Towns were located on or near the coasts or navigable inland waterways. The inland waterways of the United States include more than of navigable waters. The Confederacy controlled no ports, harbors or navigable rivers. There are a number of rivers, canals and other navigable waterways in Kyoto. There are also beaches along many of the Gold Coast's of navigable tidal waterways. The country also has of navigable but not economically significant waterways. Bodies of water that are navigable are known as waterways. The Democratic Republic of Congo has thousands of kilometres of navigable waterways. All the above cities are on navigable or formerly navigable rivers or lakes. It is one of Michigan's few inland navigable rivers. Britain had over 1,000 miles of navigable rivers and streams by 1750. Thuringia is Germany's only state with no connection to navigable waterways. There was also a small amount of traffic carried along navigable rivers. They lived near waters navigable by canoes. The Yukon River is essentially navigable from Whitehorse to the Bering Sea.