Julio Randle decided to bottle the water with the name "Topo Chico" because visitors to the site would take home water from it. The brand first appeared in 1895 when the “Fábrica de Aguas Minerales de Topo Chico,” was established outside of Monterrey, Mexico, just beneath the Cerro del Topo Chico where the brand takes its name from. At the base of this mountain reside the springs where Topo Chico has always been sourced.

Approximately six years after it opened, the “Gran Fábrica de Aguas Minerales de San Bernabé” was established next to the spring, and in 1908, both companies merged to form what is known today as Compañía Topo Chico, S.A. Under the leadership of Manuel L. Barragán, the company managed to navigate the business climate following the Mexican Revolutionary war and become one of the largest and most respected beverage bottlers in the country. In 1926, the company became the first Coca-Cola bottler in Mexico when it was awarded the franchise for this globally recognized brand.

Martin Berlanga

Martin Berlanga is a news anchor for, Telemundo Houston Houston. He previously was anchor correspondent for '’Noticiero Univision’’ weekends and the news segments on Univision's early morning program, Tu Desayuno Alegre.

Career

He has been anchor and correspondent “Noticiero Univision” (Univision News) and Noticiero Univision: Edicion Nocturna (Univision News: Late Night Edition), the primetime newsmagazine program Aquí y Ahora (Here and Now), the morning show Despierta América (Wake-up America) and the political show Al Punto (To the Point). He also presented the news segments on Univision’s early morning program Tu Desayuno Alegre (Your Happy Breakfast). Previously, he was the Univision Network news correspondent based in San Antonio, Texas.

During his years in broadcast journalism, Berlanga has covered important news stories such as the U.S. and Mexican presidential elections, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, crash of a passenger planes, and the trial and execution of Timothy McVeigh in Oklahoma. In addition, he has reported on hurricanes, earthquakes, prisoner executions in Texas and Indiana, the arrival of Taliban prisoners to the Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp, and the crash of the space shuttle Columbia, among others. As a news correspondent in Texas, Berlanga also regularly covered the daily plight of immigrants who cross the border illegally from Mexico.