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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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)
• 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

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

Paraguayedit

• Paraná River
• Paraguay River

Peruedit

• Amazon River
• Lake Titicaca

Philippinesedit

• San Bernardino Strait
• Surigao Strait
• Manila Bay

Portugaledit

• Douro River

Romaniaedit

• Danube River
• Danube–Black Sea Canal
• Bega (Tisza)

Russiaedit

• Volga–Baltic Waterway
• White Sea – Baltic Canal
• Amur River
• Caspian Sea
• Lake Baikal
• Dnieper River
• Don River
• Lena River
• Neva River
• Ob River

Serbiaedit

• Danube River
• Sava River

Slovakiaedit

• Danube River

Switzerlandedit

• Lake Constance
• Lake Geneva
• Rhine River

Turkeyedit

• Bosporus
• Dardanelles
• Sea of Marmara
• Black Sea

United Kingdomedit

• River Severn
• River Thames
• Humber River

• Waterways in the United Kingdom

United Statesedit

• 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

Ukraineedit

• Dnieper River

Uruguayedit

• Rio de la Plata
• Uruguay River

Vietnamedit

• Mekong River

See alsoedit

• List of canal engineer
• List of canals by country