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	Daugava - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Daugava or Western Dvina ( Latvian : Daugava, Belarusian : Ð”Ð·Ð²Ñ—Ð½Ð°, Ð—Ð°ÑÐ¾Ð´Ð½ÑÑ Ð”Ð·ÑÐ²Ñ—Ð½Ð°, Russian : Ð—Ð°Ð¿Ð°Ð´Ð½Ð°Ñ Ð”Ð²Ð¸Ð½Ð°Ì, Polish : DÅºwina, German DÃ¼na, Finnish VÃ¤inÃ¤) is a river rising in the Valdai Hills, flowing through Russia, Belarus, and Latvia, draining into the Gulf of Riga, an arm of the Baltic Sea.
		It is not to be confused with Northern Dvina.
		There are three hydroelectric dams on the river - RÄ«gas HES just upstream from Riga or 35 km from the mouth of the river, Ä¶eguma HES another 35 km further up or 70 km from the mouth, and PÄ¼aviÅu HES another 37 km upstream or 107 km from the mouth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_Dvina (196 words)

	Ministry of Natural Resources \| Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The bed is trapezoid all throughout the river course with a width of 1 km in the upper portion and 5 – 6 km in the lower stretch.
		Landforms of the lower Belarusian portion of the Zapadnaya Dvina basin (from Polotsk to the border with the Republic of Latvia) are lake-moraine on poorly drained waterlogged soddy-podzolic soils.
		Dvina, in the upper reaches of the river and to the south of the Zapadnaya Dvina township.
	www.president.gov.by /Minpriroda/eng/publ/dvina/page03.htm (2389 words)

	Northern Dvina River -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Russian Severnaya Dvina, river formed by the junction of the Sukhona and Yug rivers at the city of Velikiy Ustyug, in Vologod oblast (province) of Russia.
		tributary of the Northern Dvina River, Komi republic and Arkhangelsk oblast (province), northwestern Russia.
		The river's length is 702 miles (1,130 km), and the area of its basin is 47,400 square miles (122,800 square km).
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9056253 (896 words)

	Pilot Study - Environmental Monitoring of the River Zapadnaya Dvina in Belarus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It borders with catchments of river Gauja in the north-west, lake Chudskoye and Ilmen in the north, river Volga and Dniper in the east, river Neman in the south and south-east, and river Lielupe in the west.
		River Mouth in Catchment, Length, km km2 Toropa Russia 1950 174 Mesza Russia 9080 259 Kasplya Belarus 5410 136 Luchosa Belarus 3510 90 Oulla Belarus 4090 123 Obol Belarus 2690 148 Oushacha Belarus 1150 118 Disna Belarus 8180 178 Drissa Belarus 6420 183 Druika Latvia 1050 52 Aiviekste Latvia 9160 114
		Dvina and its major tributaries are basically used for transport, fishery; hydro- and heat-power engineering; water supply for population and industries; irrigation for agricultural land farming.
	www.baltic-region.net /partners/dzd/daug_add.htm (4240 words)

	Dvina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		( geography) The Western Dvina (also known as Daugava) is a river in Russia, Belarus, and Latvia.
		( geography) The Northern Dvina is a river in northern Russia.
		( military) The R-12 Dvina is a theatre ballistic missile from the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dvina (114 words)

	Past and Present Regions of Poland
		The Kur and Lett tribes occupied the area of the Venta and Lielude Rivers and the mouth of the Dvina River by the 9th century.
		A region bordered on the northeast by the Dniestr River and by the Danube river on the south.
		Bordered to by the Dniestr river to the south, the Seret river to the west and the Boh river to the north.
	info-poland.buffalo.edu /classroom/regions.html (4151 words)

	Dvina. Who is Dvina? What is Dvina? Where is Dvina? Definition of Dvina. Meaning of Dvina.
		There are two rivers that share this name: Western Dvina and Northern 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 Northern Dvina is a river in Nortnern Russia flowing into the Dvina Bay of the White Sea.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Dvina (156 words)

