water transport
Boats and ferries
Water transport is the movement of people or goods by boat, ship, or other watercraft across oceans, rivers, lakes, and canals.
The term covers everything from container shipping to ferry services to recreational boating.
In biology, water transport refers to how plants move water from roots to leaves through their vascular system.
- canalDug water passage
- inland waterwayNavigable route through land
- boatWatercraft for travel
- portDocking place for ships
- port of callScheduled ship stopover
ship · open sea · delta · freight · containerization · sextant · lock · maritime law · life jacket · anchor down · ferry · barge · compass · shipping lane · dry dock · lighthouse · cargo vessel · stevedore
- water systemsirrigation ditches, irrigation, pipes, tanks, wells
- Lake VictoriaLake Victoria, Entebbe, tilapia, cichlids, fishing industry
- plant physiologyphotosynthesis, transpiration, germination, stomata, respiration
- Biological Transportdiffusion, osmosis, carrier proteins, endocytosis, exocytosis
- Volta Rivertributaries
- transportationcar, bus, airplane, train, plane
medium of travel
water transportground transportation
Non-flying travel methods
road transport · rail transport · air transport · trucking · air freight