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Dvina
(dvē nä′)
- river in NW Russia, flowing northwest into Dvina Bay near Arkhangelsk: 460 mi (740 km)often called Northern Dvina
- river in W Russia, flowing from the Valdai Hills northwest through Belarus & Latvia into the Gulf of Riga: 635 mi (1,022 km): Latvian name Daugavaoften called Western Dvina
See Dvina in American Heritage Dictionary 4
- also Northern Dvina A river, about 748 km (465 mi) long, of northwest Russia flowing northwest into Dvina Bay, an arm of the White Sea.
- also Western Dvina A river, about 1,022 km (635 mi) long, rising in western Russia and flowing southwest and northwest through Belarus and Latvia to the Gulf of Riga.
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