List of waterways
This is a list of waterways, defined as navigable rivers, canals, estuaries, lakes, or firths. In practice, and depending on the language, the term "waterway" covers maritime or inland transport routes, as suggested by "way". Wherever a free-flowing river cannot bear load-carrying vessels, the correct term is "watercourse", with no connotation of use for transportation of cargo. To be of practical use, the list distinguishes international maritime waterways (including ship canals), international inland waterways, then inland waterways, including canals and large lakes.
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International waterways
International maritime waterways
International inland waterways
- St. Croix River (Canada, United States)
- Danube (Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine, Romania)
- Rhine (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France, Netherlands)
- Mekong (China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam)
- Nile River (Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda)
- Lake Victoria (Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya)
- Congo River and its tributaries (Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic)
- Colorado River (US, Mexico)
- Great Lakes Waterway (US, Canada)
Waterways by country
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
- Caspian Sea - Note: the capital city of Azerbaijan, Baku is a port on this sea.
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
- Saint John (Woolastook) River
- Northwest Passage
- Saint Lawrence Seaway
- Mackenzie River
- St. Marys River and canal of Ontario
- Detroit River
- St. Clair River
- Welland Canal
- Lake St. Clair
- Lake Superior
- Saskatchewan River
- Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay
- Great Bear Lake, including Port Radium
Chile
China
Egypt
France
Germany
India-Bangladesh
- Brahmaputra River - Sadiya to Dhubri stretch (891 km)
- Ganges River - Prayagraj to Haldia stretch (1,620 km)
Iran
Netherlands
New Zealand
Pakistan
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Portugal
Romania
Russia
- Volga-Baltic Waterway
- White Sea – Baltic Canal
- Amur River
- Caspian Sea
- Lake Baikal
- Dnieper River
- Don River
- Lena River
- Neva River
- Ob River
Serbia
Slovakia
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
- River Severn
- River Thames
- Humber River
United States
- Mississippi River System
- Missouri River
- Ohio River
- St. Lawrence Seaway
- Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
- Chesapeake Bay
- Columbia River
- Delaware River
- Detroit River
- Erie Canal
- Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
- Hudson River
- Lake Champlain
- Lake Michigan
- Lake Superior
- Sacramento River
- Savannah River
- St. Clair River
- St. Marys River and canal of Michigan
- Tennessee River
- Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
- List of canals in the United States