NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of waterways

The List of waterways is a link page for any river, canal, estuary or firth. The Murray River in Australia. ... The Canal du Midi in Toulouse, France Canals are man-made waterways, usually connecting existing lakes, rivers, or oceans. ... Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing numerous ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits and services. ... Firth is the Scots word used to denote various coastal waters in Scotland. ...

Albania

Australia

View from Kings Park over Perth Water Location of the Swan River, with Canning River in light blue The Swan River estuary flows through the city of Perth, in the south west of Western Australia. ... Location of the Murchison River The Murchison River is the second longest river in Western Australia. ... A branch of the Murray in its middle reaches, near Howlong, New South Wales The Murray River, or River Murray, is Australias second-longest river in its own right (the longest being its tributary the Darling). ... The Darling in unusually good condition, near Bourke The Darling River is the longest river in Australia, flowing 2,739km from northern New South Wales to its confluence with the Murray River at Wentworth, New South Wales. ... This article is about the Tweed River in Australia. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Wollondilly River is located in the State of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Belgium

The Ghent-Terneuzen Canal (Dutch: Kanaal van Gent naar Terneuzen) is a canal linking Ghent in Belgium to the port of Terneuzen on the Westerschelde (Scheldt) estuary in the Netherlands, thereby providing the former with access to the sea. ...

Brazil

The Amazon River (occasionally River Amazon; Spanish: RÃo Amazonas, Portuguese: Rio Amazonas) of South America is one of the two longest rivers on Earth, the other being the Nile in Africa. ... The Tocantins is a river, the central fluvial artery of Brazil. ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The source of the Bosna river on the outskirts of Sarajevo. ... Buna refers to: Bunna Lawrie, an Aboriginal musician in Australia HMAS Buna (L-132), a Landing craft of the Balikpapan class in the Royal Australian Navy from 1973 to 1974, then given to Papua New Guinea A village on the north coast of Papua-New Guinea, where the Battle of... The Drina is a river on the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro. ... River Neretva in Mostar, 2004 Neretva is a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. ... Una can mean: Una, a river in Bosnia and Croatia, tributary to Sava Una, a city in Bahia, Brazil Una, a district of Himachal Pradesh, India Una-, a purported SI prefix. ... The Vrbaš is a major river in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...

Bulgaria

The Maritsa river is ca . ... The Iskar (Bulgarian: Ð˜ÑÐºÑŠÑ€; Latin Oescus) is the longest river in Bulgaria, a right tributary of the Danube. ...

Canada

The Desjardins Canal, named after its promoter Pierre Desjardins, was built to give Dundas, Ontario, easier access to Lake Ontario and the Great Lakes system of North America. ... The Lachine Canal in 1920 The Lachine Canal is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, through the boroughs of Lachine on land originally granted by the King of France to the Sulpician Order. ... A portion of the worlds largest skating rink Canal during Winter The Rideau Canal, also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa, Ontario on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario. ... The Saint Lawrence Seaway in its broadest sense is the system of canals that permits ocean-going vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes as far as Lake Superior. ... Lock One on the Trent-Severn Waterway This article is not about the British company Severn Trent Water. ... Lock 3 of the Welland Canal, with the Garden City Skyway bridge in background. ...

China

This is a list of rivers, which are at least partially located in China: Amur (Heilongjiang) - Sea of Japan Songhua River Brahmaputra - Bay of Bengal (joins the Ganges) Yangtze (Chang Jiang) - East China Sea Xiangjiang Lishui (Li) Yuanjiang (Yuan) Zijiang (Zi) Hai He - Yellow Sea Huai He - Yellow Sea Huang... The Grand Canal (Simplified Chinese: å¤§è¿æ²³; Traditional Chinese: å¤§é‹æ²³; pinyin: ) of China, also known as the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (Simplified Chinese: äº¬æå¤§è¿æ²³; Traditional Chinese: äº¬æå¤§é‹æ²³; pinyin: ) is the largest ancient canal or artificial river in the world. ... Lingqu Canal (Simplified Chinese:灵渠，Traditional Chinese:靈渠, Pinyin: Líng Qú) is located in Xingan county, near Guilin, in Guangxi province, China. ...

