List of East Indian Cities on River Banks
| City | River | State |
| Asansol | Barakar | West Bengal |
| Bardhaman | Ajay | West Bengal |
| Bhubaneshwar | Daya | Odisha |
| Cuttack | Mahanadi | Odisha |
| Darjeeling | Teesta | West Bengal |
| Dhanbad | Damodar | Jharkhand |
| Dibrugarh | Brahmaputra | Assam |
| Guwahati | Brahmaputra | Assam |
| Haldia | Hooghly | West Bengal |
| Howrah | Hooghly | West Bengal |
| Jorhat | Brahmaputra | Assam |
| Kharagpur | Rasulpur | West Bengal |
| Kolkata | Hooghly | West Bengal |
| Puri | Kushabhadra, Daya, Bhargavi, Kadua, Prachi, Devi | West Bengal |
| Ranchi | Subarnrekha | Jharkhand |
| Sivasagar | Dikhow | Assam |
List of West Indian Cities on River Banks
| City | River | State |
| Ahmedabad | Sabarmati | Gujarat |
| Ajmer | Luni | Rajasthan |
| Bharatpur | Gambhir and Banganga | Rajasthan |
| Bharuch | Narmada | Gujarat |
| Bhusawal | Tapti | Maharashtra |
| Dhule | Panjhra | Maharashtra |
| Indore | Khan and Saraswati | Madhya Pradesh |
| Itarsi | Narmada | Madhya Pradesh |
| Jalgaon | Tapti | Maharashtra |
| Mumbai | Mithi | Maharashtra |
| Nashik | Godavari | Maharashtra |
| Neemuch | Chambal | Madhya Pradesh |
| Porbandar | Tons | Gujarat |
| Pune | Mutha | Maharashtra |
| Rajkot | Aji and Nyari | Gujarat |
| Surat | Tapti | Gujarat |
| Vadodara | Vishwamitri | Gujarat |
List of South Indian Cities on River Banks
| City | River | State |
| Adilabad | Godavari | Telangana |
| Chennai | Coovum | Tamil Nadu |
| Coimbatore | Noyyal | Tamil Nadu |
| Hyderabad | Musi | Telangana |
| Idukki | Periyar | Kerala |
| Kakinada | Godavari | Andhra Pradesh |
| Kanchipuram | Vegavathy | Tamil Nadu |
| Kanyakumari | Pazhayar | Tamil Nadu |
| Kochi | Periyar | Kerala |
| Kottayam | Meenachil | Kerala |
| Madurai | Vaigai | Tamil Nadu |
| Mangalore | Netravati | Karnataka |
| Mysore | Kapila (Kabini) | Karnataka |
| Nellore | Penner | Andhra Pradesh |
| Palakkad | Bharathappuzha | Kerala |
| Puducherry | Sankarparani | Union Territory |
| Rajahmundry | Godavari | Andhra Pradesh |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Karamana | Kerala |
| Vellore | Palar | Tamil Nadu |
| Wayanad | Mananthavady Puzha | Kerala |
| Yanam | Godavari | UT of Puducherry |