List of waterways

Total length of waterways per country in kilometers

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

International waterways

List of interoceanic canals
List of transcontinental canals

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, Luxembourg)
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 (United States, Canada)
Waterway E70 (Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Russia, Lithuania)
Waterway E40

Waterways by country

Argentina

Rio de La Plata
Paraná River

Australia

Bass Strait
Murray River

Austria

Danube River

Azerbaijan

Caspian Sea – Note: the capital city of Azerbaijan, Baku is a port on this sea.

Belgium

Meuse River
Scheldt River

Bolivia

Lake Titicaca

Brazil

Amazon River
Paraná River

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

Valdivia River
Bueno River (before 1960 Valdivia earthquake)

China

Amur River
Yalu River
Yangtze River
Yellow River

Croatia

Danube river
Drava
Sava River

Egypt

Nile River
Lake Nasser
Suez Canal
Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Aqaba

France

Rhine River
Rhone River
Seine River
Meuse River
List of canals in France

Germany

Rhine River
Main River
Rhine-Main-Danube Canal
Danube River
Elbe River
Kiel Canal

India–Bangladesh

Brahmaputra River – Sadiya to Dhubri stretch (891 km)
Ganges River – Prayagraj to Haldia stretch (1,620 km)

Iran

Netherlands

IJsselmeer
Meuse (Maas)
Rhine River
Scheldt River
Waal River

New Zealand

Cook Strait
Foveaux Strait
Hauraki Gulf
Lake Wakatipu
Whanganui River

Pakistan

Chenab River
Indus River

Paraguay

Paraná River
Paraguay River

Peru

Amazon River
Lake Titicaca

Philippines

San Bernardino Strait
Surigao Strait
Manila Bay

Portugal

Douro River

Romania

Danube River
Danube–Black Sea Canal
Bega (Tisza)

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

Danube River
Sava River

Slovakia

Danube River

Switzerland

Lake Constance
Lake Geneva
Rhine River

Turkey

United Kingdom

River Severn
River Thames
Humber River

Waterways in the United Kingdom

United States

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

Ukraine

Dnieper River

Uruguay

Rio de la Plata
Uruguay River

Vietnam

Mekong River