Narva River
The Narva, formerly also Narwa or Narova, is a river in northeastern Estonia flowing 77 kilometres north from Lake Peipus to the Baltic Sea. It is the largest Estonian river by discharge and forms part of the Estonia–Russia border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river between Estonia and Russia
- Also known as: “Naroova Jogi”, “Narova Jõgi”, “Narowa”, “Narva”, “Narva Jõgi”, “Narwa Jõgi”, and “Reka Narova”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Narva-Jõesuu lighthouse and Narva-Jõesuu orthodox church.
Narva-Jõesuu lighthouse
Lighthouse
Narva-Jõesuu Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in Narva-Jõesuu, Estonia, on the Gulf of Finland.
Narva-Jõesuu orthodox church
Church
Photo: Laima Gūtmane (simka), CC BY-SA 3.0.
Narva-Jõesuu orthodox church is situated 3 km southwest of Narva River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Narva-Jõesuu and Kallivere.
Narva-Jõesuu
Photo: Tony Bowden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Narva-Jõesuu is a seaside resort town in northeast Estonia. It is located by the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, on the west bank of the Narva River, which forms the Estonia–Russia international border.
Kallivere
Hamlet
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Kallivere is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km northeast of Narva River.
Vanaküla
Hamlet
Photo: Allegiance111, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vanaküla is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km northeast of Narva River.
Narva River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Narva River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر نارفا”
- Armenian: “Նառվա”
- Armenian: “Նարվա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Narva”
- Azerbaijani: “Narva çayı”
- Bashkir: “Нарва (йылға)”
- Bashkir: “Нарва”
- Basque: “Narva ibaia”
- Basque: “Narva”
- Belarusian: “Нарва”
- Belarusian: “Рака Нарва”
- Bulgarian: “Нарва”
- Catalan: “Narva (riu)”
- Catalan: “riu Narva”
- Catalan: “Riu Narva”
- Cebuano: “Narva”
- Central Kurdish: “ڕووباری نارڤا”
- Chinese: “納爾瓦河”
- Chinese: “纳尔瓦河”
- Chuvash: “Нарва”
- Croatian: “Narva”
- Czech: “Narva jõgi”
- Czech: “Narva”
- Danish: “Narva”
- Dutch: “Narva”
- Eastern Mari: “Нарва (эҥер)”
- Eastern Mari: “Нарва”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر نارفا”
- Esperanto: “Narva”
- Estonian: “Narva jõgi”
- Finnish: “Narvajoki”
- Finnish: “Narvanjoki”
- French: “Narova”
- French: “Narva”
- Georgian: “ნარვა (მდინარე)”
- Georgian: “ნარვა”
- German: “Narva”
- Greek: “Νάρβα”
- Hungarian: “Narva”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Narva”
- Irish: “Narva”
- Italian: “Narva”
- Japanese: “ナルヴァ川”
- Kazakh: “Нарва (өзен)”
- Kazakh: “Нарва”
- Kirghiz: “Нарва”
- Korean: “나르바 강”
- Korean: “나르바강”
- Latin: “Narva”
- Latvian: “Narva”
- Latvian: “Narvas upe”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Rio Narva”
- Lithuanian: “Narva”
- Malayalam: “നർവ നദി”
- Mingrelian: “ნარვა (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ნარვა”
- Northern Frisian: “Narva Struum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Narva”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Narvaelven”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Narvafloden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Narva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Narova”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Narva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Narvaelva”
- Norwegian: “Narva”
- Ossetian: “Нарвæ”
- Persian: “رود ناروا”
- Piemontese: “Narva”
- Polish: “Narwa”
- Portuguese: “Rio Narova”
- Portuguese: “Rio Narva”
- Russian: “Нарва”
- Russian: “Нарова”
- Russian: “Река Нарва”
- Scots: “Narva River”
- Serbian: “Narva”
- Serbian: “Нарва”
- Serbian: “Река Нарва”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Narva”
- Slovenian: “Narva (reka)”
- Slovenian: “Narva”
- South Azerbaijani: “ناروا چایی”
- Spanish: “Narva”
- Spanish: “Rio Narva”
- Spanish: “Río Narva”
- Swedish: “Narva”
- Turkish: “Narova Nehri”
- Turkish: “Narva Nehri”
- Udmurt: “Нарва”
- Ukrainian: “Нарва”
- Venetian: “Fiume Narva”
- Veps: “Narv”
- Western Frisian: “Narva”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kaunissaar and Gora Chërtova.
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