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   China  19.5%
   Russia  16%
   Brazil  7.9%
   United States  6.5%
   Indonesia  3.4%
   Colombia  2.8%
   Vietnam  2.8%
   Congo, Democratic Republic of the  2.4%
   India  2.3%
   Burma  2%
   Argentina  1.7%
   Papua New Guinea  1.7%
   Bolivia  1.6%
   Peru  1.4%
   Nigeria  1.4%
   Bangladesh  1.3%
   Finland  1.2%
   Germany  1.2%
   Malaysia  1.1%
   Venezuela  1.1%


Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   China: 124,000 km  2006 Time series
# 2   Russia: 102,000 km  2006 Time series
# 4   Brazil: 50,000 km  2007 Time series
# 5   United States: 41,009 km  2007 Time series
# 6   Indonesia: 21,579 km  2007 Time series
# 7   Colombia: 18,000 km  2006 Time series
# 8   Vietnam: 17,702 km  2005 Time series
# 9   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 15,000 km  2005 Time series
# 10   India: 14,500 km  2006 Time series
# 11   Burma: 12,800 km  2007 Time series
= 12   Argentina: 11,000 km  2006 Time series
= 12   Papua New Guinea: 11,000 km  2006 Time series
# 14   Bolivia: 10,000 km  2007 Time series
# 15   Peru: 8,808 km  2007 Time series
# 16   Nigeria: 8,600 km  2007 Time series
# 17   Bangladesh: 8,370 km  2006 Time series
# 18   Finland: 7,842 km  2006 Time series
# 19   Germany: 7,467 km  2006 Time series
# 20   Malaysia: 7,200 km  2005 Time series
# 21   Venezuela: 7,100 km  2005 Time series
# 22   Netherlands: 6,211 km  2006 Time series
# 23   Iraq: 5,279 km  2006 Time series
# 24   Laos: 4,600 km  2007 Time series
# 25   Sudan: 4,068 km  2006 Time series
= 26   Kazakhstan: 4,000 km  2006 Time series
= 26   Thailand: 4,000 km  2005 Time series
# 28   Poland: 3,997 km  2006 Time series
# 29   French Guiana: 3,760 km  2004 Time series
# 30   Egypt: 3,500 km  2006 Time series
# 31   Philippines: 3,219 km  2007 Time series
# 32   United Kingdom: 3,200 km  2004 Time series
# 33   Paraguay: 3,100 km  2007 Time series
# 34   Mexico: 2,900 km  2007 Time series
# 35   Central African Republic: 2,800 km  2006 Time series
# 36   Belarus: 2,500 km  2003 Time series
= 37   Cambodia: 2,400 km  2005 Time series
= 37   Italy: 2,400 km  2006 Time series
# 39   Ukraine: 2,253 km  2006 Time series
= 40   Korea, North: 2,250 km  2007 Time series
= 40   Zambia: 2,250 km  2005 Time series
# 42   Nicaragua: 2,220 km  2007 Time series
# 43   Cameroon: 2,090 km  2002 Time series
# 44   Sweden: 2,052 km  2005 Time series
# 45   Belgium: 2,043 km  2006 Time series
= 46   Australia: 2,000 km  2006 Time series
= 46   Chad: 2,000 km  2003 Time series
# 48   Mali: 1,800 km  2007 Time series
# 49   Japan: 1,770 km  2007 Time series
# 50   Romania: 1,731 km  2006 Time series
# 51   Hungary: 1,622 km  2007 Time series
# 52   New Zealand: 1,609 km  2003 Time series
# 53   Korea, South: 1,608 km  2007 Time series
= 54   Gabon: 1,600 km  2007 Time series
= 54   Uruguay: 1,600 km  2005 Time series
# 56   Norway: 1,577 km  2007 Time series
# 57   Ecuador: 1,500 km  2006 Time series
= 58   Angola: 1,300 km  2007 Time series
= 58   Guinea: 1,300 km  2005 Time series
= 58   Turkmenistan: 1,300 km  2006 Time series
# 61   Ghana: 1,293 km  2007 Time series
= 62   Afghanistan: 1,200 km  2007 Time series
= 62   Suriname: 1,200 km  2005 Time series
= 62   Turkey: 1,200 km  2005 Time series
# 65   Congo, Republic of the: 1,125 km  2006 Time series
# 66   Uzbekistan: 1,100 km  2006 Time series
# 67   Guyana: 1,077 km  2004 Time series
= 68   Senegal: 1,000 km  2005 Time series
= 68   Spain: 1,000 km  2003 Time series
# 70   Guatemala: 990 km  2007 Time series
# 71   Côte d'Ivoire: 980 km  2006 Time series
# 72   Ireland: 956 km  2007 Time series
# 73   Syria: 900 km  2005 Time series
# 74   Iran: 850 km  2006 Time series
# 75   Belize: 825 km  2007 Time series
= 76   Panama: 800 km  2007 Time series
= 76   Sierra Leone: 800 km  2005 Time series
# 78   Croatia: 785 km  2007 Time series
# 79   Costa Rica: 730 km  2007 Time series
# 80   Chile: 725 km  2003 Time series
# 81   Malawi: 700 km  2007 Time series
# 82   Czech Republic: 664 km  2006 Time series
# 83   Canada: 636 km  2007 Time series
= 84   Kyrgyzstan: 600 km  2007 Time series
= 84   Madagascar: 600 km  2006 Time series
# 86   Serbia and Montenegro: 587 km  2005 Time series
# 87   Mongolia: 580 km  2004 Time series
# 88   Bulgaria: 470 km  2007 Time series
# 89   Honduras: 465 km  2007 Time series
# 90   Mozambique: 460 km  2007 Time series
# 91   Lithuania: 441 km  2006 Time series
# 92   Moldova: 424 km  2007 Time series
# 93   Denmark: 400 km  2007 Time series
# 94   Gambia, The: 390 km  2006 Time series
# 95   Austria: 358 km  2007 Time series
# 96   Estonia: 320 km  2006 Time series
= 97   Latvia: 300 km  2006 Time series
= 97   Niger: 300 km  2005 Time series
= 97   Uganda: 300 km  2004 Time series
# 100   Cuba: 240 km  2007 Time series
# 101   Portugal: 210 km  2006 Time series
# 102   Brunei: 209 km  2007 Time series
# 103   Fiji: 203 km  2006 Time series
# 104   Tajikistan: 200 km  2006 Time series
# 105   Slovakia: 172 km  2005 Time series
# 106   Sri Lanka: 160 km  2006 Time series
# 107   Benin: 150 km  2005 Time series
# 108   Switzerland: 65 km  2003 Time series
# 109   Togo: 50 km  2005 Time series
# 110   Albania: 43 km  2007 Time series
# 111   Luxembourg: 37 km  2007 Time series
# 112   Liechtenstein: 28 km  2006 Time series
# 113   Greece: 6 km  2007 Time series
# 114   Kiribati: 5 km  2007 Time series
= 115   Kingman Reef: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Tuvalu: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Réunion: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Malta: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Virgin Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Tromelin Island: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Namibia: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Martinique: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Wallis and Futuna: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Nauru: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Wake Island: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   San Marino: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Swaziland: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Jan Mayen: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Tokelau: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Liberia: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Barbados: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Monaco: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Botswana: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Niue: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Bermuda: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Spratly Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Bahamas, The: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Solomon Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Svalbard: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Navassa