Left Bank (disambiguation)
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In general usage, the left bank of a river
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 normally refers to the left hand bank, as observed whilst facing downstream.

Left Bank may refer to:
  • Left Bank or Rive Gauche
    Rive Gauche
    La Rive Gauche is the southern bank of the river Seine in Paris. Here the river flows roughly westward, cutting the city in two: looking downstream, the southern bank is to the left, and the northern bank is to the right....

    , the left or southern bank of the Seine in Paris, France
  • Left Bank (Biscay)
    Left Bank (Biscay)
    The left bank of the Estuary of Bilbao is a part of the Greater Bilbao region, its main towns are Barakaldo, Sestao, Santurtzi and Portugalete and in addition to the iron mines , was the heart of the intense industrialisation of Biscay...

    , the left bank of the Nervión in Biscay, Spain
  • Left Bank (horse)
    Left Bank (horse)
    Left Bank was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.-Background:Out of the mare, Marshesseaux, he was sired by Jerome Handicap winner, French Deputy, a son of Deputy Minister who was the 1981 Canadian Horse of the Year and two-time Leading sire in North America.English horseman Michael Tabor...

    , an American Thoroughbred racehorse
  • Left Bank (Kiev), the left bank of the Dnieper River in Kiev, Ukraine
  • Left Bank (Rhine), the western side of the river Rhine, a region historically contested between France and Germany.
  • Left-bank Ukraine
    Left-bank Ukraine
    Left-bank Ukraine is a historic name of the part of Ukraine on the left bank of the Dnieper River, comprising the modern-day oblasts of Chernihiv, Poltava and Sumy as well as the eastern parts of the Kiev and Cherkasy....

    , a historical region in Ukraine
  • Left Banke, a 1960s American pop group
  • Medoc
    Médoc
    The Médoc is a region of France, well known as a wine growing region, located in the département of Gironde, on the left bank of the Gironde estuary, north of Bordeaux. Its name comes from Medullicus, or "country of the Medulli", the local Celtic tribe...

    , a region along the left bank of the Gironde river in France
  • Rive Gauche Nightclub
    Rive Gauche Nightclub
    Rive Gauche Nightclub, open late 1999 to mid 2005, was a popular nightclub located in the River West district near Chicago's Greektown neighborhood, and the Loop. Rive Gauche is a French title meaning Left Bank, an appropriate name for a nightclub that had a unique Parisian theme, despite it being...

    , a Parisian-themed nightclub in the River West District of Chicago
  • Left Bank Cinema, an offshoot of the French New Wave
    French New Wave
    The New Wave was a blanket term coined by critics for a group of French filmmakers of the late 1950s and 1960s, influenced by Italian Neorealism and classical Hollywood cinema. Although never a formally organized movement, the New Wave filmmakers were linked by their self-conscious rejection of...


See also

  • Right Bank (disambiguation)
    Right Bank (disambiguation)
    Right Bank may refer to:*Right Bank , the right bank of the Nervión in Biscay, Spain*Right-bank Ukraine, a historical region in Ukraine* Rive Droite, the right or northern bank of the river Seine in Paris, France...

  • South Bank (disambiguation)
    South Bank (disambiguation)
    South Bank is an area of London, EnglandSouth Bank can also refer to:* South Bank, Middlesbrough* South Bank, Queensland* Southbank, Victoria* South Bank, York* South Bank Parklands, Brisbane* London South Bank University* Bank of the South...

  • West Bank (disambiguation)
    West Bank (disambiguation)
    The west bank of a river is the land lying to the west. As a name, West Bank or Westbank may refer to:* The West Bank, land in the Middle East, lying west of the Jordan River, divided between Jordan and Israel...

  • East Bank (disambiguation)
    East Bank (disambiguation)
    East Bank can refer to:*Transjordan, former Ottoman territory that was part of the British Mandate of Palestine*East Bank, West Virginia*Nicollet Island/East Bank, Minneapolis, neighborhood in Minneapolis...

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