Transport

Water transport is one of the cheapest means of transport.It is most suitable for transporting heavy and buldy goods.

Passanger ships carry people.Cargo ships transport goods.Petroleum,Oil,ets.are carried by tanker ships.

India has a long coastline.There are 11 major and over 140 minor ports along this coastline.More than 15000 ships come to these ports every year.Mumbai is the largest port.

Water ways are 2 types:-
Inland waterways and Oceanic transport.

a)The Ganges and the Brahmaputra river systems are the potential sources of inland water navigation in the country.

b)Posts,telegraph,telephone,wireless,fax and electronic mail provide the network of communications in the country.

Major Sources of Waterways in the country:-

1.The Ganga and the Brahmaputra rivers and their tributaries in the north,
2.The lower courses of the Mahanandi,the Krishna and the Godavari on the east coast,
3.The Narmada,the Tapati,the Zuari,the Mandavi and the creaks of the other rivers on the west coast,
4.The backwaters and lagoons in Kerala and
5.The Buckingham Canal between Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

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