ludes up to 3,060 km main cargo routes; network reduced to
5,200 km in dry season (2006)
Belarus
2,500 km (use limited by location on perimeter of country
and by shallowness) (2003)
Belgium
2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2006)
Belize
825 km (navigable only by small craft) (2007)
Benin
150 km (on River Niger along northern border) (2005)
Bolivia
10,000 km (commercially navigable) (2007)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sava River (northern border) open to shipping
but use limited (2006)
Brazil
50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population)
(2007)
Brunei
209 km (navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m) (2007)
Bulgaria
470 km (2007)
Burma
12,800 km (2007)
Burundi
mainly on Lake Tanganyika (2005)
Cambodia
2,400 km (mainly on Mekong River) (2005)
Cameroon
navigation mainly on Benue River; limited during rainy
season (2005)
Canada
636 km
note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint
Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States (2007)
Central African Republic
2,800 km (primarily on the Oubangui and
Sangha rivers) (2006)
Chad
Chari and Legone rivers are navigable only in wet season (2006)
China
124,000 km navigable (2006)
Colombia
18,000 km (2006)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
15,000 km (2005)
Congo, Republic of the
1,125 km (commercially navigable on Congo and
Oubanqui rivers) (2006)
Costa Rica
730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2007)
Cote d'Ivoire
980 km (navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal
lagoons) (2006)
Croatia
785 km (2007)
Cuba
240 km (2007)
Czech Republic
664 km (principally on Elbe, Vltava, Oder, and other
navigable rivers, lakes, and canals) (2006)
Denmark
400 km (2007)
Ecuador
1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2006)
Egypt
3,500 km
note: includes Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway,
and numerous smaller canals in delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including
approaches) navigable by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 17.68 m
(2006)
El Salvador
Rio Lempa partially navigable for small craft (2007)
Estonia
320 km (2006)
European Union
52,332 km (2006)
Fiji
203 km
note: 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges
(2006)
Finland
7,842 km
note: includes Saimaa Canal system of 3,577 km; southern part leased
from Russia
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