Answer» - Oceans, rivers, lakes and canals are some of the waterways on which ships, boats, ferries, hovercrafts, etc. move and transport goods and people.
- The goods may be transported through sea and then land and again to another part of sea in places where the sea is not present on a continuous stretch. Hovercrafts have a giant high speed fan and a balloon like structure at the bottom in which air is filled to move them. Canals are constructed across rivers and dams which serve as means of transport.
- Trade and commerce between countries is mainly done through waterways.
- Even though waterways is a slow means of transport it is widely used because of its ability to carry a variety of goods of any size and form at a much lower cost than airways.
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