ssia links Baltic Sea, White
Sea, Caspian Sea, Sea of Azov, and Black Sea (2004)

Rwanda
Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft
(2004)

Senegal
1,000 km (primarily on Senegal, Saloum, and Casamance
rivers) (2003)

Serbia and Montenegro
587 km
note: Danube River traffic delayed by pontoon bridge at Novi Sad;
plan to replace by summer of 2005 (2004)

Sierra Leone
800 km (2003)

Slovakia
172 km (on Danube River) (2004)

Spain
1,045 km (2003)

Sri Lanka
160 km (primarily on rivers in southwest) (2004)

Sudan
4,068 km (1,723 km open year round on White and Blue Nile
rivers) (2004)

Suriname
1,200 km (most navigable by ships with drafts up to 7 m)
(2003)

Switzerland
65 km
note: Rhine River between Basel-Rheinfelden and
Schaffhausen-Bodensee, some canals, and 12 navigable lakes (2003)

Syria
900 km (not economically significant) (2002)

Tajikistan
200 km (along Vakhsh River) (2003)

Tanzania
Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa principal
avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; rivers not navigable
(2004)

Thailand
4,000 km
note: 3,701 km navigable by boats with drafts up to 0.9 m (2003)

Togo
50 km (seasonally on Mono River depending on rainfall) (2003)

Turkey
1,200 km (2003)

Turkmenistan
1,300 km (Amu Darya and Kara Kum canal important inland
waterways) (2003)

Uganda
300 km (on Lake Victoria, 200 km on Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga,
and parts of Albert Nile) (2004 est.)

Ukraine
1,672 km (most on Dnieper River) (2004)

United Kingdom
3,200 km (620 km used for commerce) (2004)

United States
41,009 km (19,312 km used for commerce)
note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint
Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with Canada (2004)

Uruguay
1,600 km (2002)

Uzbekistan
1,100 km (2004)

Venezuela
7,100 km
note: Orinoco River and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing
vessels, Orinoco for 400 km (2004)

Vietnam
17,702 km (5,000 km navigable by vessels up to 1.8 m draft)
(2004)

Zambia
2,250 km
note: includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers
(2003)

Zimbabwe
on Lake Kariba, length small (2003)

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