| Country | WATERWAYS(KM) |
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| Afghanistan |
1,200 km; (chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT) (2011)
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| Albania |
41 km (on the Bojana River) (2011)
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| Angola |
1,300 km (2011)
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| Argentina |
11,000 km (2012)
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| Australia |
2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2011)
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| Austria |
358 km (2011)
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| Bangladesh |
8,370 km (includes up to 3,060 km of main cargo routes; network reduced to 5,200 km in the dry season) (2011)
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| Belarus |
2,500 km (major rivers are the west-flowing Western Dvina and Neman rivers and the south-flowing Dnepr River and its tributaries, the Berezina, Sozh, and Pripyat rivers) (2011)
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| Belgium |
2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2012)
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| Belize |
825 km (navigable only by small craft) (2011)
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| Benin |
150 km (seasonal navigation on River Niger along northern border) (2011)
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| Bolivia |
10,000 km (commercially navigable almost exclusively in the northern and eastern parts of the country) (2012)
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
(Sava River on northern border; open to shipping but use limited) (2011)
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| Brazil |
50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2012)
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| Brunei |
209 km (navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m; the Belait, Brunei, and Tutong rivers are major transport links) (2012)
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| Bulgaria |
470 km (2009)
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| Burma |
12,800 km (2011)
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| Burundi |
(mainly on Lake Tanganyika between Bujumbura, Burundi's principal port, and lake ports in Tanzania, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo) (2011)
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| Cambodia |
3,700 km (mainly on Mekong River) (2012)
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| Cameroon |
(major rivers in the south, such as the Wouri and the Sanaga, are largely non-navigable; in the north, the Benue, which connects through Nigeria to the Niger River, is navigable in the rainy season only to the port of Garoua) (2010)
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| Canada |
636 km (Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States) (2011)
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| Central African Republic |
2,800 km (the primary navigable river is the Ubangi, which joins the River Congo; it was the traditional route for the export of products because it connected with the Congo-Ocean railway at Brazzaville; because of the warfare on both sides of the River Congo from 1997, importers and exporters preferred routes through Cameroon) (2011)
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| Chad |
(Chari and Legone Rivers are navigable only in wet season) (2012)
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| China |
110,000 km (navigable waterways) (2011)
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| Colombia |
24,725 km (18,300 km navigable; the most important waterway, the River Magdalena, of which 1,488 km is navigable, is dredged regularly to ensure safe passage of cargo vessels and container barges) (2012)
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| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
15,000 km (including the Congo, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes) (2011)
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| Congo, Republic of the |
1,120 km (commercially navigable on Congo and Oubanqui Rivers above Brazzaville; there are many ferries across the river to Kinshasa; the Congo south of Brazzaville-Kinshasa to the coast is not navigable because of rapids, necessitating a rail connection to Pointe Noire; other rivers are used for local traffic only) (2011)
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| Costa Rica |
730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2011)
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| Cote d'Ivoire |
980 km (navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal lagoons) (2011)
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| Croatia |
785 km (2009)
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| Cuba |
240 km (almost all navigable inland waterways are near the mouths of rivers) (2011)
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| Czechia |
664 km (principally on Elbe, Vltava, Oder, and other navigable rivers, lakes, and canals) (2010)
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| Denmark |
400 km (2010)
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| Ecuador |
1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2012)
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| Egypt |
3,500 km (includes the Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in Nile Delta; the Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches) is navigable by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 17.68 m) (2011)
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| El Salvador |
(Rio Lempa is partially navigable by small craft) (2011)
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| Estonia |
335 km (320 km are navigable year round) (2011)
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| European Union |
53,384 km (2013)
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| Fiji |
203 km (122 km are navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges) (2012)
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| Finland |
8,000 km (includes Saimaa Canal system of 3,577 km; southern part leased from Russia; water transport used frequently in the summer and widely replaced with sledges on the ice in winter; there are 187,888 lakes in Finland that cover 31,500 km); Finland also maintains 8,200 km of coastal fairways (2013)
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| France |
