Aarau is situated on the Swiss plateau, in the valley of the Aar, on the river's right bank, and at the southern foot of the Jura mountains, and is west of Zurich.

Outposts of the Indus Valley civilization were excavated as far west as Sutkagan Dor in Baluchistan, as far north as at Shortugai on the Amu Darya ( the river's ancient name was Oxus ) in current Afghanistan, as far east as at Alamgirpur, Uttar Pradesh, India and as far south as at Malwan, Surat Dist., India.

The river's basin extends from the eastern portion of Extremadura to the southern provinces of the Algarve ; the river and its tributaries flow from east to west, then south to the border towns of Vila Real de Santo António ( Portugal ) and Ayamonte ( Spain ), where it flows into the Gulf of Cádiz.

After this attack, the Roman emperor Domitian personally arrived in Moesia and reorganized it in 87 AD into two provinces, divided by the river Cebrus ( Ciabrus ): to the west Moesia Superior-Upper Moesia, ( meaning up river ) and to the east Moesia Inferior-Lower Moesia ( also called Ripa Thracia ), ( from the Danube river's mouth and then upstream ).

The headwaters of the Wolf River meander and braid their way north and west across northern Benton County from Baker's Pond, the river's source spring ( highest origin of continuous flow ) in the Holly Springs National Forest approximately one mile southwest of where U. S. Highway 72 passes into Tippah County, Mississippi.

Interstate 91 passes from south to north through the central part of town, crossing the Deerfield River near the river's southern bend to the west.

Shamokin Dam sits on the western bank of the Susquehanna River just south of the confluence of the river's west and north

It is situated near the river's west bank directly opposite the Hayward Hill slide area and Clark Flats, near the southeastern approach to the Yakima River canyon at the foot of Thorp Prairie.

Aircraft using the approach can be observed from various parks on the river's west bank.

Today there are two principal channels that the Nile takes through the river's delta: one in the west at Rashid and one in the east at Damietta.

The river's three main tributaries are the North, Middle, and South Forks, which drain the west side of the Cascade Mountains near the town of North Bend and join near the town of Snoqualmie just above the Snoqualmie Falls.

The river's total fall is ( from the confluence of its east and west branches ).

Located on the Right Bank of the Seine ( despite being geographically west on the Left Bank as a result of the river's curvature ), Mirabeau station lies within the 16th arrondissement of Paris, a largely residential and upscale area in the western section of the city.

The river's tributaries also provided access to the Venezuelan and New Granadan Llanos to the west, especially those in Casanare, where refugees from Morillo's troops had organized themselves under Francisco de Paula Santander.

The route description below follows the river's flow from west to east.

Now a completely tolled highway, the Thruway heads northward, roughly paralleling the Hudson River to the river's west as it serves the city of Newburgh, the village of New Paltz, and the city of Kingston, indirectly connecting to the short I-587 in the latter.

To the west of Newmilns, local residents have sighted kingfishers along the riverbank which although elusive, are a popular aspect of the river's biodiversity.

The river's main stem begins at the confluence of its east and west forks near Cave Junction in southern Josephine County.

The channelization followed the river's route and cut through the west side of Pocatello, and drastically altering the natural river processes.

It begins south of San Ardo, framed by the central inner California Coast Ranges, continues northwestward continuously defined on the west by the Santa Lucia Range, to its end and the river's mouth at the Monterey Bay.

The river's course forms a large arc through central Illinois, first flowing east into Champaign County, Illinois, south through Mahomet, then west through Monticello and Decatur, then turning northwest to flow along the north side of Springfield.

However, Bristol was at the southern edge of glaciation during the last ice age, and it has been suggested that ice blocked the river's natural route through Ashton Vale to the west.

Hondarribia (" sand ford " in Basque, also known by its Spanish name Fuenterrabía or the French one, Fontarrabie ) is a town situated on the west shore of Bidasoa river's mouth, in Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain.

In 1805, the first official party of Americans to arrive on the west coast of North America, the fabled expedition of Lewis and Clark, came down the Columbia River to the river's mouth on the border between today's Oregon and Washington.

In their memory, a bronze sculpture of a raftsman ( Splavar ), created in 1961 by Boris Kalin, stands on the river's left bank in Celje.

Joined to it, on the river's north bank near the town centre, is the Canal d ' Orléans, which connects to the Canal du Loing and the Canal de Briare at Buges near Montargis.

That river's spirits reject it too, and the body is driven east into " Losania ", where it is plunged in the bay of the lake near Lucerne, near Mont Pilatus – originally Mons Pileatus or " cloud-capped ", as John Ruskin pointed out in Modern Painters — whence the uncorrupting corpse rises every Good Friday to sit on the bank and wash unavailing hands.

On March 13, the fleet sailed up the Neuse River, anchored at Slocum Creek, and disembarked infantry on the river's south bank.

The city is situated in a bottomland along the northeast bank of the Cumberland River, a few miles upstream from the river's confluence with the Harpeth River.

The town is situated along the northern bank of the Douglas Lake impoundment of the French Broad River, approximately upstream from the river's confluence with the Holston River and Tennessee River at Knoxville, and approximately upstream from Douglas Dam.

Named after the nearby Jordan River, the limits of the city begin on the river's western bank and end in the eastern foothills of the Oquirrh Mountains, where Kennecott Copper Mine, the world's largest man-made excavation is located.

The river's course turns north easterly, passing the town of Wellingborough on its north bank and the village of Little Irchester to the south.

The line of the river to the east of Guthram appears to have originated as a sea bank but when sedimentation and fen enclosure caused the sea no longer to reach it, the river was led away along the bank so that the sea bank became one of river's banks instead.

Running along the Russian southern bank of the river were precipitous cliffs, high, continuing inland from the river's mouth for almost two miles ( 3 km ) where they met a less steep, but equally high hill known as Telegraph Hill across the river from the village of Bourliouk.

To protect their interests north of the Columbia River, they sought to set up a headquarters somewhere along the northern bank that would secure the area and act as the hub for their fur trading in the Pacific Northwest ; replacing Fort George ( Fort Astoria ) in that capacity as it was on the river's south bank and not as convenient to the inland trade.

Brown trout were first introduced to Australia by the efforts of Edward Wilson's Acclimatisation Society of Victoria with the aim to " provide for manly sport which will lead Australian youth to seek recreation on the river's bank and mountainside rather than in the Cafe and Casino.

When additional cannon fire erupted from Mexican positions up and down the river's bank, fort commander Jacob Brown pointed his guns into the city of Matamoros.

The Southern Tier Expressway ( New York State Route 17 ) crosses the town on the river's south bank.

In 1876 the government of Prime Minister John Molteno began construction on the region's railway lines, commencing on the river's east bank, This added considerable momentum to ongoing development of the area into today ’ s thriving city of East London.

Most of the town lies on the river's northwestern bank, although some suburbs are located on the opposite side of the river.

Much of the city is on the river's northwest bank.