List of waterways
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This is a list of waterways, defined as navigable rivers, canals, estuaries 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 transport. To be of practical use, the list distinguishes international maritime waterways (including ship canals), international inland waterways, then inland waterways including canals.
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International waterways
International maritime waterways
International inland waterways
- Danube
- Rhine
- Mekong (China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Viet Nam)
- Colorado River (US, Mexico)
- Great Lakes Waterway (US, Canada)
Waterways by country
Afghanistan
Australia
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
- Aisén Fjord
- Beagle Channel
- Bío-Bío Canal
- Biobío River
- Calle-Calle River
- Cau-Cau River
- Chacao Channel
- Cochrane/Pueyrredón Lake
- Cruces River
- General Carrera Lake
- Llanquihue Lake
- Magdalena Channel
- Messier Channel
- Moraleda Channel
- O'Higgins/San Martín Lake
- Pirihueico Lake
- San Rafael Lagoon
- Strait of Magellan
- Todos los Santos Lake
- Valdivia River
Cyprus
Egypt
France
India
- Brahmani river & Mahanadi delta system - along with east coast (623 km), the Talchar-Dhamra stretch of river Brahmani, Geonkhali-Charbatia stretch of east coast canal, Charbatia-Dharma stretch of Matai river and Mangalgadi-Paradip stretch of Mahanadi delta river
- Brahmaputra river - Sadiya to Dhubri stretch (891 km)
- Ganges river - Allahabad to Haldia stretch (1,620 km)
- Godavari & Krishna river canal - between Kakinada and Puducherry (1095 km), the Kakinada-Puducherry stretch of canals and the Kaluvelly tank, Bhadrachalam-Rajahmundry stretch of river Godavari and the Wazirabad-Vijaywada stretch of Krishna river
- Kerala backwaters - Kottapuram to Kollam (205 km)
Ireland
- Shannon
- Boyne
- Liffey
Japan
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Pakistan
- Chenab River
- Haroo river
- Indus River
- Jhelum river
- Kabul river
- Lyari River
- Malir River
- Ravi River
- Sutlej
- Sawan river
Philippines
Russia
- Volga-Baltic Waterway
- White Sea – Baltic Canal
- Lake Baikal
- Dnieper River
- Don River
- Lena River
- Neva River
- Ob River
Switzerland
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Kingdom
United States
- Mississippi-Missouri River
- Ohio River
- Columbia River
- Chesapeake Bay
- Sacramento River
- Savannah River
- List of canals in the United States