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Bookmark or Share- Waterways - The World FactbookThis entry gives the total length of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.
- waterway - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework HelpAny body of water over which boats travel can be called a waterway. But in a stricter sense, waterways are those bodies of water that are wide and deep enough for passage by freight-carrying vessels. The inland waterways of many countries flow through major food-producing and industrial regions.
- Canal - WikipediaThere are two broad types of canal: Waterways: canals and navigations used for carrying vessels transporting goods and people. These can be subdivided into two kinds: Those connecting existing lakes, rivers, other canals or seas and oceans.
- What is a canal? - NOAA's National Ocean ServiceWaterways are the navigable parts of a body of water, and can be located within a bay or open sea, can connect two or more waterbodies, or may even form networks within a city. Aqueducts are used exclusively to transport water for drinking, agriculture, and hydroelectric power.
- What is the Great Loop? - NOAA's National Ocean ServiceThe Great Loop is a continuous waterway that recreational mariners can travel that includes part of the Atlantic, Gulf Intracoastal Waterways, the Great Lakes, Canadian Heritage Canals, and the inland rivers of America's heartland. Anyone who completes the journey is then named an official ' Looper.'
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