Czech Republic

The Elbe River (Czech Labe listen â–¶(?), Sorbian/Lusatian Åobjo, Polish Åaba, German Elbe, Hungarian Elba) is one of the major waterways of central Europe. ... The Elbe River (Czech Labe, Sorbian/Lusatian Łobjo, Polish Łaba, German Elbe) is one of the major waterways of central Europe. ... The Vltava in Prague. ...

Egypt

There is also Nile, a death metal band from South Carolina, USA. The Nile in Egypt Length 6 695 km Elevation of the source 1 134 m Average discharge 2 830 m³/s Area watershed 3 400 000 km² Origin Africa Mouth the Mediterranean Basin countries Uganda - Sudan - Egypt The... 1881 drawing of the Suez Canal The Suez Canal (Arabic, QanÄ al-Suways), west of the Sinai Peninsula, is a 163 km maritime canal in Egypt between Port Said (BÅ«r SaÄ«d) on the Mediterranean Sea and Suez (al-Suways) on the Red Sea. ...

Finland

List incomplete. Saimaa Canal (Finnish: Saimaan kanava, Swedish: Saima kanal) is a canal in a system of 120 interconnected lakes in the south-central and south-east part of Finland. ...

France

This is an alphabetical list of rivers, which are at least partially located in France. ... The Canal of Burgundy is located in central eastern France. ... Canal du Midi, Toulouse The Canal du Midi is a 240km long canal in southern France, le midi, linking the Garonne River to the Mediterranean Sea, between Toulouse and the Mediterranean port of SÃ¨te, which was created for the canal. ... The northern portion of the canal A bridge over the canal The canal as it goes underground to return to the Seine Canal Saint-Martin is a 4. ... The Gironde is a navigable estuary, but often referred to as a river, in southwest France. ... The Grand Canal dAlsace (or Grand Alsace Canal) is a canal in eastern France, channeling the Rhine river. ...

Germany

The Elbe River (Czech Labe, Sorbian/Lusatian Łobjo, Polish Łaba, German Elbe) is one of the major waterways of central Europe. ... The Kiel Canal (in German Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, formerly Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal) is a 98 kilometre long waterway linking the North Sea at BrunsbÃ¼ttel, Germany to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau, Germany. ... For other uses, see Main (disambiguation). ... The Mittellandkanal is, at 320 km, the longest artificial waterway in Germany. ... Nysa (Polish Nysa, German Neiße, Czech Nisa) is a name of a few rivers and a town in Silesia. ... The Odra or Oder River (Czech/Polish: Odra, German: Oder, Ancient Latin: Viadua, Viadrus, Medieval Latin: Odera, Oddera) is a river in Central Europe. ... The Rhine canyon (Ruinaulta) in Graubünden in Switzerland Length 1. ... the Rhine-Main Danube Canal (in the foreground) near Nuremberg The Rhine-Main-Danube Canal (also called Main-Danube Canal, RMD Canal or Europa Canal) connects the Main and Danube from Bamberg by Nuremberg to Regensburg. ... Weser watershed River Weser Orthographic projection centred over Bremen The Weser is a river of north-western Germany. ...

Great Britain

Greece

The Corinth Canal Bungy jumping at the corinth canal. ... The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece. ... The Aegean Sea. ...

Hong Kong

The following is a List of rivers in Hong Kong: Categories: Hong Kong geography stubs | Rivers of Hong Kong | Lists of rivers ...

Ireland

Geography of Irish Rivers Main Article: Geography of Ireland The main river in Ireland is the River Shannon, 386 km (240 mi), the longest river in either Britain or Ireland, which separates the boggy midlands of Ireland from the West of Ireland. ... This article covers the island of Ireland, that is, both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland Grand Canal Royal Canal Ballymore/Ballyconnell Canal See Also Rivers of Ireland Categories: Ireland-related stubs | Ireland ...

