General Knowledge / Miscellaneous GK / River Side Cities in India and the World
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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.
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 |
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 |