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Rivers Of The World's Capital Cities
                                                                  
 
        
Most of the world's major cities were built on or around areas of freshwater. Our ancestors chose to settle near these areas as rivers were a means of supplying drinking water for their families and beasts, as a food supply, used for irrigating crops  and as a means of transport in order to aid commerce. 
Shown below is a list of the world's capital cities, in country alphabetical order, each with their respective main areas of freshwater, be it either a river, a lake, a canal or an oasis. 
 
The world's longest river flows through Egypt's capital city Cairo, shown above, but the river which flows through the most capital cities is Europe's River Danube, see map below, which runs through the four cities of  Belgrade, which is the capital of Serbia, Bratislava the capital of Slovakia, Budapest which is the capital of Hungary and Vienna the capital of Austria.   
 
Republic of Ireland - Dublin - River Liffey.   
Romania - Bucharest - River Dambovita. 
Russian Federation - Moscow - River Moskva. 
Rwanda - Kigali - River Ruganwa.  
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Saudi Arabia - Riyadh - Originally built on the banks of the Riyadh Wadi / Orchard Oasis, which has since dried up. 
Serbia - Belgrade - River Danube.  
Scotland - Edinburgh - Firth of Forth. 
Sierra Leone - Freetown - Freetown River.  
Singapore - Singapore - The Singapore River.
Slovakia - Bratislava - River Danube. 
Slovenia - Ljubljana - River Ljublanica.
Spain - Madrid - River Manzanares.  
Sri Lanka - Colombo - Located along the banks of the the Kalani River and the Beira Lake. 
South Africa - Pretoria - The Apies River.
South Korea - Seoul - The Han River.  
South Sudan - Juba - River White Nile.
Swaziland - Mbabane - The Mbabne River 
Sweden - Stockholm - River Norrstrom.