riverways
Natural flowing passages
Riverways are navigable water routes along rivers, used for transportation, commerce, or recreation.
The term emphasizes rivers as pathways or corridors rather than simply bodies of water, often appearing in contexts of shipping, trade routes, or scenic travel.
The city's economy depended on its riverways for transporting goods.
Riverways may also refer to designated recreational trails or parklands that follow river courses.
Small flowing watercourse
- creekNarrow natural watercourse
- streamSteady continuous flow
- runnelSmall flowing waterway
- rillVery small stream
burn · beck · arroyo · billabong · bayou · canal · backwater · slough
Stream entering larger river
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- channelPassage for transmission
headwaters · oxbow · meander · bend · gorge · ravine · floodplain · basin
Passage for transmission
- buoyTethered nautical signal
- lockMechanism requiring a key
- damWater-holding barrier
- ferryVessel for scheduled crossings
barge · kayak · canoe · raft · tugboat · portage · dredging · pilot
Water-saturated terrain
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- fisherySeafood harvesting enterprise
- aquaticWater-inhabiting
fauna · flora · conservation · mangrove · estuary · delta · endangered · invasive
Directed flow of charge
- streamflowRiver water's measured movement
- rapidsTurbulent river section
- torrentViolent rushing flow
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
eddy · turbulence · whirlpool · undercurrent · discharge · runoff · velocity · freshet
brook
Small flowing watercourse
rill · burn · beck · arroyo · billabong · bayou · canal · backwater · slough · inlet
tributary
Stream entering larger river
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
channel · headwaters · oxbow · meander · bend · gorge · ravine · floodplain · basin · watershed
channel
Passage for transmission
ferry · barge · kayak · canoe · raft · tugboat · portage · dredging · pilot · helmsman
wetlands
Water-saturated terrain
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- fisherySeafood harvesting enterprise
aquatic · fauna · flora · conservation · mangrove · estuary · delta · endangered · invasive · pollution
current
Directed flow of charge
- streamflowRiver water's measured movement
- rapidsTurbulent river section
- torrentViolent rushing flow
cascade · eddy · turbulence · whirlpool · undercurrent · discharge · runoff · velocity · freshet · spate
- WisconsinMadison, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Lambeau Field, cheese curds
- landscape connectivitywildlife corridors, connectivity, corridors, habitat fragmentation, dispersal
riverwaysroads
Paved paths for vehicles
highways · roadways · trails · overland routes · railways
riverwayssea lanes
Designated ocean passages
ocean routes · shipping lanes · open sea · high seas · maritime routes