Daugava

The Daugava or Western Dvina (Latvian: Daugava, Russian: За́падная Двина́, Belarusan: Дзьвіна́, German: Düna, Polish: Dźwina) is a river rising in the Valdai Hills, flowing through Russia and Belarus, and then Latvia, draining into the Gulf of Riga, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The total length of the river is 1,020 km (633.7 mi.).

It is connected by canal with the Berezina and Dnepr rivers.

It is not to be confused with Northern Dvina.

Cities by Daugava/Western Dvina

• Riga, Latvia
• Salaspils, Latvia
• Ogre, Latvia
• Jēkabpils, Latvia
• Daugavpils, Latvia
• Polatsk, Belarus
• Velizh, Belarus
• Vitsebsk, Belarus

External links

• River Daugava Basin
• Daugava Hydropower Plants in Latvia

Main tributaries of Daugava/Western Dvina

• Polota

See also: Daugava, Baltic Sea, Belarus, Belarusian language, Berezina, Daugavpils, Dnepr, German language, Gulf of Riga