Inland Waterways
SNO. Waterway Location Extra Features
1 Rhine Flows through Ruhr river joins the Dusseldorf: rhine World’s most
Germany and Rhine from the port for this region heavily used
Netherlands east. It ows waterway.
through a rich coal Connects industrial
eld and the whole areas of
region has become Switzerland,
a prosperous germany, France
manufacturing unit Belgium and
Netherlands with
north atlantic sea
route.
2 Volga In Russia Most imp Russian Drains into Caspian Volga-moscow
waterway Sea. canal connects it
with Moscow and
Volga-don canal
connects it with the
black sea.
3 Danube Eastern Europe Danube river rises Chief export items: -
in the Black Forest wheat, maize,
timber and
machinery
4 Great Lakes- st North America Huron Erie and Ports on this route Large ocean-going
Lawrence seaway Ontario are like bu alo and vessels are able to
connected by Soo Duluth are navigate dee inside
canal and welland equipped with all the continent to
canal to form an facilities of ocean Montreal. But here
inland waterway ports. goods have to be
trans-shipped to
ambler vessels due
to the presence of
rapids.
5 Mississippi USA Mississippi-ohio Large steamers can -
waterways waterways go through this
connects interior route up to
parts of USA with Minneapolis.
gulf of Mexico.
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