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Brazil Inland Waterways
Inland Waterways
River transport accounts for only a minor part of the movement of
goods. In 1988 total freight carried was 7.7 million tons, as compared
with 4.7 million tons in 1980. Brazil has 50,000 kilometers of inland
waterways. The three major river systems are the Amazon, the Paraná,
and the São Francisco. The Amazon is navigable for 3,680
kilometers to Iquitos, Peru. Oceangoing ships can reach as far as
Manaus, 1,600 kilometers upstream. There are plans to link the Amazon
and Upper Paraná. In addition, a 3,442-kilometer waterway
system is being created by extending the Tietê-Paraná
river network along the Paraguai and Paraná rivers as far
as Buenos Aires.
Data as of April 1997
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