	AllRefer.com - Dvina, river, Russia, Belarus, and Latvia (CIS And Baltic Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Dvina, river, Russia, Belarus, and Latvia (CIS And Baltic Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Dvina, river, Russia, Belarus, and Latvia, CIS And Baltic Physical Geography
		Rising in the Valdai Hills, it flows S and then generally W past Velizh and through Belarus, past Vitebsk and Polotsk, and through Latvia, past Daugavpils and Riga, into the Gulf of Riga, an arm of the Baltic Sea.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/DvinaW.html (227 words)

	History of Kotlas
		River transport developed particularly fast after the railroad line from Perm to Kotlas was opened.
		In this small encounter, the enemy was for the first time turned back on the Northern Dvina, and for the first time in the history of our steam-powered fleet, passenger boats and tugs were successfully used in a river battle.
		As the fleet of the Northern Dvina wore out and ceased to be able to handle the cargo, construction began in Limenda of a boat-building and repair yard.
	www.kotlas.org /kotlas/history (7066 words)

	Ministry of Natural Resources \| Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		These data include the pollution of the river induced by waste from live farms (Currently 14 cattle farms and 17 pigstries housing 57 000 heads of cattle and 200 000 pigs are functioning in the Zapadnaya Dvina river basin.
		All river boats on the Zapadnaya Dvina are equipped with special tanks for collection of discharge water to be further exhausted into municipal sewage systems.
		Washout of pollutants from urbanized territories in the Zapadnaya Dvina river watershed (t/year)
	www.president.gov.by /Minpriroda/eng/publ/dvina/page08.htm (1922 words)

	Western Dvina River -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Russian Zapadnaya Dvina, Lettish Daugava, Belarusian Dzvina major river of Latvia and northern Belarus.
		It is situated on the Western Dvina River at its confluence with the Polota.
		By the beginning of the 12th century, a small settlement existed close to a kremlin, or fort, on the bank of the Moskva River.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9076658 (857 words)

	Kievan Rus Database (Charter: Dvina Land) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The territory in the basin of the Northern Dvina River centering around the towns of Vologda and Ustiug.
		Dvina Land was the name for the territory in the basin of the Northern Dvina River centering around the towns of Vologda and Ustiug.
		Dvina Land was a Novgorod Dominion from at least the 11th century.
	members.aol.com /bksmyre/Charter_Dvina_Land.html (184 words)

	Antique, old, rare and historic Maps & Prints of Dvina River-Bay of Archangelsk- Island of Podesemk, Jacques & Gasper ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Antique, old, rare and historic Maps & Prints of Dvina River-Bay of Archangelsk- Island of Podesemk, Jacques & Gasper Anthoine, 1662, Theunis, Jacobsz and Lootsman, Jacob & Casparus., Caerte van Archangel ofte de Rivier de Dvina, soo wel van 't Nieuwe als 't Oude diep.'t Amsterdam, By Iacob Theunisz.
		Dvina River - Bay of Archangelsk - Island of Podesemk
		Description: Detailled sea-chart showing the mouth of the river Dvina into the Dvina bay with its superior island of Podesemk.
	www.bergbook.com /htdocs/woda/data/demo/descriptions/15949.htm (192 words)

	River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Graf was given the task of putting a bridge across the Dvina River as part of the advance on Smolensk.
		They are then to recon the exit to the river, mark the approaches, and scout the riverbed for depth.
		At dusk a Soviet infantry unit (size unknown) attacks A Co. Flamethrowers are sent from B and C Co. to assist with the defense.
	www.afn.org /~afn41941/river.htm (636 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Dvina
		Dvina (German DÃ¼na), name of two rivers, eastern and northeastern Europe.
		White Sea (Russian Beloye More), arm of the Barents Sea, forming an indentation in the coast of northwestern Russia, and partly enclosed on the...
		Daugava, also Western Severnaya Dvina (Russian Zapadnaya Severnaya Dvina), river in northeastern Europe, which rises in the Valday Hills in...
	encarta.msn.com /Dvina.html (142 words)

