inland waterway
Navigable interior passage
An inland waterway is a navigable body of water—river, canal, or lake—located within a landmass rather than along the coast.
These routes are used for transportation, shipping, and recreation: The barge traveled the inland waterway system from Pittsburgh to New Orleans.
The term often refers to interconnected networks of channels maintained for commercial traffic.
- shipping routeMaritime freight pathway
- channelPassage for transmission
- lock systemChambers controlling water levels
- streamSteady continuous flow
- bayouMarshy, slow-moving waterway
estuary · dredger · watershed · tributary · barge · tow line · towpath · intercoastal · port · river · tourism site · creek · lock gate · levee · wetland · recreational boating · pleasure craft · dockyard
- routesroad, path, route, highway, freeway
- waterwaysriver, rivers, canal, canals, stream
- barge transportbarge, towboat, tugboat, cargo, freight
- canal termscanal, Panama Canal, Suez Canal, Erie Canal, lock
- river navigationriver traffic, lock gate, river barge, river locks, river depth
- shippingshipping, cargo ships, container ships, freight, package
inland waterwaysea route
Navigable ocean pathway
open sea · high seas · offshore waters · ocean · sea lane
inland waterwayoverland route
Path traversing terrain, not water
railway · highway · road freight · rail line · trucking route