India

The Agra canal is an important Indian irrigation work, available also for navigation, in Delhi, Gurgaon, Muttra and Agra districts, and Bharatpur State. ... The Brahmaputra is one of the major rivers of Asia. ... The Buckingham Canal is a salt water navigation canal, running parallel to the Coromandel Coast of South India for 420 km, from Krishna District in Andhra Pradesh to Villupuram District in Tamil Nadu. ... The Ghaggar is a seasonal river in India, flowing when water is available from monsoon rains. ... The Ganges River (Ganga in Indian languages; Ganges is the Latin form) (Devanagari à¤—à¤‚à¤—à¤¾) is a major river in northern India and Bangladesh. ... The Godavari River, adjacent to the town of Kovvur The Godavari River is a major waterway in India, next to the Ganges and Indus rivers. ... The Hakra is the dried-out channel of a river in Pakistan that until about 2000 BC - 1500 BC was the continuation of the Ghaggar River in India. ... The Indus (Sindh nadi), known as the Sindhu in Sanskrit, Sinthos in Greek, and Sindus in Latin, is the principal river of Pakistan. ... Map of Backwaters The Kerala Backwaters are a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast (known as the Malabar Coast) of Kerala state in southern India. ... The Krishna River is one of the longest rivers of India (about 1300 km in length). ... The Hindu Vedas mention a river named SarasvatÄ«. In Sanskrit saras means a pool or water body, and vatÄ« (from vnt-Ä«, the female form of the -vant suffix) means she having lots of pools. Sarasvati was the biggest and most important of the seven holy rivers of the Rig Veda. ... The proposed canal The Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project proposes linking the Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar between India and Sri Lanka by creating a shipping canal through the shallow sea sometimes called Setu Samudram, and through the island chain of Ramas Bridge. ... The Hindu Vedas mention a river named Sarasvati. ...

Italy

The Po (Latin: Padus) flows 652 kilometers eastward across northern Italy, from Mount Monviso (in the Cottian Alps) to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. ... The river SoÄa (Italian Isonzo) is a river in West Slovenia and North Italy. ... Tiber River in Rome The River Tiber (Italian Tevere), the third longest river in Italy (disputed — see talk page) at 406 km (252 miles) after the Po and the Adige, flows through the Campagna and Rome in its course from Mount Fumaiolo to the Tyrrhenian Sea, which it reaches in... The Ticino River is a tributary of the Po. ...

Japan

Netherlands

The Meuse river splits near Heusden into the Afgedamde Maas on the right and the Bergse Maas on the left. ... The Amsterdam-Rhine Canal or Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal is a canal in the Netherlands that was built to connect the port city of Amsterdam to the main shipping artery of the Rhine. ... The Beneden Merwede is a stretch of river in the Netherlands, the continuation of the Boven Merwede after the branching-off of the Nieuwe Merwede ship canal. ... The Bergse Maas or Bergsche Maas is a canal that was constructed in 1904 to be a branch of the Meuse River in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant. ... The Boven Merwede is a stretch of river in the Netherlands. ... The Canal through Walcheren in the Netherlands crosses the east of Walcheren. ... The Canal through Zuid-Beveland in the Netherlands is the western of the two canals crossing Zuid-Beveland. ... The Ghent-Terneuzen Canal (Dutch: Kanaal van Gent naar Terneuzen) is a canal linking Ghent in Belgium to the port of Terneuzen on the Westerschelde (Scheldt) estuary in the Netherlands, thereby providing the former with access to the sea. ... The Gooimeer is a lake in the Netherlands between the southeastern part of North Holland and Flevoland. ... The Haringvliet is a large inlet of the North Sea, in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. ... Hollands Diep is a wide river in the Netherlands and an estuary of the Rhine and Meuse river. ... Satellite image of the IJssel basin River IJssel, sometimes called Gelderse IJssel (Gelderland IJssel) to avoid confusion with its Holland counterpart, is a 120 km long branch of the Rhine in the Dutch provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel. ... Linge is a river in the Betuwe that is over 100 km long, which makes it the longest river in the Netherlands. ... The Meuse (Dutch Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea. ... Satellite image of the northwest part of the Rhine-Meuse delta showing river Nieuwe Maas (n). ... The Nieuwe Merwede (New Merwede) is a canal that was constructed in 1870 to form a branch in the Rhine-Meuse delta. ... Satellite image of the northwest part of the Rhine-Meuse delta showing the Nieuwe Waterweg (t) The Nieuwe Waterweg (New Waterway) is a ship canal in the Netherlands from het Scheur (a branch of the Rhine-Meuse delta) west of the town of Maassluis to the North Sea at Hook... The North Sea Canal or Noordzeekanaal is a Dutch ship canal from Amsterdam to the North Sea at IJmuiden, constructed between 1865 and 1876 to enable seafaring vessels to reach the port of Amsterdam. ... At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn, Romansch: Rein, Italian: Reno) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ... The Scheldt in Antwerp Length 350 km Elevation of the source 95 m Average discharge 120 mÂ³/s Area watershed 21860 kmÂ² Origin France Mouth Westerschelde Basin countries France, Belgium, Netherlands The Scheldt (Dutch: Schelde, French Escaut) is a 350 km[1] long river that finds its origin in the... Satellite image of the Scheldt delta showing the Scheldt-Rhine Canal (h and j) The Scheldt-Rhine Canal (Schelde-Rijn Kanaal) in the Netherlands connects Antwerp with the Volkerak, and thereby the Scheldt with the Rhine. ... Edited Satellite image of the Rhine-Waal fork, showing the beginning of river Waal (green). ...

