waterway

[ waw-ter-wey, wot-er- ]

/ ˈwɔ tərˌweɪ, ˈwɒt ər- /

a river, canal, or other body of water serving as a route or way of travel or transport.

Shipbuilding. (in a steel or iron vessel) a depressed gutter at the edge of the deck inside the bulwarks, used especially when the decking is wooden.

a channel for vessels, as a fairway in a harbor.

Origin of waterway

before 950; Middle English; Old English wæterweg. See water, way¹

In the 1880s, the body of an unknown young woman was found floating in the Paris waterway.

Brooklyn’s Museum of Death: Inside Morbid Anatomy’s House of Intriguing Horrors |Nina Strochlic |July 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Sewage running from their base has long polluted the waterway, but the authorities never paid attention.

United Nations Still Denies its Troops Brought Cholera to Haiti |Jonathan M. Katz |April 4, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
During the siege of Haarlem by the Spanish, Amsterdam depended upon its waterway for food supplies.

Old Continental Towns |Walter M. Gallichan
Vessels were passing to and fro, though in some parts of the waterway much finishing work remained to be done.

The Moving Picture Boys at Panama |Victor Appleton

The waterway I intended to use was the river which in its upper course is called the Yarkand, and in its lower the Tarim.

From Pole to Pole |Sven Anders Hedin
The waterway from Mandalay to the sea was under our control.

The Pacification of Burma |Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite
In years gone by the importance of this waterway was enormous.

My Native Land |James Cox

waterway

/ (ˈwɔːtəˌweɪ) /

a river, canal, or other navigable channel used as a means of travel or transport