Internal waterway goes through rivers and lakes located in continental or terrestrial areas. The rivers or lakes with sufficient water, are suitable for this purpose. 

The major waterways of the world are:

1. Internal Waterways of Europe: The low – lying Volga river falling in the north flowing Rhine, Seine and Poe rivers, South flowing Danube, Don, Dniester and Dniester rivers and Caspian Sea are used for internal water transport.

2. Internal Waterways of North America: Besides the Great Lakes located between USA and Canada, Superior, Michigan, Huron and Erie lakes, and rivers Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio are used as internal waterways along with Saskatchewan, Mackenzie and Ottawa rivers in Canada.

3. Internal Waterways of Asia: In China rivers Hwang-Ho and Yang-tse, in south east Asia rivers like Ganga, Erawadi, Minam, Sikyang are used as internal waterways.

4. Internal Waterways of South America: Besides the large river Amazon in North Brazil and its Tributaries, Parana, Paraguay and Plata rivers also help in water transportation.

5. Internal Waterways of Africa: Big rivers like Nile, Congo, Niger are used in inland waterways Navigation in Africa.

6. In Australia, from the mouth of Murray and Darling rivers upto 1500 km interior, help in water transport.