A canal tug making its way down to the Caribbean end of the canal waits to be joined by a ship in the uppermost chamber of the Gatun Locks. ...

Poland

Bydgoszcz (in Polish pronounce: [:bidgÉ”ÊƒÊ§], German: Bromberg, Latin: Bydgostia) is a city in northern Poland, on Brda and Vistula rivers, with a population of 369,151 (2004). ... Noteć (German: Netze, Latin: Natissis) is a river in central Poland, a tributary of the Warta river, with a length of 388 kilometres (7th longest) and the basin area of 17,330 sq. ... Nysa disambiguation: Nysa was a mythical place in Greek mythology where the young god Dionysus was raised. ... The Oder (or Odra) River (German: Oder, Polish/Czech: Odra, Ancient Latin: Viadua, Viadrus, Medieval Latin: Odera, Oddera) is a river in Central Europe (mostly in Poland). ... Length 1,047 km Elevation of the source 1,106 m Average discharge ? mÂ³/s Area watershed 192,000 kmÂ² Origin Barania GÃ³ra, Beskidy Mouth GdaÅ„sk Bay, Baltic Sea Basin countries Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia The Vistula (Polish: WisÅ‚a) is the longest river in Poland. ... Warta (Latin: Varta, German: Warthe) is a river in western-central Poland, a tributary of the Oder river. ... The Danube-Oder-Canal (German, Donau-Oder-Kanal; Polish: KanaÅ‚ Odra-Dunaj) was a planned and partially-constructed artificial waterway of the Vienna Lobau that was supposed to stretch from the Morava River to the Oder River at KÄ™dzierzyn-KoÅºle, Opole Voivodship, Poland. ...

Romania

The Danube-Black Sea Canal is a canal in Romania which runs from CernavodÄƒ on the Danube to Agigea (southern arm) and NÄƒvodari (northern arm) on the Black Sea. ...

