Definition: This entry gives the total length of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
See also: Waterways mapRelated News
Water Country seeks to break Guinness World Record
Seacoast Online - 5/22/2013 5:55:44 AM
PORTSMOUTH — Water Country will join forces with the nation's top water safety and training organizations next month to present the World's Largest Swimming Lesson. The goal is to build awareness about the importance of teaching children to ...
Ban Ki-Moon World Water: UN Secretary-General Claims Fresh Water Will Run Out
isciencetimes.com - 5/23/2013 5:07:26 PM
according to National Geographic. Some regions of our planet have abundant supplies of freshwater, while others are plagued by drought and pollution. "In much of the developing world, clean water is either hard to come by or a commodity that ...
Pollution risks worse for developing world women
United Press International - 5/21/2013 10:28:56 AM
"They were harvesting cassava root even though they were surrounded by oil puddles," says Vorhees, a Boston-based environmental scientist who spent part of 2011 studying the effects of ... annual deaths from air pollution stem from indoor ...
U.S. Strategy on Water, Development a “Major Advance”
ipsnews.net - 5/22/2013 12:40:47 AM
“For many years in development work, water, sanitation and hygiene have been a bit forgotten. Instead, significant focus has been placed on education, maternal health and nutrition, overlooking the fact that water and sanitation are foundational building ...
World Bank Supports Irrigation Systems Enhancement in Armenia
newswit.com - 5/23/2013 2:34:07 AM
"The Bank's support to agriculture in Armenia has continued for the last two decades through improved infrastructure and participatory irrigation practices," says Jean-Michel Happi, World Bank Country Manager ... Risk Management Pack for banks ...
UN urges collective efforts to achieve ‘water secure world’ on Day for Biological Diversity
ReliefWeb - 5/22/2013 7:53:16 PM
“We live in an increasingly water insecure world where demand often outstrips supply and where water quality often fails to meet minimum standards. Under current trends, future demands ... coasts and marine zones – that play a substantial ...
Cross Country Creek
Disney - 5/23/2013 7:49:05 AM
Guest of all ages can grab an inner tube at any of the 7 landings along the 3,000-foot-long route and melt into mellowness on this continuous, flowing river that winds its way around all of Disney’s Blizzard Beach. Float gently down the stream with your ...
German Beer Purity Threatened by Fracking Say Brewers
Bloomberg - 5/23/2013 11:59:38 AM
“And that it threatens our absolutely pure beer.” The association has sent a letter voicing ... Europe won’t make the region self-sufficient in natural gas, a 2012 study by the EU Joint Research Centre said. Germany’s brewers point ...
Swimmer Cullen Jones on the Road for Water Safety
ABC News - 5/22/2013 3:21:15 PM
"We found through our research that fear is a big factor. Especially from a cultural perspective, if you've been brought up to fear the water you teach that to your kids." Jones said he has seen it up close and noted a University of Memphis ...
World Biodiversity Day: It's time for celebration
Times of India - 5/22/2013 9:37:39 AM
Neither Biodiversity nor any other living thing on this planet of ours can survive without its guidance/assistance ... These types of unique ideas really just make my day as I read and witness what is going on to promote about my causes and ...
Finding Water and More: American Society of Dowsers Hosts 53rd Annual Convention
pressreleasecentre.com - 5/23/2013 6:26:10 PM
The American Society of Dowsers is excited to present the 53rd National Convention June 5-10, 2013 at Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont. Dowsers and curious people from across the country and around the world will meet for a week of dowsing ...
World Turtle Day: Time To Celebrate, Raise Awareness About Shelled Reptiles (PHOTOS)
The Huffington Post - 5/23/2013 4:24:29 PM
May 23 is World Turtle Day, an annual event created to celebrate and increase awareness of turtle species around the world. “Turtles are not as popular as cats and dogs, so interest, awareness and understanding is pretty slim,” says Susan ...
What are businesses doing for World Water Day?
Mother Nature Network - 5/19/2013 11:53:02 PM
$450,000 grant to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The grant will fund a multi-objective water stewardship program focused on preserving Taihu Lake in China. Taihu Lake is the third largest freshwater lake in the country and is a primary water source for ...
Control the rivers, control the world
Times-News - 5/19/2013 7:53:50 AM
But with 20 percent of the world’s population and only seven percent of its fresh water, China is stretched thin ... Turkey and the downstream countries along the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers; and even the states upstream and downstream along the Colorado ...
Water to become the main focus in 2013′s International Biodiversity Day
Spy Ghana - 5/22/2013 9:44:48 AM
This year’s theme speaks to the important role of biodiversity and ecosystems in providing for water security ... 2012 – Marine Biodiversity, 2011 – Forest Biodiversity, 2010 – Biodiversity, Development and Poverty Alleviation, 2009 – Invasive ...
