Give geographical reasons:

The waterways are not developed in Brazil.

Brazil has the potential to be the country using waterways as an important means of transportation. Sea transportation is mostly used in Brazil, and the inland river transportation is not highly utilised. Inland river transportation network is only 13% of the total transportation network of Brazil. The waterways are not highly developed especially in the interior regions because of the occurrence of many waterfalls and the difficulty in navigation in these areas having strong currents. Also, these areas are far from the other major centers making its development highly uneconomical.