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, international inland waterways, then inland waterways, including canals and large lakes.
Lists
International waterways
International maritime waterways
- Danish straits
- * Great Belt
- * Øresund
- Turkish Straits
- * Bosphorus
- * Sea of Marmara
- * Dardanelles
- Strait of Malacca
International inland waterways
- St. Croix River
- Danube
- Rhine
- Mekong
- Nile River
- Lake Victoria
- Congo River and its tributaries
- Colorado River
- Great Lakes Waterway
- Waterway E70
- Waterway E40
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 River
- Northwest Passage
- Saint Lawrence Seaway
- Mackenzie River
- St. [Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)|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
Croatia
Egypt
France
Germany
India–Bangladesh
- Brahmaputra River – Sadiya to Dhubri stretch
- Ganges River – Prayagraj to Haldia stretch
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
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