Dvina

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There are two rivers that share this name: Western Dvina and Northern Dvina.

Table of contents

1 Western Dvina 1.1 Cities by Western Dvina/Daugava 1.2 Main tributaries of Western Dvina/Daugava 1.3 External links 2 Northern Dvina 2.4 Cities by Northern Dvina 2.5 Main tributaries of Northern Dvina 2.6 External links

Western Dvina

The (Western) Dvina (Russian: Zapadnaja Dzvina, Belarusan: Dzvina, Latvian: Daugava, German Düna) is a river rising in the Valdai Hills flowing through Russia and Belarus, to drain into the Gulf of Riga, an arm of the Baltic Sea at Riga, Latvia. The total length of the river is 1,020 km (633.7 mi.).

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

Cities by Western Dvina/Daugava

• Daugavpils
• Polatsk
• Riga
• Velizh
• Vitsebsk

• Polota

Northern Dvina

The Northern Dvina is a river in Nortnern Russia flowing into the Dvina Bay of the White Sea. The length is 462 miles. It is navigable all along and is heavily used for timber floating.

Cities by Northern Dvina

• Arkhangelsk
• Kotlas
• Novodvinsk
• Severodvinsk, seaport; farther to the west from the delta.
• Veliki Ustyug

Northern Dvina