Understand that seaways often represent significant trade routes and geopolitical significance in the world.

Geographic Importance

Seaways are primarily used for commercial shipping and trade, rather than for personal or recreational boating.

Commercial Usage

Some seaways have historical and cultural significance, often being subjects in literature and local folklore.

Cultural Significance

 with only a very narrow seaway separating it from South America. As these plates continued to surf the Earth's magma layer far beneath the Pacific Ocean floor, the Caribbean Plate migrated eastward, and about 15 million years ago,