Indian Towns on River Banks GK Notes in PDF
Rivers play an important role in the lives of the people of India. They provide potable water,
cheap transportation, electricity and livelihood for a large number of people all over the country.
Also, since the land near rivers is very fertile, it serves a number of agricultural purposes too. As
a result, almost all the major cities and towns of India are located by the banks of rivers. In
Geography, a bank generally refers to the land alongside a body of water. This article provides
you with a list of Indian Towns on River Banks. Since this is an important article, download it as
PDF and file it in your notes.
Almost all major rivers of India begin their journeys at one of the three main watersheds – The
Himalaya and Karakoram mountain ranges (Northern India); the Sahyadri or the Western
Ghats (Western India); or the Vindhya and Satpura mountain ranges (Central India). Most of
the major rivers of India end up joining the Bay of Bengal or the Arabian Sea.
Indian Towns on River Banks
India is a country of rivers and most Indian cities lie on the banks of some of the major rivers in
India. Further, these rivers have their own tributaries and distributaries. It is important that you
know about them because competitive exams like SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, RRB,
etc. often ask questions related to rivers and their banks.
Towns
Agra
Ahmedabad
Allahabad
Ayodhya
Badrinath
Bareilly
Cuttack
Delhi
Dibrugarh
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River bank
Yamuna
Sabarmati
Confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna
Saryu
Alakananda
Ram Ganga
Mahanadi
Yamuna
Brahmaputra
Ferozpur
Guwahati
Haridwar
Hyderabad
Jabalpur
Jamshedpur
Jaunpur
Kanpur
Kolkata
Kota
Kurnool
Lucknow
Ludhiana
Mathura
Nasik
Panaji
Patna
Sambalpur
Srinagar
Srirangapatna
Surat
Tiruchirappalli
Ujjain
Varanasi
Vijayvada
Sutlej
Brahmaputra
Ganga
Musi
Narmada
Subarnarekha
Gomti
Ganga
Hooghly
Chambal
Tungabhadra
Gomti
Sutlej
Yamuna
Godavari
Mandavi
Ganga
Mahanadi
Jhelum
Cauvery
Tapti
Cauvery
Shipra
Ganga
Krishna
We hope that this article on Indian Towns on River Banks was helpful. Try to locate these rivers
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