metropolitan France: 8,501 km (1,621 km navigable by craft up to 3,000 metric tons) (2010)
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| Gabon |
1,600 km (310 km on Ogooue River) (2010)
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| Gambia, The |
390 km (on River Gambia; small oceangoing vessels can reach 190 km) (2010)
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| Germany |
7,467 km (Rhine River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links North Sea and Black Sea) (2012)
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| Ghana |
1,293 km (168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tano Rivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta) (2011)
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| Greece |
6 km (the 6-km-long Corinth Canal crosses the Isthmus of Corinth; it shortens a sea voyage by 325 km) (2012)
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| Guatemala |
990 km (260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during high-water season) (2012)
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| Guinea-Bissau |
(rivers are partially navigable; many inlets and creeks provide shallow-water access to much of interior) (2012)
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| Guinea |
1,300 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft in the northern part of the Niger River system) (2011)
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| Guyana |
330 km (the Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo Rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km respectively) (2012)
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| Honduras |
465 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2012)
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| Hungary |
1,622 km (most on Danube River) (2011)
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| India |
14,500 km (5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable for mechanized vessels) (2012)
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| Indonesia |
21,579 km (2011)
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| Iran |
850 km (on Karun River; some navigation on Lake Urmia) (2012)
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| Iraq |
5,279 km (the Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,899 km), and Third River (565 km) are the principal waterways) (2012)
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| Ireland |
956 km (pleasure craft only) (2010)
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| Italy |
2,400 km (used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value compared to road and rail) (2012)
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| Japan |
1,770 km (seagoing vessels use inland seas) (2010)
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| Kazakhstan |
4,000 km (on the Ertis (Irtysh) River (80%) and Syr Darya (Syrdariya) River) (2010)
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| Kenya |
none specifically; the only significant inland waterway is the part of Lake Victoria within the boundaries of Kenya; Kisumu is the main port and has ferry connections to Uganda and Tanzania (2011)
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| Kiribati |
5 km (small network of canals in Line Islands) (2012)
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| Korea, North |
2,250 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2011)
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| Korea, South |
1,600 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2011)
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| Kyrgyzstan |
600 km (2010)
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| Laos |
4,600 km (primarily on the Mekong River and its tributaries; 2,900 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m) (2012)
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| Latvia |
300 km (navigable year round) (2010)
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| Liechtenstein |
28 km (2010)
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| Lithuania |
441 km (navigable year round) (2007)
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| Luxembourg |
37 km (on Moselle River) (2010)
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| Madagascar |
600 km (432 km navigable) (2011)
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| Malawi |
700 km (on Lake Nyasa [Lake Malawi] and Shire River) (2010)
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| Malaysia |
7,200 km (Peninsular Malaysia 3,200 km; Sabah 1,500 km; Sarawak 2,500 km) (2011)
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| Mali |
1,800 km (downstream of Koulikoro; low water levels on the River Niger cause problems in dry years; in the months before the rainy season the river is not navigable by commercial vessels) (2011)
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| Mauritania |
(some navigation possible on the Senegal River) (2011)
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| Mexico |
2,900 km (navigable rivers and coastal canals mostly connected with ports on the country's east coast) (2012)
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| Moldova |
558 km (in public use on Danube, Dniester and Prut rivers) (2011)
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| Mongolia |
580 km (the only waterway in operation is Lake Hovsgol) (135 km); Selenge River (270 km) and Orhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry little traffic; lakes and rivers ice free from May to September) (2010)
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| Mozambique |
460 km (Zambezi River navigable to Tete and along Cahora Bassa Lake) (2010)
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| Netherlands |
6,237 km (navigable by ships up to 50 tons) (2012)
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| Nicaragua |
2,220 km (navigable waterways as well as the use of the large Lake Managua and Lake Nicaragua; rivers serve only the sparsely populated eastern part of the country) (2011)
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| Nigeria |
8,600 km (Niger and Benue Rivers and smaller rivers and creeks) (2011)
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| Niger |
300 km (the Niger, the only major river, is navigable to Gaya between September and March) (2012)
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| Norway |
1,577 km (2010)
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| Panama |
800 km (includes the 82-km Panama Canal that is being widened) (2011)
