A
riverboat is a
watercraft designed for
inland navigation on
lakes,
rivers, and artificial
waterways. They are generally equipped and outfitted as work boats in one of the carrying trades, for freight or people transport, including luxury units constructed for entertainment enterprises, such as lake or harbour
tour boats. As larger water craft, virtually all riverboats are especially designed and constructed, or alternatively, constructed with special-purpose features that optimizes them as riverine or lake service craft, for instance,
dredgers, survey boats, fisheries management craft,
fireboats and law enforcement patrol craft.