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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 (2004)
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Albania
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43 km (2004)
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Angola
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1,300 km (2004)
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Argentina
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11,000 km (2004)
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Australia
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2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2004)
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Austria
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358 km (2003)
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Bangladesh
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8,372 km
note: includes 2,575 km main cargo routes (2004)
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Belarus
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2,500 km (use limited by location on perimeter of country and by shallowness) (2003)
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Belgium
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2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2003)
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Belize
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825 km (navigable only by small craft) (2004)
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Benin
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150 km (on River Niger along northern border) (2004)
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Bolivia
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10,000 km (commercially navigable) (2004)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Sava River (northern border) open to shipping but use limited because of no agreement with neighboring countries (2004)
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Brazil
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50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2004)
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Brunei
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209 km (navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 m) (2004)
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Bulgaria
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470 km (2004)
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Burma
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12,800 km (2004)
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Burundi
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mainly on Lake Tanganyika (2004)
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Cambodia
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2,400 km (mainly on Mekong River) (2004)
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Cameroon
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navigation mainly on Benue River; limited during rainy season (2004)
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Canada
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631 km
note: Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States (2003)
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Central African Republic
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2,800 km (primarily on the Oubangui and Sangha rivers) (2004)
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Chad
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Chari and Legone rivers are navigable only in wet season (2002)
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China
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121,557 km (2002)
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Colombia
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9,187 km (2004)
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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15,000 km (navigation on the Congo curtailed by fighting) (2004)
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Congo, Republic of the
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4,385 km (on Congo and Oubanqui rivers) (2004)
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Costa Rica
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730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2004)
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Cote d'Ivoire
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980 km (navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal lagoons) (2003)
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Croatia
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785 km (2004)
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Cuba
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240 km (2004)
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Czech Republic
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664 km (on Elbe, Vlatava, and Oder rivers) (2004)
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Denmark
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417 km (2001)
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Ecuador
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1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2003)
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Egypt
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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 (2004)
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El Salvador
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Rio Lempa partially navigable (2004)
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Estonia
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500 km (2003)
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European Union
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53,512 km
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Fiji
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203 km
note: 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges (2004)
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Finland
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7,842 km
note: includes Saimaa Canal system of 3,577 km; southern part leased from Russia (2004)
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France
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8,500 km (1,686 km accessible to craft of 3,000 metric tons) (2000)
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French Guiana
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3,760 km
note: 460 km navigable by small oceangoing vessels and coastal and river steamers, 3,300 km by native craft (2004)
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Gabon
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1,600 km (310 km on Ogooue River) (2003)
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Gambia, The
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390 km (on River Gambia; small ocean-going vessels can reach 190 km) (2004)
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Germany
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7,300 km
note: Rhine River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links North Sea and Black Sea (2004)
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Ghana
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1,293 km
note: 168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tano rivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta (2003)
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Greece
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6 km
note: Corinth Canal (6 km) crosses the Isthmus of Corinth; shortens sea voyage by 325 km (2004)
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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 (2004)
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Guinea
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1,295 km (navigable by shallow-draft native craft) (2003)
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Guinea-Bissau
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4 largest rivers are navigable for some distance; many inlets and creeks give shallow-water access to much of interior (2004)
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Guyana
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1,077 km
note: Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km respectively (2004)
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Honduras
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465 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2004)
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Hungary
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1,622 km (most on Danube River) (2004)
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India
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14,500 km
note: 5,200 km on major rivers and 485 km on canals suitable for mechanized vessels (2004)
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Indonesia
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21,579 km
note: Sumatra 5,471 km, Java and Madura 820 km, Kalimantan 10,460 km, Sulawesi (Celebes) 241 km, Irian Jaya 4,587 km (2004)
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Iran
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850 km (on Karun River and Lake Urmia) (2004)
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Iraq
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5,275 km (not all navigable)
note: Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,895 km), and Third River (565 km) are principal waterways (2004)
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Ireland
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753 km (pleasure craft only) (2004)
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Italy
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2,400 km
note: used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value compared to road and rail (2004)
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Japan
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1,770 km (seagoing vessels use inland seas) (2004)
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Kazakhstan
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4,000 km
