The river begins in Lithuania, not far from its border with Belarus, and flows to the east through the Sharkovschina and Miory districts of the Vitebsk region. Get kids back-to-school ready with Expedition: Learn! Latvia’s soils… The icebound period begins in the upper reaches in late November or early December and somewhat later in the middle part of the course. Düna, Latvian Daugava, Rus.

In spring the water level rises by 20 to 35 feet (6 to 11 m) or more at various places. Hydroelectric stations have been built at Ķegums, Pļaviņas, and Riga.

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herbicides, pesticides, nitrate and phosphate). Internetinė duomenų bazė. It discharges into the Gulf of Riga on the Baltic Sea. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica.Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. The Daugava (Latgalian: Daugova; Russian: Западная Двина (Západnaya Dviná), meaning "Western Dvina"), is a river rising in the Valdai Hills, flowing through Russia, Belarus, and Latvia and into the Gulf of Riga.The total length of the river is 1,020 km (630 mi), of which 325 km (202 mi) are in Russia. Beginning around the sixth century AD, In medieval times the Daugava was an important area of trading and navigation - part of the In Belarus, water pollution of the Daugava is considered moderately severe, with the chief sources being treated wastewater, fish-farming and agricultural chemical runoff (e.g.

Most of the river basin is between 300 and 700 feet (100 and 200 m) above sea level—a rolling plain with numerous swamps and forests.

Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. Dvina or Western Dvina, Ger. Zapadnaya Dvina, river, c.635 mi (1,020 km) long, in Russia, Belarus, and Latvia. Zapadnaya Dvina, river, c.635 mi (1,020 km) long, in Russia, Belarus, and Latvia. At 1005 km, the longest river that runs through Latvia is the Western Dvina (called Daugava in Latvia) but only 352 km of the rivers total length run through Latvia. Vanšu Bridge spanning the Western Dvina River at Riga, Latvia.This article was most recently revised and updated by

Amid the hills, many of which are forested, are numerous lakes, some measuring up to about 12 square miles (30 square km).

Its average discharge is about 25,000 cubic feet (700 cubic m) per second. It rises in the Valdai Hills and flows 632 miles (1,020 km) in a great arc south and southwest through Russia and Belarus and then turns northwest prior to crossing Latvia. The largest expanse of brackish water in the world, the semienclosed and relatively… The total length of the river is 1,020 km, of which 325 km are in Russia. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the west by the Atlantic… Europe, second smallest of the world’s continents, composed of the westward-projecting peninsulas of Eurasia (the great landmass that it shares with Asia) and occupying nearly one-fifteenth of the world’s total land area.



Among the larger are lakes Rezna and Lubana, in Latvia; Zhizhitsa, in the river’s upper reaches; Osveya and Drysvyaty, in the middle part of the basin on the border of Belarus and Latvia; and Lukoml, in the southernmost part. It flows into the Zapadnaya Dvina near the Disna town which stands in the very middle of the Zapadnaya Dvina. Rising in the Valdai Hills, it flows S and then generally W past Velizh and through Belarus, past Vitebsk and Polotsk, Western Dvina, Ger.

Its average discharge is about 25,000 cubic feet (700 cubic m) per second.

The structure was strategically located on the important Dvina river and on the route between St. Petersburg to Vilna. Düna, Latvian Daugava, Rus. Düna, Latvian Daugava, Rus. Its The main items carried are lumber, construction materials, and grain.

Baltic Sea, arm of the North Atlantic Ocean, extending northward from the latitude of southern Denmark almost to the Arctic Circle and separating the Scandinavian Peninsula from the rest of continental Europe.

The Latvian name is the Daugava. The basin also has more than 5,000 lakes, most quite small. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox.



Connected in its upper reaches by easy portages to the basins of the Dnieper, Volga, and Volkhov rivers, it The river was first studied intensively in 1701, when, by command of Tsar Peter I, a survey was made from its source to the city of The abundance of rapids and, in the 20th century, the presence of dams have restricted navigation on the river to a few separate stretches. The river began experiencing environmental deterioration in the era of Soviet collective agriculture (producing considerable adverse water pollution runoff) and a wave of hydroelectric power projects.Humans have settled at the mouth of the Daugava and around the other shores of the Gulf of Riga for millennia, initially participating in a hunter-gatherer economy and utilizing the waters of the Daugava estuary as fishing and gathering areas for aquatic biota. Zapadnaya Dvina, river, c.635 mi (1,020 km) long, in Russia, Belarus, and Latvia. Hydroelectric stations have been built at Ķegums, Pļaviņas, and Riga. Rising in the Valdai Hills, it flows S and then generally W past Velizh and through Belarus, past Vitebsk and Polotsk, The following rivers are tributaries to the river Daugava (from source to mouth): It also floods after heavy rains.



Zapadnaya Dvina, river, c.635 mi (1,020 km) long, in Russia, Belarus, and Latvia. Get kids back-to-school ready with Expedition: Learn!


It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the west by the Atlantic…
Thawing begins near the mouth of the river about the end of March, and in the upper reaches the water is open by about the middle of April.The Western Dvina has been an important water route since early times.