	Search Results for "latvia"
		Under Russian control from the 18th century, Latvia became independent after World War I but was annexed in 1940 by the...
		...Dvina, river, Russia, Belarus, and Latvia, or Western Dvina, Ger.
		Zapadnaya Dvina, river, c.635 mi (1,020 km) long, in Russia, Belarus,...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?db=db&query=latvia (274 words)

	Polar Bear Expedition Introduction
		The Vaga River, a tributary of the upper Dvina, where the front was south of Shenkursk, 40 miles south of Toulgas.
		Actions along the Dvina River, especially the fighting at Toulgas, are described in the diaries of Frank W. Douma, Silver Parrish, Clarence G.
		The Emtsa River area and action at Kodish are described in the Fred Kooyers diary in the George Albers collection and by Charles B. Ryan's diary and correspondence.
	www.umich.edu /~bhl/bhl/mhchome/polarb.htm (1643 words)

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		This gauge is located on a channel connecting two outflows of this river system - flow divides in the downstream direction with part flowing in the main stem (Severnaya Dvina) and another portion flows north to the baltic sea (Kuloy).
		There is no location along the river system upstream of this area that will produce the same drainage pattern with the correct area upstream.
		On the map it drains into the Peel river (part of the MacKenzie system), but in the fdr it is part of the Yukon.
	www.ce.washington.edu /~comanor/basinsummary.html (2113 words)

	Mercury in Russia
		Although the contamination was taken away rather quickly into the White Sea by the strong current, the pulp and paper combine continues to emit mercuric substances into the Svernaya Dvina River.
		Currently, the silt beds in the river are retaining considerably high amounts of the mercuric salts.
		The potential chain reaction effect could permanently damage the ecosystem of the river and eventually kill the river itself.
	www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/mercury.htm (1155 words)

	A Lens on Russia's North (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Its forests, rivers, lakes, and the White Sea itself promised considerable rewards to those capable of mastering the area; and yet the remoteness of the north, the relative paucity of arable land—usually limited to certain river plains—and the length of the harsh winters discouraged population growth.
		Moscow colonized the area during the next two centuries, and by the reign of Ivan the Terrible in the sixteenth century, the Northern Dvina river system had become Russia's major route east to the Urals and west to England.
		There is a pontoon bridge across the Dvina just south of the grimy city of Kotlas, located at the confluence of the Dvina and Vychegda Rivers.
	www.neh.fed.us /news/humanities/2001-05/brumfield.html (3013 words)

	AQUASTAT - FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The nuclear accident occurred in April 1986 and 70% of the radiation is estimated to have fallen on Belarus, as prevailing winds carried the heaviest radioactive releases into Belarus.
		The Western Dvina River rises in the Russian Federation and flows into Belarus in the northeast.
		The Vilija River, also rising in Belarus to the north of the Neman River, flows west into Lithunania, where it becomes the Neris River that flows into the Nemunas River.
	www.fao.org /ag/agl/aglw/aquastat/countries/belarus/index.stm (2313 words)

	The Islands of West Dvina River - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The idea of West Dvina river islands programm was born by Andy (EW6GB) and (EU6DA) at winter 1998 year.
		Disna has a great historical past and located on the bank of West Dvina river.
		First dx-pedition under the West Dvina River Islands programm took place at June 5-6 1998.
	www.qsl.net /eu6tv/iwdr/iwda-his.html (179 words)

	The Arctic Voyages of Olivier Brunel
		As one of the earliest Flemish navigators in the Arctic Ocean, he first sailed beyond Lapland in 1564 or 1565 in search of a northeast route to China, possibly in association with the company of Philips Winterkoning, who was already by that time established on the northern coasts.
		After placing a trading post at the mouth of the Dvina River, Brunel was taken prisoner at Kholmogory by the Russian government, having been denounced by agents of the English Muscovy company as a spy.
		Six miles further upstream, at the Saint Michael's monastery, at the command of the tsar, a city would be built in 1583, called New Kholmogory, or, as it was soon to be popularly known, Archangel, for the archangel Michael.
	www.win.tue.nl /~engels/discovery/brunel.html (1321 words)

