Portages

Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. It has a population of

Volokolamsk () is a town and the administrative center of Volokolamsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Gorodenka River, not far from its confluence with the Lama River, northwest of Moscow. Population: 25,729 (2024 Estimate);

town in Vyshnevolotsky District, Tver Oblast, Russia

shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Ocean

medieval trade route between Scandinavia and the Byzantine Empire

municipality in Rivas Department, Nicaragua

The Kasplya (Belarusian and ) is a river in Smolensky, Demidovsky, and Rudnyansky Districts of Smolensk Oblast of Russia and in Vitebsk Region of northern Belarus. It is a major left-bank tributary of the Daugava. Of its total length of , the first are in Russia, and the rest in Belarus. It joins the Daugava in the urban-type settlement of Surazh. The town of Demidov is situated on the Kasplya.

thumb|upright=1.2|The Isthmus of Corinth|Isthmus with the Canal of Corinth close to where the diolkos ran. thumb|upright=1.2|Strategic position of the Isthmus of Corinth between two seas.

railway line across Panama linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

settlement on the mainland of the Shetland Islands in Scotland

thumb|Archaeological artefacts from Gnezdovo kurgans thumb|Amphora with Cyrillic inscription thumb|Byzantine coins and Scandinavian jewellery from Gnezdovo Gnezdovo or Gnyozdovo () is an archeological site located near the village of Gnyozdovo in Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast, Russia. The site contains extensive remains of a Slavic-Varangian settlement that flourished in the 10th century as a major trade station on the trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks.

system of boxes to rise a ship in the water

thumb|right|Portaging a tandem Prospector canoe in Algonquin Park thumb|Canoe rest along a portage trail Portage or portaging (CA: ; ) is the practice of carrying water craft or cargo over land, either around an obstacle in a river, or between two bodies of water. A path where items are regularly carried between bodies of water is also called a portage. The term comes from French, where means "to carry", as in "portable".

isthmus in Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK

Ancient Russian trade and military route

human settlement in Yaksha, Troitsko-Pechorsky District, Komi Republic, Russia