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Country Waterways (km) Afghanistan 1,200 km

note: chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT (2001) Albania 43 km

note: includes Albanian sections of Lake Scutari, Lake Ohrid, and Lake Prespa (1990) Algeria none American Samoa none Andorra none Angola 1,295 km Anguilla none Antigua and Barbuda none Argentina 10,950 km Armenia NA km Aruba none Ashmore and Cartier Islands none Australia 8,368 km (mainly used by small, shallow-draft craft) Austria 358 km (1999) Azerbaijan none Bahamas, The none Bahrain none Baker Island none Bangladesh up to 8,046 km depending on season

note: includes 3,058 km main cargo routes Barbados none Bassas da India none Belarus NA km; note - Belarus has extensive and widely used canal and river systems Belgium 1,570 km (route length in regular commercial use) (2001) Belize 825 km (river network used by shallow-draft craft; seasonally navigable) Benin streams navigable along small sections, important only locally Bermuda none Bhutan none Bolivia 10,000 km (commercially navigable) Bosnia and Herzegovina NA km; large sections of the Sava blocked by downed bridges, silt, and debris Botswana none Bouvet Island none Brazil 50,000 km British Indian Ocean Territory none British Virgin Islands none Brunei 209 km; navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m Bulgaria 470 km (1987) Burkina Faso none Burma 12,800 km

note: 3,200 km navigable by large commercial vessels Burundi Lake Tanganyika Cambodia 3,700 km

note: navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 m or less; 282 km navigable to craft drawing as much as 1.8 m Cameroon 2,090 km (of decreasing importance) (2002) Canada 3,000 km (including Saint Lawrence Seaway) Cape Verde none Cayman Islands none Central African Republic 900 km

note: traditional trade carried on by means of shallow-draft dugouts; Oubangui is the most important river, navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 m or less; 282 km navigable to craft drawing as much as 1.8 m Chad 2,000 km Chile 725 km China 110,000 km (1999) Christmas Island none Clipperton Island none Cocos (Keeling) Islands none Colombia 18,140 km (navigable by river boats) (April 1996) Comoros none Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15,000 km (including the Congo and its tributaries, and unconnected lakes) Congo, Republic of the 1,120 km

note: the Congo and Ubangi (Oubangui) rivers provide 1,120 km of commercially navigable water transport; other rivers are used for local traffic only Cook Islands none Coral Sea Islands none Costa Rica 730 km (seasonally navigable) Cote d'Ivoire 980 km (navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal lagoons) Croatia 785 km

note: (perennially navigable; large sections of Sava blocked by downed bridges, silt, and debris) Cuba 240 km Cyprus none Czech Republic 303 km

note: the Labe (Elbe) is the principal river (2000) Denmark 417 km Djibouti none Dominica none Dominican Republic none East Timor NA Ecuador 1,500 km Egypt 3,500 km

note: includes the Nile, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in the delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches), used by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 16.1 m of water El Salvador Rio Lempa partially navigable Equatorial Guinea none Eritrea none Estonia 320 km (perennially navigable) (2002) Ethiopia none Europa Island none Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) none Faroe Islands none Fiji 203 km

note: 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges Finland 6,675 km

note: includes Saimaa Canal; 3,700 km suitable for large ships France 14,932 km (6,969 km heavily traveled) French Guiana 3,300 km navigable by native craft

note: 460 km navigable by small oceangoing vessels and coastal and river steamers French Polynesia none French Southern and Antarctic Lands none Gabon 1,600 km (perennially navigable) Gambia, The 400 km Gaza Strip none Georgia none Germany 7,500 km

note: major rivers include the Rhine and Elbe; Kiel Canal is an important connection between the Baltic Sea and North Sea (1999) Ghana 1,293 km

note: Volta, Ankobra, and Tano Rivers provide 168 km of perennial navigation for launches and lighters; Lake Volta provides 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways Gibraltar none Glorioso Islands none Greece 80 km

note: system consists of three coastal canals including the Corinth Canal (6 km) which crosses the Isthmus of Corinth connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf and shortens the sea voyage from the Adriatic to Peiraiefs (Piraeus) by 325 km; there are also three unconnected rivers Greenland none Grenada none Guadeloupe none Guam none Guatemala 990 km

note: 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during highwater season Guernsey none Guinea 1,295 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft) Guinea-Bissau several rivers are accessible to coastal shipping Guyana 5,900 km (total length of navigable waterways)

note: Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km, respectively Haiti NEGL; less than 100 km navigable Heard Island and McDonald Islands none Holy See (Vatican City) none Honduras 465 km (navigable by small craft) Hong Kong none Howland Island none Hungary 1,373 km (permanently navigable) (1997) Iceland none India 16,180 km

note: 3,631 km navigable by large vessels Indonesia 21,579 km total

note: Sumatra 5,471 km, Java and Madura 820 km, Kalimantan 10,460 km, Sulawesi (Celebes) 241 km, Irian Jaya 4,587 km Iran 904 km

note: the Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use Iraq 1,015 km

note: Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use; Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have navigable sections for shallow-draft boats; Shatt al Basrah canal was navigable by shallow-draft craft before closing in 1991 because of the Gulf war Ireland 700 km (limited facilities for commercial traffic) (1998) Israel none Italy 2,400 km

note: serves various types of commercial traffic, although of limited overall value (2002) Jamaica none Jan Mayen none Japan 1,770 km approximately

note: seagoing craft ply all coastal inland seas Jarvis Island none Jersey none Johnston Atoll none Jordan none Juan de Nova Island none Kazakhstan 3,900 km

note: on the Syr Darya (Syrdariya) and Ertis (Irtysh) rivers Kenya NA

note: part of the Lake Victoria system is within the boundaries of Kenya Kingman Reef none Kiribati 5 km (small network of canals in Line Islands) Korea, North 2,253 km