Island: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Jersey: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Bassas da India: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Johnston Atoll: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Bhutan: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Kuwait: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Bouvet Island: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Lesotho: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Cayman Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Mayotte: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Mauritius: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Comoros: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Maldives: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Northern Mariana Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Vanuatu: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Coral Sea Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Pitcairn Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Cape Verde: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Palau: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Cook Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Puerto Rico: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Cyprus: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Seychelles: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Djibouti: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Somalia: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Dominica: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   United Arab Emirates: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Jarvis Island: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   São Tomé and Príncipe: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Dominican Republic: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Jamaica: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Equatorial Guinea: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Jordan: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Eritrea: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Juan de Nova Island: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Ethiopia: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Christmas Island: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Europa Island: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Lebanon: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Palmyra Atoll: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Micronesia, Federated States of: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Libya: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Faroe Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Macau: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   French Polynesia: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Montserrat: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Baker Island: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Morocco: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   French Southern and Antarctic Lands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Midway Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Georgia: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Oman: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Gibraltar: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   New Caledonia: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Grenada: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Norfolk Island: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Guernsey: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Nepal: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Greenland: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Netherlands Antilles: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Glorioso Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Paracel Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Guadeloupe: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Pakistan: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Guam: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Qatar: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Gaza Strip: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Marshall Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Hong Kong: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Saudi Arabia: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Heard Island and McDonald Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Howland Island: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Saint Helena: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Iceland: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Singapore: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Man, Isle of: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Saint Lucia: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   British Indian Ocean Territory: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Clipperton Island: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Trinidad and Tobago: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Israel: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Turks and Caicos Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Aruba: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Tonga: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Antigua and Barbuda: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Tunisia: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Algeria: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Burkina Faso: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Azerbaijan: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   British Virgin Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Andorra: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Holy See (Vatican City): 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   American Samoa: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   West Bank: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Ashmore and Cartier Islands: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Western Sahara: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Anguilla: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Samoa: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Bahrain: 0 km  2003 Time series
= 115   Yemen: 0 km  2003 Time series
Total: 635,695 km  
Weighted average: 2,594.7 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: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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COMMENTARY     

Ian Graham
Staff Editor
18th 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
1st December 2004 		this info helps....
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