Daugava River
The Daugava, also known as the Western Dvina or the Väina River, is a large river rising in the Valdai Hills of Russia that flows through Belarus and Latvia into the Gulf of Riga of the Baltic Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Latvia, Belarus and Russia
- Also known as: “Daugava”, “Düna”, “Dvina”, “Dvina Zapadnaya”, “Dzvina”, “Dźvina”, “Dzwina”, “Southern Dvina”, “Western Dvina”, “Zakhodnyaya Dzvina”, “Zapadnaya Dvina”, and “Zapadnaya Dzvina”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Daugavgrīva Lighthouse and Daugavgrīva fortress.
Daugavgrīva Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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Daugavgrīva Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in Daugavgrīva on the Bay of Riga on the Latvian coast of the Baltic Sea. The lighthouse was built in 1956, located next to Daugava River.
Daugavgrīva fortress
Fort
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Daugavgrīva fortress is a fortress built in Swedish Livonia in the 17th century. It is located in Daugavgriva near the mouth of Buļļupe river branch in the Daugava.
Daugavgrīvas cietokšņa apbūve
Historic site
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Daugavgrīvas cietokšņa apbūve is a historic site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Daugavgrīva and Mangaļsala.
Daugavgrīva
Suburb
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Daugavgrīva is a neighbourhood in North West Riga, Latvia on the left bank of the Daugava river. In this neighbourhood there is a Swedish-built fortress on the Daugava River's left bank, commanding its mouth.
Mangaļsala
Suburb
Mangaļsala is a neighbourhood of Northern District in Riga, the capital of Latvia. It is located on the right bank of Daugava River, on the coast of the Gulf of Riga. Mangaļsala is situated 2½ km southeast of Daugava River.
Bolderāja
Suburb
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Bolderāja is a neighbourhood of Riga, the capital of Latvia. It is located on the left bank of the Daugava River, in Kurzeme District. Bolderāja probably began as a fishing village. Bolderāja is situated 3½ km southeast of Daugava River.
Daugava River
- Categories: river, transboundary river, border river, and body of water
- Location: Riga, Riga region, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Daugava River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Daugava”
- Amharic: “ዳውጋቫ ወንዝ”
- Arabic: “نهر دفينا”
- Armenian: “Արևմտյան Դվինա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Daugava”
- Azerbaijani: “Dauqava”
- Bashkir: “Көнбайыш Двина”
- Basque: “Mendebaldeko Dvina”
- Belarusian: “Даўгава”
- Belarusian: “Дзвіна”
- Belarusian: “Дзьвіна”
- Belarusian: “Заходняя Дзвіна”
- Belarusian: “Рака Заходняя Дзвіна”
- Belarusian: “Рубон”
- Bosnian: “Daugava”
- Bosnian: “Zapadna Dvina”
- Breton: “Daugava”
- Bulgarian: “Западна Двина”
- Catalan: “Dvinà Occidental”
- Cebuano: “Daugava”
- Chinese: “西德維納河”
- Chinese: “道加瓦”
- Chinese: “道加瓦河”
- Church Slavic: “Ꙁападьна Дьвина”
- Crimean Tatar: “Ğarbiy Dvina”
- Croatian: “Zapadna Dvina”
- Czech: “Daugava”
- Czech: “Západní Dvina”
- Danish: “Daugava”
- Danish: “Vestlige Dvina”
- Dutch: “Westelijke Dvina”
- Eastern Mari: “Касвел Двина”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر دفينا”
- Esperanto: “Daŭgavo”
- Estonian: “Daugava”
- Estonian: “Väina jõgi”
- Fiji Hindi: “Daugava Naddi”
- Finnish: “Väinäjoki”
- French: “Daugava”
- French: “Dvina Occidentale”
- Galician: “Río Dviná Occidental”
- Georgian: “დასავლეთის დვინა”
- German: “Düna”
- German: “Westliche”
- Greek: “Δυτικός Ντβίνα”
- Greek: “Νταουγκάβα”
- Hebrew: “דווינה המערבית”
- Hebrew: “דווינה”
- Hindi: “डुगावा नदी”
- Hungarian: “Daugava”
- Icelandic: “Dvína”
- Ido: “Fluvio Daugava”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Daugava”
- Interlingue: “Daugava”
- Irish: “Abhainn Daugava”
- Italian: “Daugava”
- Italian: “Dvina occidentale”
- Japanese: “ダウガヴァ川”
- Kazakh: “Батыс Двина”
- Kirghiz: “Даугава”
- Kirghiz: “Западная Двина”
- Komi: “Даугава”
- Komi: “Дзвина”
- Komi: “Рытыв Двина”
- Korean: “다우가바 강”
- Korean: “다우가바강”
- Ladin: “Daugava”
- Latgalian: “Daugova”
- Latin: “Duina Occidentalis”
- Latvian: “Daugava”
- Lithuanian: “Dauguva”
- Lithuanian: “Vakarų Dvina”
- Low German: “Düna”
- Luxembourgish: “Daugava”
- Macedonian: “Даугава”
- Macedonian: “Западна Двина”
- Malagasy: “Daugava (renirano)”
- Malagasy: “Daugava”
- Malay: “Sungai Daugava”
- Marathi: “दौगाव्हा नदी”
- Mingrelian: “ბჟადალ დვინა”
- Northern Frisian: “Düüna”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Daugava”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vest-Dvina”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vestre Dvina”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Daugava”
- Norwegian: “Daugava”
- Ossetian: “Даугавæ”
- Ossetian: “Ныгуылæн Двина”
- Persian: “دائوگاوا”
- Persian: “دوینا باختری”
- Persian: “رود دائوگاوا”
- Polish: “Dźwina”
- Portuguese: “Daugava”
- Portuguese: “Duína Ocidental”
- Portuguese: “Rio Duína Ocidental”
- Romanian: “Daugava”
- Russian: “Даугава”
- Russian: “Западная Двина”
- Rusyn: “Западна Двіна”
- Samogitian: “Daugova”
- Serbian: “Даугава”
- Serbian: “Западна Двина”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zapadna Dvina”
- Slovak: “Západná Dvina”
- Slovenian: “Daugava”
- Slovenian: “Zahodna Dvina”
- South Azerbaijani: “دائوقاوا چایی”
- Spanish: “Daugava”
- Spanish: “Duina”
- Spanish: “Dvina Occidental”
- Spanish: “Río Daugava”
- Swahili: “Mto Daugava”
- Swedish: “Daugava”
- Tajik: “Двинаи Ғарбӣ”
- Tajik: “Дона”
- Tatar: “Көнбатыш Двина”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำเดากาวา”
- Turkish: “Daugava Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Даугава”
- Ukrainian: “Західна Двіна”
- Upper Sorbian: “Daugava”
- Upper Sorbian: “Zapadna Dwina”
- Uzbek: “Daugava”
- Uzbek: “Gʻarbiy Dvina”
- Venetian: “Fiume Daugava”
- Vietnamese: “Daugava”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Tây Dvina”
- Võro: “Daugava”
- Waray (Philippines): “Salog Daugava”
- Welsh: “Afon Daugava”
- Western Frisian: “Westlike Dvina”
- Wu Chinese: “道加瓦河”
- Yue Chinese: “西德維納河”
- “Daugava”
- “Daugova”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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