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unusual facts about River bank



Tekka Centre

In Hokkien, the market was known as Tek Kia Kha, literally meaning "foot of the small bamboos", as bamboo plants once grew on the banks of the Rochor Canal.


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Agdash District

This area is surrounded by Tugay forests along Kura river bank, and Turyanchay State Preservation to the north.

Annandale Way

Although the flower on this plant is very pleasant to look at with its orchid-like appearance it is clearly intent on colonising the river bank.

Apollo Bridge

It is named for the "Apollo" (modern successor: Slovnaft) oil refinery which was situated on the left river bank in this area before World War II.

Baraipar

The village is situated on the east river bank of Rapti and South of Sarua Tal (lake).

Battle of Buffington Island

Victorys cannon balls have been found along Leading Creek, Ohio, its patrol from Middleport, Ohio to Eight Mile Island along the West Virginia river bank.

Bramerton

Outside the pub (now renamed the Water's Edge) is a statue of Billy Bluelight (William Cullum), who in the 1920s-30s used to challenge boat trippers to a race along the river bank.

Dushanbe Zoo

The Zoo is located in the center of the city on the Luchob river bank (on Ismoili Somoni Avenue), next to the Pamir Stadium, and measures roughly twice the size of the stadium.

Garrygala

The ruins of a vast fortress, located on the river bank is located in Garrygala, and was used as a base by the Armenian Kings Tigranes I to Tigranes VI.

Jimmy Hope

A few months before the robbery, he and Abe Coakley were briefly imprisoned the Deep River Bank in Deep River, Connecticut and were questioned by police regarding the violent bank raid in Dexter, Maine.

Riverlife Adventure Centre

The dreamtime story of ‘The Rainbow Serpent' tells of the creation of the cliff area along the river bank at Kangaroo Point.

Spartina

Sand Bay - an area in the UK where Spartina grass planted to support a river bank has spread.

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons

It shows a similar scene from further downstream, closer to Waterloo Bridge, with the flames and smoke blown dramatically over a river as spectators on the river bank and in boats look on.

Warth

Warth is an old or dialect word for a river bank or a flat meadow beside a river or estuary, for example the Severn Estuary.

Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County

Wu River Gallery is the 60 km long, naturally formed river bank of Wu River in Chongqing Youyang, and it is a 4A scenery spot.