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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     China: 110,000 km   2010 Time series
# 2     Russia: 102,000 km   2009 Time series
# 3     Brazil: 50,000 km   2010 Time series
# 4     United States: 41,009 km   2008 Time series
# 5     Indonesia: 21,579 km   2011 Time series
# 6     Colombia: 18,000 km   2010 Time series
# 7     Vietnam: 17,702 km   2011 Time series
# 8     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 15,000 km   2009 Time series
# 9     India: 14,500 km   2008 Time series
# 10     Burma: 12,800 km   2008 Time series
= 11     Argentina: 11,000 km   2007 Time series
= 11     Papua New Guinea: 11,000 km   2011 Time series
# 13     Bolivia: 10,000 km   2010 Time series
# 14     Peru: 8,808 km   2010 Time series
# 15     Nigeria: 8,600 km   2009 Time series
# 16     Bangladesh: 8,370 km   2007 Time series
# 17     Finland: 7,842 km   2010 Time series
# 18     Germany: 7,467 km   2010 Time series
# 19     Malaysia: 7,200 km   2011 Time series
# 20     Venezuela: 7,100 km   2010 Time series
# 21     Netherlands: 6,215 km   2007 Time series
# 22     Iraq: 5,279 km   2010 Time series
# 23     Laos: 4,600 km   2010 Time series
# 24     Sudan: 4,068 km   2008 Time series
= 25     Kazakhstan: 4,000 km   2010 Time series
= 25     Thailand: 4,000 km   2010 Time series
# 27     Poland: 3,997 km   2009 Time series
# 28     French Guiana: 3,760 km   2004 Time series
# 29     Egypt: 3,500 km   2010 Time series
# 30     Philippines: 3,219 km   2011 Time series
# 31     United Kingdom: 3,200 km   2009 Time series
# 32     Paraguay: 3,100 km   2010 Time series
# 33     Mexico: 2,900 km   2010 Time series
# 34     Central African Republic: 2,800 km   2010 Time series
# 35     Belarus: 2,500 km   2003 Time series
= 36     Cambodia: 2,400 km   2010 Time series
= 36     Italy: 2,400 km   2009 Time series
= 38     Korea, North: 2,250 km   2010 Time series
= 38     Zambia: 2,250 km   2010 Time series
# 40     Nicaragua: 2,220 km   2010 Time series
# 41     Ukraine: 2,150 km   2009 Time series
# 42     Cameroon: 2,090 km   2002 Time series
# 43     Sweden: 2,052 km   2010 Time series
# 44     Belgium: 2,043 km   2010 Time series
= 45     Chad: 2,000 km   2003 Time series
= 45     Australia: 2,000 km   2006 Time series
# 47     Mali: 1,800 km   2010 Time series
# 48     Japan: 1,770 km   2010 Time series
# 49     Romania: 1,731 km   2006 Time series
# 50     Hungary: 1,622 km   2010 Time series
# 51     New Zealand: 1,609 km   2003 Time series
# 52     Korea, South: 1,608 km   2010 Time series
= 53     Gabon: 1,600 km   2010 Time series
= 53     Uruguay: 1,600 km   2010 Time series
# 55     Norway: 1,577 km   2010 Time series
# 56     Ecuador: 1,500 km   2010 Time series
= 57     Guinea: 1,300 km   2009 Time series
= 57     Angola: 1,300 km   2010 Time series
= 57     Turkmenistan: 1,300 km   2008 Time series
# 60     Switzerland: 1,299 km   2010 Time series
# 61     Ghana: 1,293 km   2011 Time series
= 62     Suriname: 1,200 km   2010 Time series
= 62     Turkey: 1,200 km   2008 Time series
= 62     Afghanistan: 1,200 km   2008 Time series
# 65     Congo, Republic of the: 1,120 km   2010 Time series
# 66     Uzbekistan: 1,100 km   2009 Time series
= 67     Spain: 1,000 km   2009 Time series
= 67     Senegal: 1,000 km   2010 Time series
# 69     Guatemala: 990 km   2010 Time series
# 70     Côte d'Ivoire: 980 km   2009 Time series
# 71     Ireland: 956 km   2010 Time series
# 72     Syria: 900 km   2010 Time series
# 73     Iran: 850 km   2009 Time series
# 74     Belize: 825 km   2010 Time series
= 75     Panama: 800 km   2010 Time series
= 75     Sierra Leone: 800 km   2009 Time series
# 77     Croatia: 785 km   2009 Time series
# 78     Costa Rica: 730 km   2010 Time series
# 79     Chile: 725 km   2003 Time series
# 80     Malawi: 700 km   2010 Time series
# 81     Czech Republic: 664 km   2010 Time series
# 82     Canada: 636 km   2008 Time series
= 83     Kyrgyzstan: 600 km   2010 Time series
= 83     Madagascar: 600 km   2010 Time series
# 85     Serbia and Montenegro: 587 km   2009 Time series
# 86     Mongolia: 580 km   2010 Time series
# 87     Moldova: 558 km   2008 Time series
# 88     Estonia: 520 km   2010 Time series
# 89     Bulgaria: 470 km   2009 Time series
# 90     Honduras: 465 km   2010 Time series
# 91     Mozambique: 460 km   2010 Time series
# 92     Lithuania: 441 km   2007 Time series
# 93     Denmark: 400 km   2010 Time series
# 94     Gambia, The: 390 km   2010 Time series
# 95     Austria: 358 km   2011 Time series
# 96     Guyana: 330 km   2010 Time series
= 97     Latvia: 300 km   2010 Time series
= 97     Niger: 300 km   2010 Time series
= 97     Uganda: 300 km   2004 Time series
# 100     Cuba: 240 km   2010 Time series
# 101     Portugal: 210 km   2010 Time series
# 102     Brunei: 209 km   2011 Time series
# 103     Fiji: 203 km   2010 Time series
# 104     Tajikistan: 200 km   2010 Time series
# 105     Slovakia: 172 km   2009 Time series
# 106     Sri Lanka: 160 km   2008 Time series
# 107     Benin: 150 km   2010 Time series
# 108     Togo: 50 km   2009 Time series
# 109     Albania: 41 km   2010 Time series
# 110     Luxembourg: 37 km   2010 Time series
# 111     Liechtenstein: 28 km   2010 Time series
# 112     Greece: 6 km   2010 Time series
# 113     Kiribati: 5 km   2007 Time series
Total: 622,410 km   
Weighted average: 5,459.7 km  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 52,332 km   


DEFINITION: The total length and individual names of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.

SOURCE: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011

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"Waterways by country", CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/tra_wat-transportation-waterways&int=-1

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COMMENTARY     

Ian Graham
Staff Editor
17th March 2005 		What is a navigable waterway? It is any natural or artificial inland body of water, or system of interconnected bodies of water, used to transport people or goods, such as a lake, a river, or a canal.

Navigable waterways play an important role in the development of regions or countries, as they are used first for exploration and later for trade. Vessels using waterways vary from animal-drawn barges to tankers and ocean liners.

Though slower than rail, road, and air transport, water shipping is cheaper and good for bulk cargoes of commodities like coal, ore, grain, and lumber.

Waterways can even offer shortcuts, as is the case with the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal. Because of the curvature of the earth, the shipping route through Canada’s Hudson’s Bay shortens the distance from Winnipeg to Liverpool, England (via Churchill) by 500 nautical miles in comparison with the route via Montreal.

matrek
30th November 2004 		this info helps....
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