| GANGA | National Waterway 1 of India traverses the ___, Bhagirathi, and Hooghly river systems |
| GANGES | Major river of northern India and central Bangladesh formed by the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda (6) |
| PADMA | In eastern India, the Ganges splits into the ____ and Hooghly |
| MATOGROSSO | High plateau of Brazil that forms the watershed separating the Amazon and Plata river systems (4,6) |
| LDRIVER | Novice on road emptied load by waterway (1-6) |
| GRANDCANAL | National waterway? Yes, indeed! (5,5) |
| ELLESMEREPORT | Cheshire town, home of the National Waterways Museum |
| CALCUTTA | Former name for the capital of West Bengal state, on the Hooghly River (8) |
| HOME | Source of the "package" that traverses the grid via the starred answers |
| TOURDIVIDE | Ultra-distance biking race that takes place annually and traverses the length of the Rockies: 2 wds. |
| AMSTEL | Dutch river which traverses the capital city along with a series of canals |
| OKAVANGO | Fourth-longest river system of southern Africa, rising as the Cubango in central Angola and forming part of the national border with Namibia (8) |
| KOLKATA | Indian city on the Hooghly River (7) |
| YENISEI | Siberian river rising in Mongolia which is the largest river system flowing to the Arctic Ocean (7) |
| ERIE | Canal that traverses the Empire State |
| TRAMPS | Like MP's art traverses the country (6) |
| INVENTEDSOURCES | My paper on 'Structure of the Amazon River System' was rejected for containing... |
| STLAWRENCE | River system that includes the Great Lakes of North America (2,8) |
| CROSSBAR | Part of the goal is to traverse the pub |
| ORINOCO | The third largest river system in South America (7) |