note: mostly navigable by small craft only Korea, South 1,609 km

note: restricted to small native craft Kuwait none Kyrgyzstan 600 km (1990) Laos 4,587 km approximately

note: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m Latvia 300 km (perennially navigable) Lebanon none Lesotho none Liberia none Libya none Liechtenstein none Lithuania 600 km (perennially navigable) Luxembourg 37 km (on the Moselle) Macau none Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of note: lake transport only, on the Greek and Albanian borders Madagascar of local importance only Malawi 144 km

note: on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and Shire Riverall Malaysia 7,296 km

note: Peninsular Malaysia 3,209 km, Sabah 1,569 km, Sarawak 2,518 km Maldives none Mali 1,815 km Malta none Man, Isle of none Marshall Islands none Martinique none Mauritania note: ferry traffic on the Senegal River Mauritius none Mayotte none Mexico 2,900 km

note: navigable rivers and coastal canals Micronesia, Federated States of none Midway Islands none Moldova 424 km (1994) Monaco none Mongolia 400 km (1999) Montserrat none Morocco none Mozambique 3,750 km (navigable routes) Namibia none Nauru none Navassa Island none Nepal none Netherlands 5,046 km (of which 3,745 km are canals)

note: 47% of total route length is usable by craft of 1,000-metric-ton capacity or larger Netherlands Antilles none New Caledonia none New Zealand 1,609 km

note: of little importance in satisfying total transportation requirements Nicaragua 2,220 km (including 2 large lakes) Niger 300 km

note: the Niger River is navigable from Niamey to Gaya on the Benin frontier from mid-December through March Nigeria 8,575 km

note: consisting of the Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks Niue none Norfolk Island none Northern Mariana Islands none Norway 1,577 km (along west coast)

note: navigable by 2.4 m maximum draft vessels Oman none Pakistan none Palau none Palmyra Atoll none Panama 882 km

note: 800 km navigable by shallow draft vessels; 82 km Panama Canal Papua New Guinea 10,940 km Paracel Islands none Paraguay 3,100 km Peru 8,808 km

note: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km of Lago Titicaca Philippines 3,219 km

note: limited to vessels with a draft of less than 1.5 m Pitcairn Islands none Poland 3,812 km (navigable rivers and canals) (1996) Portugal 820 km

note: relatively unimportant to national economy, used by shallow-draft craft limited to 300 metric-ton or less cargo capacity Puerto Rico none Qatar none Reunion none Romania 1,724 km (1984) Russia 95,900 km (total routes in general use)

note: routes with navigation guides serving the Russian River Fleet - 95,900 km; routes with night navigational aids - 60,400 km; man-made navigable routes - 16,900 km (January 1994) Rwanda note: Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft Saint Helena none Saint Kitts and Nevis none Saint Lucia none Saint Pierre and Miquelon none Saint Vincent and the Grenadines none Samoa none San Marino none Sao Tome and Principe none Saudi Arabia none Senegal 897 km

note: 785 km on the Senegal river, and 112 km on the Saloum river Serbia and Montenegro 587 km

note: the Danube River, central Europe's connection to the Black Sea, runs through Serbia; since early 2000, a pontoon bridge, replacing a destroyed conventional bridge, has obstructed river traffic at Novi Sad; the obstruction is bypassed by a canal system, but the inadequate lock size limits the size of vessels which may pass; the pontoon bridge can be opened for large ships but has slowed river traffic (2001) Seychelles none Sierra Leone 800 km (of which 600 km is navigable year round) Singapore none Slovakia 172 km (all on the Danube) Slovenia NA Solomon Islands none Somalia none South Africa NA South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands none Spain 1,045 km (of minor economic importance) Spratly Islands none Sri Lanka 430 km (navigable by shallow-draft craft) Sudan 5,310 km Suriname 1,200 km

note: most important means of transport; oceangoing vessels with drafts ranging up to 7 m can navigate many of the principal waterways Svalbard none Swaziland none Sweden 2,052 km

note: navigable to small steamers and barges Switzerland 65 km

note: The Rhine carries heavy traffic on the Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee stretches; there are also 12 navigable lakes Syria 870 km (minimal economic importance) Taiwan NA Tajikistan none Tanzania note: Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa are principal avenues of commerce between Tanzania and its neighbors on those lakes Thailand 4,000 km

note: 3,701 km are navigable throughout the year by boats with drafts up to 0.9 meters; numerous minor waterways serve shallow-draft native craft Togo 50 km (Mono river) Tokelau none Tonga none Trinidad and Tobago none Tromelin Island none Tunisia none Turkey 1,200 km (approximately) Turkmenistan the Amu Darya is an important inland waterway for Turkmenistan, as is the man-made Kara Kum canal Turks and Caicos Islands none Tuvalu none Uganda Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, Lake George, Lake Edward, Victoria Nile, Albert Nile Ukraine 4,499 km

note: 1,672 km are on the Pryp'yat' and Dniester (Dnister) (1990) United Arab Emirates none United Kingdom 3,200 km United States 41,009 km

note: navigable inland channels, exclusive of the Great Lakes Uruguay 1,600 km (used by coastal and shallow-draft river craft) Uzbekistan 1,100 km (1990) Vanuatu none Venezuela 7,100 km

note: Rio Orinoco and Lago de Maracaibo accept oceangoing vessels Vietnam 17,702 km

note: more than 5,149 km are navigable at all times by vessels up to 1.8 m draft Virgin Islands none Wake Island none Wallis and Futuna none West Bank none Western Sahara none Yemen none Zambia 2,250 km

note: includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers Zimbabwe chrome ore is transported from Harare - by way of the Mazoe River - to the Zambezi River in Mozambique This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003