| An advanced Mesoamerican civilization of temples, pyramids, ball courts and paved roads sprouted and grew not near a seaport or on a riverway, but deep inland at jungle oases. |
| The lower St. Croix was designated a national scenic riverway by the U. S. Department of the Interior. |
| Manhattan was a line of constellations, the riverway a gulf of darkness in which were scattered stars. |
| Barge traffic on the country's most important commercial riverway is completely paralysed. |
