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.
Lists edit
International waterways edit
International maritime waterways edit
International inland waterways edit
- 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 (United States, Mexico)
- Great Lakes Waterway (US, Canada)
Waterways by country edit
Argentina edit
Australia edit
Austria edit
Azerbaijan edit
- Caspian Sea – Note: the capital city of Azerbaijan, Baku is a port on this sea.
Belgium edit
Bolivia edit
Brazil edit
Canada edit
- 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 edit
China edit
Croatia edit
Egypt edit
France edit
Germany edit
India–Bangladesh edit
- Brahmaputra River – Sadiya to Dhubri stretch (891 km)
- Ganges River – Prayagraj to Haldia stretch (1,620 km)
Iran edit
Netherlands edit
New Zealand edit
Pakistan edit
Paraguay edit
Peru edit
Philippines edit
Portugal edit
Romania edit
Russia edit
- Volga–Baltic Waterway
- White Sea – Baltic Canal
- Amur River
- Caspian Sea
- Lake Baikal
- Dnieper River
- Don River
- Lena River
- Neva River
- Ob River
Serbia edit
Slovakia edit
Switzerland edit
Turkey edit
United Kingdom edit
- River Severn
- River Thames
- Humber River
United States edit
- Mississippi River System
- Missouri River
- Monongahela 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