Gauja River
The Gauja River is a river in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is the only large river of Latvia that begins and ends its flow in Latvia. Its length is 460 km, of which 93.5 km are in Gauja National Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Latvia and Estonia
- Also known as: “Aa”, “Aha”, “Gauja”, “Gauya”, “Giuja”, “Koiva River”, “Livonian Aa”, and “Treider Aa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Garezers and Carnikava Station.
Carnikava Station
Railway station
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Carnikava Station is a railway station serving the village of Carnikava in Vidzeme, Latvia. It is located on the Zemitāni–Skulte Railway. The train services to and from the station are operated by the national railway company Vivi which run frequent train services between Riga and Skulte. Carnikava Station is situated 3½ km south of Gauja River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carnikava and Lilaste.
Carnikava
Village
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Carnikava, previously Sānkaule, is a village and the center of the Carnikava Parish of Ādaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It's located 25 km north from Riga at the mouth of the Gauja River. Carnikava is situated 3½ km south of Gauja River.
Lilaste
Village
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Lilaste is a village in Carnikava Parish of Ādaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. Located in the north of the parish on the left bank of the Lilaste river between Lake Lilaste and the coast of the Gulf of Riga, north of the Zemitāni–Skulte Railway and the A1 road, 13 km from the parish centre Carnikava, 16.5 km from the municipal centre Ādaži and 35 km from the centre of Riga. Lilaste is situated 6 km northeast of Gauja River.
Divezeri
Village
Divezeri is a village in Ādaži Parish, Ādaži Municipality in the historical region of Vidzeme, and the Riga Planning Region in Latvia. The village is located on the shores of Lake Dūņezers, 8 km north of the municipal center of Ādaži. Divezeri is situated 6 km southeast of Gauja River.
Gauja River
- Categories: river, border river, and body of water
- Location: Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Võro—“Gauja River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Gauja”
- Arabic: “نهر غاوجا”
- Armenian: “Գաույա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Gauja”
- Azerbaijani: “Qauya”
- Basque: “Gauja”
- Belarusian: “Аа Ліфляндская”
- Belarusian: “Гаўя”
- Belarusian: “Рака Гаўя”
- Bulgarian: “Гауя”
- Catalan: “Gauja”
- Cebuano: “Gauja”
- Chinese: “高亚河”
- Chinese: “高亞河”
- Croatian: “Gauja”
- Czech: “Gauja”
- Czech: “Koiva jõgi”
- Czech: “Koiva”
- Danish: “Gauja”
- Dutch: “Gauja”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر جاوچا”
- Esperanto: “Gauja”
- Estonian: “Gauja jõgi”
- Estonian: “Koiva jõgi”
- Estonian: “Koiva Jõgi”
- Estonian: “Koiva”
- Finnish: “Gauja”
- Finnish: “Koivajoki”
- French: “Gauja”
- French: “Rivière Gauja”
- French: “Treider-Aa”
- French: “Treideraa”
- Galician: “río Gauja”
- Georgian: “გაუია”
- German: “Gauja”
- German: “Koiva”
- German: “Livländische Aa”
- Hebrew: “גאויה”
- Hungarian: “Gauja”
- Irish: “Gauja”
- Italian: “Aa di Livonia”
- Italian: “Gauja”
- Japanese: “ガウヤ川”
- Korean: “가우야강”
- Ladin: “Gauja”
- Latin: “Coiwa”
- Latin: “Goiwa”
- Latvian: “Ārnīte”
- Latvian: “Ežupīte”
- Latvian: “Gauja”
- Latvian: “Mierupīte”
- Lithuanian: “Gauja”
- Macedonian: “Гауја”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gauja”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Koiva jõgi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Koiva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gauja”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Koiva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Livländische Aa”
- Norwegian: “Gauja”
- Persian: “گاوجا”
- Persian: “گاویا”
- Polish: “Gauja”
- Polish: “Gawia”
- Polish: “Goiwa”
- Polish: “Trejder-Aa”
- Portuguese: “Rio Gauja”
- Romanian: “Gauja”
- Russian: “Гауя, Гавья”
- Russian: “Гауя”
- Russian: “Лифляндская Аа”
- Russian: “Трейдер Аа”
- Russian: “Трейдер-Аа”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gauja”
- Slovak: “Gauja”
- Slovenian: “Gauja”
- South Azerbaijani: “قاوژا چایی”
- Spanish: “Gauja”
- Spanish: “Rio Gauja”
- Spanish: “Río Gauja”
- Swedish: “Gauja”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำเกายา”
- Ukrainian: “Гауя”
- Venetian: “Fiume Gauja”
- Võro: “Koiva jõgi”
- “Gauja”
- “Koiva”
- “Koiva jõgi”
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