The CIA World Factbook Edition 2002 Transportation
Waterways In 35 editions of 36.
Waterways was published in 35 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2024. The 2002 edition carries it in 261 entries, in its Transportation section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2002 edition
- 261
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2024
Published as “Waterways” (1996 to 2024) and “Inland waterways” (1990 to 1995).
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Africa
62 entriesCentral African Republic
900 km
note: traditional trade carried on by means of shallow-draft dugouts; Oubangui is the most important river, navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 m or less; 282 km navigable to craft drawing as much as 1.8 m
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
15,000 km (including the Congo and its tributaries, and unconnected lakes)
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
1,120 km
note: the Congo and Ubangi (Oubangui) rivers provide 1,120 km of commercially navigable water transport; other rivers are used for local traffic only
Egypt
3,500 km
note: including the Nile, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in the delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches), used by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 16.1 m of water
Ghana
1,293 km
note: Volta, Ankobra, and Tano Rivers provide 168 km of perennial navigation for launches and lighters; Lake Volta provides 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways
Niger
300 km
note: the Niger River is navigable from Niamey to Gaya on the Benin frontier from mid-December through March
Tanzania
note: Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa are principal avenues of commerce between Tanzania and its neighbors on those lakes
Zimbabwe
chrome ore is transported from Harare - by way of the Mazoe River - to the Zambezi River in Mozambique
Antarctic Region
4 entriesArctic Region
4 entriesAsia
23 entriesRussia
95,900 km (total routes in general use)
note: routes with navigation guides serving the Russian River Fleet - 95,900 km; routes with night navigational aids - 60,400 km; man-made navigable routes - 16,900 km (Jan 1994)
Central America and the Caribbean
32 entriesGuatemala
990 km
note: 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during highwater season
Europe
46 entriesBosnia and Herzegovina
NA km; large sections of the Sava blocked by downed bridges, silt, and debris
Croatia
785 km
note: (perennially navigable; large sections of Sava blocked by downed bridges, silt, and debris)
Germany
7,500 km
note: major rivers include the Rhine and Elbe; Kiel Canal is an important connection between the Baltic Sea and North Sea (1999)
Greece
80 km
note: system consists of three coastal canals including the Corinth Canal (6 km) which crosses the Isthmus of Corinth connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf and shortens the sea voyage from the Adriatic to Peiraiefs (Piraeus) by 325 km; there are also three unconnected rivers
Italy
2,400 km
note: serves various types of commercial traffic, although of limited overall value (2002)
Netherlands
5,046 km (of which 3,745 km are canals)
note: 47% of total route length is usable by craft of 1,000-metric-ton capacity or larger
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia
note: lake transport only, on the Greek and Albanian borders
Portugal
820 km
note: relatively unimportant to national economy, used by shallow-draft craft limited to 300 metric-ton or less cargo capacity
Serbia and Montenegro
587 km
note: the Danube River, central Europe's connection with the Black Sea, runs through Serbia; since early 2000, a pontoon bridge, replacing a destroyed conventional bridge, has obstructed river traffic at Novi Sad; the obstruction is bypassed by a canal system, the inadequate lock size of which limits the size of vessels which may pass; the pontoon bridge can be opened for large ships but has slowed river traffic (2001)
Switzerland
65 km
note: The Rhine carries heavy traffic on the Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee stretches; there are also 12 navigable lakes
Middle East
17 entriesIran
904 km
note: the Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use
Iraq
1,015 km
note: Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use; Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have navigable sections for shallow-draft boats; Shatt al Basrah canal was navigable by shallow-draft craft before closing in 1991 because of the Gulf war
North America
6 entriesOceania
34 entriesSouth America
14 entriesFrench Guiana
3,300 km navigable by native craft
note: 460 km navigable by small oceangoing vessels and coastal and river steamers
Guyana
5,900 km (total length of navigable waterways)
note: Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km, respectively
Suriname
1,200 km
note: most important means of transport; oceangoing vessels with drafts ranging up to 7 m can navigate many of the principal waterways
Southeast Asia
19 entriesCambodia
3,700 km
note: navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 m or less; 282 km navigable to craft drawing as much as 1.8 m
Indonesia
21,579 km total
note: Sumatra 5,471 km, Java and Madura 820 km, Kalimantan 10,460 km, Sulawesi (Celebes) 241 km, Irian Jaya 4,587 km
Laos
4,587 km approximately
note: primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m
Thailand
4,000 km
note: 3,701 km are navigable throughout the year by boats with drafts up to 0.9 meters; numerous minor waterways serve shallow-draft native craft
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2002, “Waterways”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/waterways/2002.