Russia

The Amur (Russian: Амур) (Simplified Chinese: 黑龙江; Traditional Chinese: 黑龍江; Hēilóng Jiāng, literally meaning Black Dragon River) (Mongolian: Хара-Мурэн, Khara-Muren or Black River) (Manchu: Sahaliyan Ula, literal meaning Black River) is one of the worlds ten longest rivers, located between the Russian Far East and Manchuria of... The Lena River (Russian: Ð›ÐµÌÐ½Ð°) in Siberia is the 10th longest river in the world and has the 9th largest watershed. ... Irtysh River (also Ertis) a river in Asia, the chief tributary of the river Ob. ... ÐžÐ±ÑŒ Length - measured from the river-head of the Katun - 3650 km - measured from the river-head of the Irtysh - 5410 km Elevation of the source ? m Average discharge 12,500 mÂ³/s Area watershed 2,930,000 kmÂ² Origin Altai Krai Mouth Karskoe Sea Basin countries Russia This article is... Volga in Yaroslavl (autumn morning) Length 3,690 km Elevation of the source 225 m Average discharge 8,000 mÂ³/s Area watershed 1. ... The Yenisei (Ð•Ð½Ð¸ÑÐµÌÐ¹) is the greatest river system flowing to the Arctic Ocean, slightly shorter but with 1. ...

Singapore

The geographically small island nation of Singapore has few rivers of significant lenth or width, the longest of which, the Kallang River is only ??km in length. ...

Slovakia

This is a list of the major rivers that flow through Slovakia and their lengths. ...

Slovenia

River Drava at DrÃ¡vaszabolcs, Hungary River Drava at VÃzvÃ¡r, Hungary River Drava at Maribor, Slovenia Drave (German: Drau, Slovenian, Croatian and Italian: Drava, Hungarian: DrÃ¡va) is a river in southern Central Europe, flowing East from South Tyrol, Italy through Carinthia, Austria, and Slovenia (145 km) then... River that has its source on Pohorje and flows trough Dravinya Valley trough towns Zreče, Slovenske Konjice, Poljčane, Makole, Majšperk to the Videm pri Ptuju where it merges with river Drava. ... There are three rivers named Krka (Latin name Korkoras): A river in Slovenia, with length circa 111 km; it is a right tributary of the river Sava near Brežice. ... The Ljubljanica is a river in Slovenia, Europe. ... Loznica (Лозница) is a city located in Serbia and Montenegro at 44. ... Mislinja is the river in the northern part of Slovenia. ... Mura (German Mur) is a river in Central Europe, a subsidiary of the bigger Drava and subsequently Danube. ... Savinja (some older English texts use the German name Sann) is the river in Northeast Slovenia which streams mostly in the Upper and Lower Savinja valley (Slovene Zgornja in Spodnja Savinjska dolina) and through the cities of Celje and LaÅ¡ko. ... The river SoÄa (Italian Isonzo) is a river in West Slovenia and North Italy. ... Sava also Save (German Save, Hungarian Száva) is a river in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, a right side tributary of Danube at Belgrade. ...

South Korea

The Geum River is a river in South Korea. ... Han River is the name of four unrelated rivers: Han River, or Han Gang, is a river in Korea, passing through Seoul and entering the Yellow Sea Han River, or Han Shui, is a tributary of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in central China Han River, or Han Jiang, is... The Nakdong River (Rakdong when referred from North Korea) is the longest river in South Korea, and passes through major cities such as Daegu and Busan. ...

Sweden

Dragets Kanal Dragets kanal is a Swedish canal in the province of SÃ¶dermanland. ... Bergs slussar (locks) at Berg near LinkÃ¶ping, descending to lake Roxen GÃ¶ta Kanal is a Swedish canal constructed in the early 19th century. ... The StrÃ¶msholms Canal runs from Lake MÃ¤lar near StrÃ¶msholm to Smedjebacken. ... The TrollhÃ¤tte Canal is a canal in Sweden that is now part of the GÃ¶ta Canal. ...

United Kingdom

Waterways in the United Kingdom is a link page for any river, canal, firth or estuary in the United Kingdom. ... For canals of Northern Ireland see the Canals of Ireland article // History See History of the British canal system for a more detailed history. ...

United States

Rivers in the United States is a list of rivers in the United States. ... The following is a List of canals in the United States: Transportation Canals in operation Augusta Canal Cal-Sag Channel (Chicago) Cape Cod Canal (Massachusetts) Cascades Canal Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, part of the Illinois Waterway Dalles-Celilo Canal Delaware Canal (Pennsylvania) Delaware & Raritan Canal...

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