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River Side Cities in India and the World


Rivers play an important role in the human civilization. Most of the ancient civilizations flourished near the rivers because of water availability for human consumption and fertile soil for agriculture. River side cities always play an important role in the economy of any country. For the development of any city, water is essential. Therefore, most of the major cities in the world are located on the river banks. So, let us know about the river side cities in India and the world that are located on the banks of the rivers.



River Side Cities in India

The following list shows river side cities in India


Sl. No. City River State / Union Territory
1 Srinagar Jhelum Jammu and Kashmir
2 Delhi Yamuna National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi
3 Kanpur Ganges Uttar Pradesh
4 Varanasi Ganges Uttar Pradesh
5 Prayagraj Ganges and Yamuna Uttar Pradesh
6 Agra Yamuna Uttar Pradesh
7 Lucknow Gomti Uttar Pradesh
8 Jaunpur Gomti Uttar Pradesh
9 Ayodhya Saryu Uttar Pradesh
10 Gorakhpur Rapti Uttar Pradesh
11 Kota Chambal Rajasthan
12 Guwahati Brahmaputra Assam
13 Kolkata Hooghly West Bengal
14 Bhagalpur Ganges Bihar
15 Patna Ganges Bihar
16 Gaya Phalgu or Niranjana Bihar
17 Ujjain Shipra Madhya Pradesh
18 Gwalior Chambal Madhya Pradesh
19 Jabalpur Narmada Madhya Pradesh
20 Ahmedabad Sabarmati Gujarat
21 Vadodara Vishwamitri Gujarat
22 Surat Tapi Gujarat
23 Cuttack Mahanadi Odisha
24 Nanded Godavari Maharashtra
25 Nashik Godavari Maharashtra
26 Pune Mula and Mutha Maharashtra
27 Malegaon Girna Maharashtra
28 Kolhapur Panchganga Maharashtra
29 Hyderabad Musi Telangana
30 Rajahmundry Godavari Andhra Pradesh
31 Vijayawada Krishna Andhra Pradesh
32 Nellore Penna Andhra Pradesh
33 Bangalore Vrishabhavathi Karnataka
34 Mangalore Netravati and Gurupura Karnataka
35 Chennai Cooum and Adyar Tamil Nadu
36 Coimbatore Noyyal Tamil Nadu
37 Madurai Vaigai Tamil Nadu
38 Thiruchirapalli Kaveri Tamil Nadu
39 Kottayam Meenachil Kerala



River Side Cities in the World

The following list shows river side cities in the World


Sl. No. City River Country
1 Tokyo Arakawa Japan
2 Seoul Han South Korea
3 Guangzhou Pearl China
4 Hong Kong Pearl China
5 Shanghai Yangtze China
6 Chongqing Yangtze China
7 Jakarta Ciliwung Indonesia
8 Bangkok Chao Phraya Thailand
9 Yangon Yangon and Bago Myanmar
10 Chittagong Karnaphuli Bangladesh
11 Karachi Indus Pakistan
12 Lahore Ravi Pakistan
13 Kabul Kabul Afghanistan
14 Bagdad Tigris Iraq
15 Basra Shatt-al-Arab Iraq
16 Damascus Barada Syria
17 Moscow Moskva Russia
18 Saint Petersburg Neva Russia
19 Volgograd Volga Russia
20 Warsaw Vistula Poland
21 Berlin Spree and Havel Germany
22 Cologne Rhine Germany
23 Bonn Rhine Germany
24 Hamburg Elbe Germany
25 Dresden Elbe Germany
26 Amsterdam Amstel Netherlands
27 Rotterdam Nieuwe Maas Netherlands
28 London Thames England
29 Bristol Avon England
30 Liverpool Mersey England
31 Dublin Liffey Ireland
32 Kiev Dnieper Ukraine
33 Prague Vltava Czech Republic
34 Budapest Danube Hungary
35 Vienna Danube Austria
36 Zurich Limmat Switzerland
37 Paris Seine France
38 Belgrade Danube and Sava Serbia
39 Rome Tiber Italy
40 Madrid Manzanares Spain
41 Lisbon Tagus Portugal
42 Cairo Nile Egypt
43 Alexandria Nile Egypt
44 Khartoum White Nile and Blue Nile Sudan
45 Quebec St. Lawrence Canada
46 Ottawa Ottawa Canada
47 Montreal St. Lawrence and Ottawa Canada
48 New York Hudson USA
49 Washington D.C. Potomac USA
50 Philadelphia Delaware and Schuylkill USA
51 St. Louis Mississippi USA
52 New Orleans Mississippi USA
53 Bogota Bogota Colombia
54 Manaus Rio Negro and Solimoes Brazil
55 Buenos Aires Rio de la Plata Argentina
56 Montevideo Rio de la Plata Uruguay
57 Perth Swan Australia
58 Adelaide Torrens Australia
59 Melbourne Yarra Australia
60 Sidney Parramatta Australia

Quiz

  1. Match the Cities and the Rivers on which they are located:

    1. Kanpur

    2. Jabalpur

    3. Vijayawada

    4. Kolkata


    1. Krishna

    2. Hooghly

    3. Narmada

    4. Ganges


    1. a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4

    2. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3

    3. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2

    4. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2

    Answer

    Ans: C


  2. Which one of the following cities is located on the bank of river Seine?

    1. Paris

    2. London

    3. New York

    4. Berlin

    Answer

    Ans: A