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Which one of the following is a riverine port ?

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Kolkata

Kandla

Mumbai

Tuticorin

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Kolkata, among the following, is a riverine port.
Kolkata is India's only inland riverine port. Riverine ports are those located further from the sea coasts along the flow of a river. Kolkata port, for example, is a riverine port on the Hooghly. The port of Kolkata serves a vast and prosperous region beyond the Ganga-Brahmaputra river. It is located in Kolkata, West Bengal, some 203 kilometres from the coast. It was founded by the British East India Company and is India's oldest operational port. Kolkata is a port of freshwater with no salinity variations.

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