| Rank | Country | km | Waterways |
18 | Finland | 7,842 | 7,842 km (includes Saimaa Canal system of 3,577 km; southern part leased from Russia; water transport is used frequently in the summer and is widely replaced with sledges on the ice in winter; there are 187,888 lakes in Finland that cover 31,500 km) (2010) |
19 | Germany | 7,467 | 7,467 km (Rhine River carries most goods; Main-Danube Canal links North Sea and Black Sea) (2010) |
20 | Malaysia | 7,200 | 7,200 km (Peninsular Malaysia 3,200 km; Sabah 1,500 km; Sarawak 2,500 km) (2011) |
21 | Venezuela | 7,100 | 7,100 km (the Orinoco River (400 km) and Lake de Maracaibo are navigable by oceangoing vessels) (2010) |
22 | Netherlands | 6,214 | 6,214 km (navigable for ships of 50 tons) (2010) |
23 | Iraq | 5,279 | 5,279 km (the Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,899 km), and Third River (565 km) are the principal waterways) (2010) |
24 | Laos | 4,600 | 4,600 km (primarily on the Mekong River and its tributaries; 2,900 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m) (2010) |
25 | Sudan | 4,068 | 4,068 km (1,723 km open year round on White and Blue Nile rivers) (2008) |
26 | Kazakhstan | 4,000 | 4,000 km (on the Ertis (Irtysh) River (80%) and Syr Darya (Syrdariya) River) (2010) |
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This page was last updated on 2 February, 2012 |
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