Indian Towns on River Banks

Rivers play an important role in our lives directly or indirectly. They provide us with
potable water, mode of transportation, electricity and livelihood. Also, the lands near
rivers are fertile and serves a number of agricultural purposes. As a result, most of all
the major cities and towns of India are located on the banks of rivers. A bank generally
refers to a land alongside a water body. In this article we are providing you with a List
of Indian Towns on River Banks.

Almost all major rivers of India begin their journeys from one of the 3 main
watersheds –

 The Himalaya and Karakoram mountain ranges (Northern India)

 The Sahyadri or the Western Ghats (Western India)
 The Vindhya and Satpura mountain ranges (Central India)

India is a country of rivers and most Indian cities lie on the banks of some of the major
rivers. Most of the major rivers of India end up joining the Bay of Bengal or the Arabian
Sea. India is a country of rivers and most Indian cities lie on the banks of some of the
major rivers in India.

Towns River bank

Agra Yamuna
Ahmedabad Sabarmati
Allahabad Confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna
Ayodhya Saryu
Badrinath Alakananda
Bareilly Ram Ganga

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 Cuttack Mahanadi
Delhi Yamuna
Dibrugarh Brahmaputra
Ferozpur Sutlej
Guwahati Brahmaputra
Haridwar Ganga
Hyderabad Musi
Jabalpur Narmada
Jamshedpur Subarnarekha
Jaunpur Gomti
Kanpur Ganga
Kolkata Hooghly
Kota Chambal
Kurnool Tungabhadra
Lucknow Gomti
Ludhiana Sutlej
Mathura Yamuna
Nasik Godavari
Panaji Mandavi
Patna Ganga
Sambalpur Mahanadi
Srinagar Jhelum
Srirangapatna Cauvery
Surat Tapi
Tiruchirappalli Cauvery
Ujjain Shipra
Varanasi Ganga
Vijayvada Krishna
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