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Country
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Waterways (km)
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Afghanistan
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1,200 km
note: chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT (2001)
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Albania
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43 km
note: includes Albanian sections of Lake Scutari, Lake Ohrid, and Lake Prespa
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Angola
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1,295 km
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Argentina
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10,950 km
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Australia
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8,368 km (mainly used by small, shallow-draft craft)
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Austria
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358 km (1999)
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Bangladesh
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up to 8,046 km depending on season
note: includes 3,058 km main cargo routes
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Belarus
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Belarus has extensive and widely used canal and river systems
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Belgium
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1,570 km (route length in regular commercial use) (2001)
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Belize
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825 km (river network used by shallow-draft craft; seasonally navigable)
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Benin
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streams navigable along small sections, important only locally
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Bolivia
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10,000 km (commercially navigable)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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large sections of the Sava blocked by downed bridges, silt, and debris
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Brazil
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50,000 km
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Brunei
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209 km; navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m
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Bulgaria
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470 km
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Burma
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12,800 km
note: 3,200 km navigable by large commercial vessels
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Burundi
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Lake Tanganyika
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Cambodia
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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
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Cameroon
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2,090 km (of decreasing importance) (2002)
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Canada
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3,000 km (including Saint Lawrence Seaway)
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Central African Republic
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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
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Chad
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2,000 km
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Chile
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725 km
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China
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110,000 km (1999)
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Colombia
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18,140 km (navigable by river boats)
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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15,000 km (including the Congo and its tributaries, and unconnected lakes)
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Congo, Republic of the
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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
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Costa Rica
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730 km (seasonally navigable)
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Cote d'Ivoire
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980 km (navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal lagoons)
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Croatia
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785 km
note: (perennially navigable; large sections of Sava blocked by downed bridges, silt, and debris)
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Cuba
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240 km
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Czech Republic
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303 km
note: the Labe (Elbe) is the principal river (2000)
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Denmark
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417 km
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Ecuador
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1,500 km
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Egypt
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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
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El Salvador
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Rio Lempa partially navigable
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Estonia
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320 km (perennially navigable) (2002)
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Fiji
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203 km
note: 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges
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Finland
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6,675 km
note: includes Saimaa Canal; 3,700 km suitable for large ships
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France
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14,932 km (6,969 km heavily traveled)
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French Guiana
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3,300 km navigable by native craft
note: 460 km navigable by small oceangoing vessels and coastal and river steamers
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Gabon
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1,600 km (perennially navigable)
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Gambia, The
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400 km
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Germany
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7,300 km
note: major rivers include the Rhine and Elbe; Kiel Canal is an important connection between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea (2003)
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Ghana
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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
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Greece
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80 km
note: system consists of three coastal canals including the Corinth Canal (6 km) that 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
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Guatemala
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990 km
note: 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during high-water season
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Guinea
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1,295 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft)
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Guinea-Bissau
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several rivers are accessible to coastal shipping
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Guyana
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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
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Haiti
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less than 100 km navigable
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Honduras
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465 km (navigable by small craft)
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Hungary
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1,373 km (permanently navigable)
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India
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16,180 km
note: 3,631 km navigable by large vessels
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Indonesia
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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
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Iran
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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
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Iraq
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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
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Ireland
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700 km (limited facilities for commercial traffic) (1998)
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Italy
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2,400 km
note: serves various types of commercial traffic, although of limited overall value (2002)
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Japan
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1,770 km approximately
note: seagoing craft ply all coastal inland seas
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Kazakhstan
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3,900 km
note: on the Syr Darya (Syrdariya) and Ertis (Irtysh) rivers
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Kenya
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part of the Lake Victoria system is within the boundaries of Kenya
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Kiribati
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5 km (small network of canals in Line Islands)
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Korea, North
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2,253 km
note: mostly navigable by small craft only
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Korea, South
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1,609 km
note: restricted to small native craft
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Kyrgyzstan
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600 km
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Laos
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4,587 km approximately
note: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m
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Latvia
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300 km (perennially navigable)
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Lithuania
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600 km (perennially navigable)
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Luxembourg
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37 km (on the Moselle)
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Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
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lake transport only, on the Greek and Albanian borders
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Madagascar
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of local importance only
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Malawi
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144 km
note: on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and Shire Riverall
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Malaysia
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7,296 km
note: Peninsular Malaysia 3,209 km, Sabah 1,569 km, Sarawak 2,518 km
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Mali
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1,815 km
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Mauritania
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ferry traffic on the Senegal River
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Mexico
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2,900 km
note: navigable rivers and coastal canals
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Moldova
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424 km
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Mongolia
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400 km (1999)
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Mozambique
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3,750 km (navigable routes)
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Netherlands
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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
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New Zealand
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1,609 km
note: of little importance in satisfying total transportation requirements
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Nicaragua
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2,220 km (including 2 large lakes)
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Niger
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300 km
note: the Niger River is navigable from Niamey to Gaya on the Benin frontier from mid-December through March
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Nigeria
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8,575 km
note: consisting of the Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks
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Norway
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1,577 km (along west coast)
note: navigable by 2.4 m maximum draft vessels
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Panama
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882 km
note: 800 km navigable by shallow draft vessels; 82 km Panama Canal
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Papua New Guinea
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10,940 km
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Paraguay
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3,100 km
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Peru
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8,808 km
note: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km of Lago Titicaca
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Philippines
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3,219 km
note: limited to vessels with a draft of less than 1.5 m
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Poland
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3,812 km (navigable rivers and canals)
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Portugal
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820 km
note: relatively unimportant to national economy, used by shallow-draft craft limited to 300 metric-ton or less cargo capacity
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Romania
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1,724 km
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Russia
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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
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Rwanda
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Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft
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Senegal
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897 km
note: 785 km on the Senegal river, and 112 km on the Saloum river
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Serbia and Montenegro
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587 km (2001)
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Sierra Leone
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800 km (of which 600 km is navigable year round)
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Slovakia
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172 km (all on the Danube)
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Spain
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1,045 km (of minor economic importance)
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Sri Lanka
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430 km (navigable by shallow-draft craft)
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Sudan
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5,310 km
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Suriname
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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
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Sweden
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2,052 km
note: navigable to small steamers and barges
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Switzerland
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65 km
note: The Rhine carries heavy traffic on the Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee stretches; there are also 12 navigable lakes
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Syria
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870 km (minimal economic importance)
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Tanzania
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Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa are principal avenues of commerce between Tanzania and its neighbors on those lakes
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Thailand
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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
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Togo
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50 km (Mono river)
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Turkey
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1,200 km (approximately)
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Turkmenistan
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the Amu Darya is an important inland waterway for Turkmenistan, as is the man-made Kara Kum canal
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Uganda
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Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, Lake George, Lake Edward, Victoria Nile, Albert Nile
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Ukraine
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4,499 km
note: 1,672 km are on the Pryp'yat' and Dniester (Dnister)
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United Kingdom
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3,200 km
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United States
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41,009 km
note: navigable inland channels, exclusive of the Great Lakes
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Uruguay
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1,600 km (used by coastal and shallow-draft river craft)
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Uzbekistan
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1,100 km
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Venezuela
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7,100 km
note: Rio Orinoco and Lago de Maracaibo accept oceangoing vessels
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Vietnam
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17,702 km
note: more than 5,149 km are navigable at all times by vessels up to 1.8 m draft
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Zambia
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2,250 km
note: includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers
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Zimbabwe
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chrome ore is transported from Harare - by way of the Mazoe River - to the Zambezi River in Mozambique
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