note: 47% of total route length is usable by craft of 1,000 metric
ton capacity or larger

Netherlands Antilles:
none

New Caledonia:
none

New Zealand:
1,609 km

note: of little importance in satisfying total transportation
requirements

Nicaragua:
2,220 km (including 2 large lakes)

Niger:
300 km

note: the Niger River is navigable from Niamey to Gaya on the Benin
frontier from mid-December through March

Nigeria:
8,575 km

note: consisting of the Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers
and creeks