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| Papua New Guinea |
11,000 km (2011)
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| Paraguay |
3,100 km (primarily on the Paraguay and Paran� River systems) (2012)
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| Peru |
8,808 km (8,600 km of navigable tributaries on the Amazon system and 208 km on Lago Titicaca) (2011)
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| Philippines |
3,219 km (limited to vessels with draft less than 1.5 m) (2011)
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| Poland |
3,997 km (navigable rivers and canals) (2009)
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| Portugal |
210 km (on Douro River from Porto) (2011)
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| Romania |
1,731 km (includes 1,075 km on the Danube River, 524 km on secondary branches, and 132 km on canals) (2010)
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| Russia |
102,000 km (including 48,000 km with guaranteed depth; the 72,000-km system in European Russia links Baltic Sea, White Sea, Caspian Sea, Sea of Azov, and Black Sea) (2009)
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| Rwanda |
(Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft) (2011)
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| Senegal |
1,000 km (primarily on the Senegal, Saloum, and Casamance Rivers) (2012)
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| Serbia |
587 km (primarily on the Danube and Sava rivers) (2009)
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| Sierra Leone |
800 km (600 km navigable year round) (2011)
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| Slovakia |
172 km (on Danube River) (2012)
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| Slovenia |
(some transport on the Drava River) (2012)
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| South Sudan |
see entry for Sudan
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| Spain |
1,000 km (2012)
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| Sri Lanka |
160 km (primarily on rivers in southwest) (2012)
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| Sudan |
4,068 km (1,723 km open year round on White and Blue Nile Rivers) (2011)
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| Suriname |
1,200 km (most navigable by ships with drafts up to 7 m) (2011)
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| Sweden |
2,052 km (2010)
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| Switzerland |
1,292 km (there are 1,227 km of waterways on lakes and rivers for public transport and 65 km on the Rhine River between Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee for commercial goods transport) (2010)
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| Syria |
900 km (navigable but not economically significant) (2011)
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| Tajikistan |
200 km (along Vakhsh River) (2011)
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| Tanzania |
(Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) are the principal avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; the rivers are not navigable) (2011)
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| Thailand |
4,000 km (3,701 km navigable by boats with drafts up to 0.9 m) (2011)
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| Togo |
50 km (seasonally navigable by small craft on the Mono River depending on rainfall) (2011)
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| Turkey |
1,200 km (2010)
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| Turkmenistan |
1,300 km (Amu Darya and Kara Kum canal are important inland waterways) (2011)
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| Uganda |
(there are no long navigable stretches of river in Uganda; parts of the Albert Nile that flow out of Lake Albert in the northwestern part of the country are navigable; several lakes including Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga have substantial traffic; Lake Albert is navigable along a 200-km stretch from its northern tip to its southern shores) (2011)
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| Ukraine |
1,672 km (most on Dnieper River) (2012)
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| United Kingdom |
3,200 km (620 km used for commerce) (2009)
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| United States |
41,009 km (19,312 km used for commerce; Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, is shared with Canada) (2012)
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| Uruguay |
1,600 km (2011)
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| Uzbekistan |
1,100 km (2012)
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| Venezuela |
7,100 km (Orinoco River (400 km) and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing vessels) (2011)
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| Vietnam |
47,130 km (30,831 km weight under 50 tons) (2011)
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| World |
2,293,412 km
top ten longest rivers: Nile (Africa) 6,693 km; Amazon (South America) 6,436 km; Mississippi-Missouri (North America) 6,238 km; Yenisey-Angara (Asia) 5,981 km; Ob-Irtysh (Asia) 5,569 km; Yangtze (Asia) 5,525 km; Yellow (Asia) 4,671 km; Amur (Asia) 4,352 km; Lena (Asia) 4,345 km; Congo (Africa) 4,344 km
note: rivers are not necessarily navigable along the entire length; if measured by volume, the Amazon is the largest river in the world
top ten largest natural lakes (by surface area): Caspian Sea (Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan) 372,960 sq km; Lake Superior (Canada, United States) 82,414 sq km; Lake Victoria (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) 69,490 sq km; Lake Huron (Canada, United States) 59,596 sq km; Lake Michigan (United States) 57,441 sq km; Lake Tanganyika (Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Zambia) 32,890 sq km; Great Bear Lake (Canada) 31,800 sq km; Lake Baikal (Russia) 31,494 sq km; Lake Nyasa (Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania) 30,044 sq km; Great Slave Lake (Canada) 28,400 sq km
note: the areas of the lakes are subject to seasonal variation; only the Caspian Sea is saline, the rest are fresh water (2013)
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| Zambia |
2,250 km (includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers) (2010)
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| Zimbabwe |
(some navigation possible on Lake Kariba) (2011)
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