note: on the Syr Darya (Syrdariya) and Ertis (Irtysh) rivers (2004)
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Kenya
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part of Lake Victoria system is within boundaries of Kenya (2004)
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Kiribati
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5 km (small network of canals in Line Islands) (2003)
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Korea, North
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2,250 km
note: most navigable only by small craft (2004)
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Korea, South
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1,608 km
note: most navigable only by small craft (2004)
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Kyrgyzstan
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600 km (2004)
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Laos
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4,600 km
note: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m (2003)
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Latvia
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300 km (2004)
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Liechtenstein
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28 km (2004)
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Lithuania
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600 km (2004)
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Luxembourg
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37 km (on Moselle River) (2003)
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Madagascar
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600 km (2004)
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Malawi
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700 km
note: on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and Shire River (2003)
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Malaysia
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7,200 km
note: Peninsular Malaysia 3,200 km, Sabah 1,500 km, Sarawak 2,500 km (2004)
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Mali
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1,815 km (2004)
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Mauritania
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some ferry traffic on Senegal River (2004)
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Mexico
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2,900 km
note: navigable rivers and coastal canals (2004)
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Moldova
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424 km (2004)
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Mongolia
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580 km
note: only waterway in operation is Lake Khovsgol (135 km); Selenge River (270 km) and Orkhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry little traffic; lakes and rivers freeze in winter, are open from May to September (2004)
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Mozambique
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460 km (Zambezi River navigable to Tete and along Cahora Bassa Lake) (2004)
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Netherlands
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5,046 km (navigable for ships of 50 tons) (2004)
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Nicaragua
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2,220 km (including lakes Managua and Nicaragua) (1997)
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Niger
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300 km
note: Niger River is navigable to Gaya between September and March (2004)
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Nigeria
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8,600 km (Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks) (2004)
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Panama
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800 km (includes 82 km Panama Canal) (2004)
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Papua New Guinea
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10,940 km (2003)
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Paraguay
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3,100 km (2004)
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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 (2004)
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Philippines
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3,219 km
note: limited to vessels with draft less than 1.5 m (2004)
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Poland
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3,997 km (navigable rivers and canals) (2003)
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Portugal
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210 km (on Douro River from Porto) (2003)
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Romania
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1,731 km (2004)
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Russia
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96,000 km
note: 72,000 km system in European Russia links Baltic Sea, White Sea, Caspian Sea, Sea of Azov, and Black Sea (2004)
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Rwanda
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Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft (2004)
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Senegal
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1,000 km (primarily on Senegal, Saloum, and Casamance rivers) (2003)
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Serbia and Montenegro
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587 km
note: Danube River traffic delayed by pontoon bridge at Novi Sad; plan to replace by summer of 2005 (2004)
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Sierra Leone
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800 km (2003)
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Slovakia
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172 km (on Danube River) (2004)
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Spain
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1,045 km (2003)
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Sri Lanka
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160 km (primarily on rivers in southwest) (2004)
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Sudan
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4,068 km (1,723 km open year round on White and Blue Nile rivers) (2004)
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Suriname
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1,200 km (most navigable by ships with drafts up to 7 m) (2003)
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Switzerland
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65 km
note: Rhine River between Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee, some canals, and 12 navigable lakes (2003)
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Syria
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900 km (not economically significant) (2002)
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Tajikistan
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200 km (along Vakhsh River) (2003)
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Tanzania
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Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa principal avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; rivers not navigable (2004)
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Thailand
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4,000 km
note: 3,701 km navigable by boats with drafts up to 0.9 m (2003)
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Togo
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50 km (seasonally on Mono River depending on rainfall) (2003)
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Turkey
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1,200 km (2003)
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Turkmenistan
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1,300 km (Amu Darya and Kara Kum canal important inland waterways) (2003)
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Uganda
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300 km (on Lake Victoria, 200 km on Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, and parts of Albert Nile) (2004 est.)
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Ukraine
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1,672 km (most on Dnieper River) (2004)
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United Kingdom
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3,200 km (620 km used for commerce) (2004)
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United States
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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)
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Uruguay
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1,600 km (2002)
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Uzbekistan
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1,100 km (2004)
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Venezuela
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7,100 km
note: Orinoco River and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing vessels, Orinoco for 400 km (2004)
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Vietnam
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17,702 km (5,000 km navigable by vessels up to 1.8 m draft) (2004)
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World
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671,886 km (2004)
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Zambia
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2,250 km
note: includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers (2003)
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Zimbabwe
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on Lake Kariba, length small (2003)
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