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The Daugava or Western Dvina ( Russian: За́падная Двина́, Belarusan: Дзьвіна́, Latvian: Daugava, German: Düna, Polish Dzwina) 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.
It is not to be confused with Northern DvinaThe Northern Dvina is a river in Northern 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. It should not be confused with Western Dvina. Cities by Northern Dvin.
1 Cities by Western Dvina/Daugava
- Riga
- SalaspilsSalaspils (population 21,106 in 2000 census, also known as Kircholm until 1917) is a town 18 km east of Riga in Latvia, on the western bank of Daugava river. Salaspils is one of oldest settlements in Latvia. Excavations show that the area was populated 11 (previously called Kircholm)
- OgreOgre (population 26,573 in 2000 census) is a town in Central Latvia, 36 km east of Riga on Daugava river. Latvian towns and villages.
- JekabpilsJekabpils is a city in Latvia. Joining 2 historically different towns Krustpils and Jekabpils in the second half of the 20th century has formed the contemporary city of Jekabpils. The city lies on both the banks of the river Daugava that are joined by a b
- DaugavpilsDaugavpils ( Russian: Dvinsk Lithuanian: Daugpilis German: Dunaburg Polish: Dyneburg population 115,265 in 2000 census) is the second largest city in Latvia. The first historical reference goes back to 1275. Thus, the year 2000 was celebrated as the 725th (previously called Dünaburg)
- PolatskPolatsk ( Belarusian: Polish: Polock also spelt as Polacak Russian: also transliterated as Polotsk, Polotzk, Polock is a city in Belarus. It is the center of Polatsk district in Vitsebsk voblast. It is situated by the Dvina river. The population is approx
- VelizhVelizh ( Polish Wieliz) is a city in Bellorussia. It used to be border fortress of Grand Duchy de Lithuania.
- VitsebskVitsebsk ( Belarusian: Vitsebsk ; Russian: Vitebsk ) is a city with about 400,000 inhabitants in Belarus, near the border with Russia and Latvia. It is the capital of Vitsebsk voblast. Vitsebsk developed from a harbour on the Daugava River (in Belarusian,
2 Main tributaries of Western Dvina/Daugava
Latvia
Rivers of Belarus
Russian rivers
