This article is a collection of lists of natural (

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the ...

estuaries An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environme ...

, and straits) and artificial (

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including control ...

canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface fl ...

s and locks)

waterway A waterway is any navigable body of water. Broad distinctions are useful to avoid ambiguity, and disambiguation will be of varying importance depending on the nuance of the equivalent word in other languages. A first distinction is necessary ...

Waterways lists

Natural waterways

List of estuaries in England The following is a list of estuaries in England: * Adur Estuary * Alnmouth Estuary * Alt Estuary * Arun Estuary * Avon Estuary * Axe Estuary * Beaulieu River * Blackwater Estuary * Blue Anchor Bay * Blyth Estuary * Breydon Water * B ...

List of straits in the United States These are the straits of the United States. * Agate Pass in Puget Sound * Arthur Kill separates Staten Island and New Jersey * Carquinez Strait connects San Pablo Bay and Suisun Bay in California * Chatham Strait between Chichagof Island a ...

List of watercourses in Western Australia Western Australia has many watercourses with gazetted names, including rivers, streams, brooks, creeks, gullies, anabranches and backwaters. This lis is complete with respect to the 1996 Gazetteer of Australia.Gazetteer of Australia (1996). ...

List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area These watercourses (rivers, creeks, sloughs, etc.) in the San Francisco Bay Area are grouped according to the bodies of water they flow into. Tributaries are listed under the watercourses they feed, sorted by the elevation of the confluence so tha ...

Artificial waterways

Canals

* List of canals in Australia * List of canals in Belgium *

List of canals in France This is a list of the navigable canals and rivers in France. For reference purposes, all waterways are listed, including many that have been abandoned for navigation, mostly in the period 1925-1955, but some in later years. Although several source ...

* List of canals in Canada *

List of canals in Germany This is a list of navigable canals that are at least partially located in Germany. The canals are listed here in alphabetic order of the name (without generic). Currently navigable canals Formerly navigable canals Incomplete navigabl ...

* List of canals in Ireland *

List of canals in Pakistan Pakistan has one of the largest man-made canal systems in the world providing irrigation facilities to 48 million acres. Canal network of Pakistan consists of Main Canals, Branch Canals, Link Canals, Major distributaries, Minor distributaries, and ...

* List of canals in Switzerland * List of canals of the United Kingdom *

List of canals in the United States The following is a list of canals in the United States: Transportation canals in operation This list includes active canals and artificial waterways that are maintained for use by boats. While some abandoned canals and drainage canals have stret ...

** List of canals in Massachusetts **

List of canals in New York This is a list of canals in the state of New York, the artificial waterways built for drainage management or transportation. List The following canals have existed in New York, United States. *Baldwinsville Canal *Black River Canal * Cayuga and ...

** List of canals in Oregon ** List of canals in Texas * List of Martian canals * List of aqueducts *

List of interoceanic canals The following is a list of interoceanic canals, that is, '' canals'' or ''canal proposals'', which form waterways for traffic to connect one ocean to another. List See also * List of transcontinental canals * Lists of canals This articl ...

* List of transcontinental canals

Others

Lists of reservoirs and dams The following is a list of reservoirs and dams, arranged by continent and country. Africa Algeria # Djorf Torba Dam # Keddara Dam # Koudiat Acerdoune Dam # Meraldene Dam # boughrara Dam # Beni Bahdel Dam # Mafrouch Dam # Sika ...

List of locks and dams of the Ohio River This is a list of locks and dams of the Ohio River, which begins at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at The Point in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and ends at the confluence of the Ohio River and the Mississippi River, in Cair ...

List of locks and dams of the Upper Mississippi River This is a list of current and former locks and dams of the Upper Mississippi River which ends at the Mississippi River's confluence with the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois. Locks and dams Expansion proposals for upper Mississippi locks The A ...

List of canal locks in the United Kingdom This is a selective list of canal locks in the United Kingdom which have unique features or are notable in some other way. This list is not comprehensive. Gallery Image:Bingley Five Rise Locks 1.JPG, Bingley Five Rise Image:Bow Locks low tid ...

Organizations about waterways

List of navigation authorities in the United Kingdom This List of navigation authorities in the United Kingdom is a list of links to any navigation authority in the United Kingdom, relating to any navigable waterway, aqueduct, canal, navigation, river or port. These include: * narrow canals, ...

* List of navigation authorities in the United States *

List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom This List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom is a list of links to waterway societies, charities, trusts, associations, clubs and other non-governmental waterway organisations, concerned with the restoration, regeneration and use ...