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 Danish Straits Great Belt Øresund Turkish Straits Bosphorus Sea of Marmara Dardanelles Strait of Malacca
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 Caspian Sea Persian Gulf Karun
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 Bosporus Dardanelles Sea of Marmara Black Sea
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
See also List of canal engineer List of canals by country