The document discusses the uses of waterways including recreation, tourism, commercial and industrial transport, and some illegal uses. It notes that waterways allow for the transport of large goods in containers or warehouses at lower costs than land or air transport. Specialized ships are used to transport oil platforms and rescue other vessels. Some illegal uses mentioned are piracy, human trafficking, and excessive fishing.

1. THE WATERWAY

2. 1. RECREATION Sports -surf -diving -sailing

3. 1. recreation Turism -cruises -beach -water parks

4. 2. Comercial & Industrial · The transport of big quantities of goods isn't possible by land or air because of their size and cost, these transports are taken by special ships which can carry tons of merchandise already be in containers or warehouses.

5. 2. Comercial & Industrial ·Maritime channels as Panama channel or Suez make cheaper the costs of transport: -They reduce the fuel consumption. -They shorten the time to get to other point.

6. 2. Comercial & Industrial To move super-structures as oil platforms which are constructed so far from them final emplacement, or even to rescue other ships, there are very specialized.

7. 3. ILLEGAL USES a. Piracy b. Human Contraband c. Excessive Fishing

8. 3. usos ilegal a. Piracy Mercenary boats attack and loot ships along Spanish coasts. They produce a big economic, material and even human loss.

9. 3. illegal uses b. Human Contraband. mafia and traffickers do human contraband. They sell them a place in a motor boat (patera) to go to a better place, but at sea many of them die and the mafia has got their money. Orwhen they arrive to the coast are taken to do forced labour.

10. 3. illegal uses c. Excessive Fishing Nowadays the Spanish coasts have the 40% of the world's fishing farms. This encourages illegal fishing. Besides, this increases the demand for coastal land for fishing farms, which also causes the pollution of Spanish coasts.

11. 4. ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES Advantages: -lower pay -more ware -more ecological -more safety Disadvantages: -slower -piracy -marine nature alteration

12. by: Carlos García Alejandro Rochette Natalia Reyzabal Leire Gambra