	Army Group North (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Although Army Group North was the weakest of the German forces on the eastern front, it seemed to be moving at a rapid pace.
		Other obstacles that the Germans in the north faced included unpaved roads and forested swampy terrain, not the mention the Dvina River.
		The Dvina River was by far the largest obstacle ahead of Army Group North in their move toward Leningrad.
	www.eclectic.kennett.net /Barbarossa/north.htm (1110 words)

	Polatsk - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mentioned for the first time in 862 in ancient documents the name is also spelt as Polotesk, Polteks, Paltejsborg.
		Its name derives from the Polota river, that flows into Dvina at Polatsk.
		Between the 9th and 12th centuries, the principality of Polatsk (now northern Belarus) emerged as the dominant center of power on Belarusian territory, with a lesser role played by the principality of Turaw in the south.
	www.free-definition.com /Polock.html (340 words)

	The Zapadnaya Dvina/Daugava River Basin Initiative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It was noted that a number of recent environmental projects aimed at reduction of pollution load have had a positive though insufficient impact on improvement of the environmental situation of Zapadnaya Dvina/Daugava River.Technogenous factors still influence adversely the condition of the river basin.
		As one of the reasons for this, the lack of coordination of activities among the three countries was identified.
		An ad-hoc Commission, entitled the International Zapadnaya Dvina/Daugava River Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Commission) headed by President is hereby established as the executive organ for implementation of this Agreement.
	www.baltic-region.net /partners/dzd/seminar.htm (2272 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Already, the Dvina river had dropped to 4 feet, forcing the big monitors to move cautiously in Upper Dvina.
		Special Rules: All road hexes east of the river are considered to be rail hexes instead.
		The river extends across the northern map edge of all maps.
	grognard.com /variants/landshi1.txt (3233 words)

	Belarus: Floods - OCHA: 13-Apr-99
		According to the report of the Ministry of Emergency Situations received through the UN Office in Belarus, on 5 April 1999 the flood situation in a number of districts of Brest, Gomel and Minsk regions was still unfavorable.
		The inundation on the Pripyat river near the city of Mozyr reached its maximum level of 6.67 m above the zero point, but down the river it continued to rise slowly.
		On the Dnieper, Berezina, Sozh and Niemen and their tributaries the inundation level was rising at the rate of 0.01 to 0.39 m a day, whereas on the whole length of the Zapadnaya Dvina river it was rising between 0.43 and 1.58 m a day.
	www.cidi.org /disaster/99a/0047.html (799 words)

	Bolshevik, North Russian, Royal Navy, Expeditionary Force, Archangel, Dvina River
		The G.O.C. Dvina Force wishes to convey to the troops and Naval Brigade under his command his deep appreciation and admiration of the gallantry displayed by all ranks engaged and the loyal and wholehearted co-operation between the Sister services and all branches of the Army.
		in action in the Dvina River whilst co-operating with land forces against the Bolsheviks, afterwards blown up during retreat from Troitsa to prevent her from falling into enemy hands.
		In Galicia, the Polish troops have crossed the river Stripa at all points, and the Ukrainians are retiring east of the river Zbrucz.
	www.naval-history.net /WW1z05NorthRussia.htm (8099 words)

	MidLink Visits Vitebsk, Belarus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is situated on the picturesque banks of the three rivers: the Zapadnaya Dvina river, the Vitba and the Luchsa river.
		It was founded in 974 by Princess Olga of Kiev on the Western Dvina.
		The dramatic page in the town's history is its people's revolt of 1623 when they overthrew and drowned in the Zapadnaya Dvina the odious Iosafat Kuntsevich who was trying to put the Unia yoke upon the people.
	longwood.cs.ucf.edu /~MidLink/vitebsk.descr.html (465 words)

	Riga, Gulf of
		The gulf, which is frozen from December to April, receives the Western Dvina (Daugava) River.
		901,700), capital of Latvia, on the Daugava (Western Dvina) River near...
		Dvina, river, Russia, Belarus, and Latvia - Dvina or Western Dvina,Ger.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0841895.html (185 words)

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