| Canal | Place | Status | Oceans |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canal of the Pharaohs | Egypt | Used during late period to early Islamic period (In ruins) | Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea), Indian Ocean (Red Sea) |
| Suez Canal | Isthmus of Suez | Completed 1869 (In-operation) | Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea), Indian Ocean (Red Sea) |
| Palestine Canal | Israel and Palestine | Proposed | Atlantic Ocean (Mediterranean Sea), Indian Ocean (Red Sea) |
| Panama Canal | Isthmus of Panama | Completed 1914 (In-operation) | Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea), Pacific Ocean |
| Nicaragua Canal | Central America | Proposed | Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea), Pacific Ocean |
| Honduras Canal | Central America | Proposed | Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea), Pacific Ocean |
| Guatemala Canal | Central America | Proposed | Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea), Pacific Ocean |
| Mexico Canal | Isthmus of Tehuantepec | Proposed | Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Mexico), Pacific Ocean |
| Thai Canal (Kra Canal) | Malay Peninsula | Proposed | Indian Ocean (Andaman Sea), Pacific Ocean (Gulf of Thailand) |
| White Sea-Baltic Canal | Russia | Completed 1933 (In-operation) | Atlantic Ocean (Baltic Sea), Arctic Ocean (White Sea) |
| Canal | Place | Status | Endpoints |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Canal | Chinese subcontinent | Construction began 15th c. BC, 1st major section completed in 6th c. BC, 1st Grand Canal completed 6th c. CE (In-operation) | South China, North China Plain |
| Rhine-Main-Danube Canal | Europe | proposed by Charlemagne, After War WWII re-construction completed 1992 (In-operation) | North Sea, Black Sea |
| Saint Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes Waterway | Eastern North America | Completed 1959 (In-operation) | Great Lakes, Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Saint Lawrence) |
| Mississippi River System | Central United States | In-operation | Gulf of Mexico, Great Lakes |
| Intracoastal Waterway | East Coast and South Coast of North America | In-operation | Boston, Chesapeake, Florida, Brownsville |
| Unified Deep Water System of European Russia | Russia | In-operation | Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, White Sea |
| Eurasia Canal (Caspian Canal) | Caucasus | Proposed | Caspian Sea, Black Sea |
| Iranrud (Caspian Canal) | Iran | Proposed | Caspian Sea, Indian Ocean (Persian Gulf or Gulf of Oman) |
| Canal des Deux Mers | France | In-operation | Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean |
| Maritime Waterways | Note |
|---|---|
| Danish straits | Great Belt, Øresund |
| Turkish Straits | Bosphorus, Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles |
| Strait of Malacca |
| Inland Waterways | Through |
|---|---|
| St. Croix River | Canada, United States |
| Danube | Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine, Romania |
| Rhine | Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France, Netherlands |
| Mekong | China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Nile River | Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda |
| Lake Victoria | Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya |
| Congo River and its tributaries | Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic |
| Colorado River | US, Mexico |
| Great Lakes Waterway | US, Canada |
| Country | Waterways |
|---|---|
| Argentina | Rio de La Plata, Parana River |
| Australia | Murray River |
| Austria | Danube River |
| Azerbaijan | Caspian Sea |
| Belgium | Meuse River, Scheldt River |
| Bolivia | Lake Titicaca |
| Brazil | Amazon River, Parana River |
| Canada | Saint John (Woolastook) River, Northwest Passage, Saint Lawrence Seaway, Mackenzie River, St. Marys River and canal of Ontario, Detroit River, St. Clair River, Welland Canal, Lake St. Clair, Lake Superior, Saskatchewan River, Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay, Great Bear Lake, including Port Radium |
| Chile | Valdivia River, Bueno River (before 1960 Valdivia earthquake) |
| China | Amur River, Yalu River, Yangtze River, Yellow River |
| Egypt | Nile River, Lake Nasser, Suez Canal, Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba |
| France | Rhine River, Rhone River, Seine River, Meuse River |
| Germany | Rhine River, Main River, , Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, Danube River, Elbe River, Kiel Canal |
| India-Bangladesh | Brahmaputra river - Sadiya to Dhubri stretch (891 km), Ganges river - Prayagraj to Haldia stretch (1,620 km) |
| Iran | Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf |
| Netherlands | IJsselmeer, Meuse (Maas), Rhine River, Scheldt River, Waal River |
| Pakistan | Chenab River, Indus River |
| Paraguay | Paraná River, Paraguay River |
| Peru | Amazon River, Lake Titicaca |
| Philippines | San Bernardino Strait, Surigao Strait, Manila Bay |
| Romania | Danube River, Danube-Black Sea Canal |
| Russia | Volga-Baltic Waterway, White Sea - Baltic Canal, Amur River, Caspian Sea, Lake Baikal, Dnieper River, Don River, Lena River, Neva River, Ob River |
| Serbia | Danube River, Sava River |
| Slovakia | Danube River |
| Switzerland | Lake Constance, Lake Geneva, Rhine River |
| Turkey | Bosporus, Dardanelles, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea |
| Ukraine | Dnieper River |
| United Kingdom | River Severn, Thames River, Humber River |
| United States | Mississippi River System, Missouri River, Ohio River, St. Lawrence Seaway, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Chesapeake Bay, Columbia River, Delaware River, Detroit River, Erie Canal, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Hudson River, Lake Champlain, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Sacramento River, Savannah River, St. Clair River, St. Marys River and canal of Michigan, Tennessee River, Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway |
| Uruguay | Rio de la Plata, Uruguay River |
| Vietnam | Mekong River |