Travelling on her waterway (5)

I believe the answer is:
rhone
'waterway' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both natural objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'travelling on her' is the wordplay.
'travelling' indicates anagramming the letters.
'on'+'her'='onher'
'onher' with letters rearranged gives 'RHONE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rhone that I've seen before include "River flowing from Alps to the French Med" , "River flowing through Lake Geneva" , "12 wine region" , "River at Avignon and Arles" , "River at Lyons" .)
