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Daugava （Latgalian: Daugova） or Western Dvina （Russian: Западная Двина （Západnaya Dviná）; Belarusian: Заходняя Дзвіна） is a large river rising in the Valdai Hills of Russia that flows through Belarus then Latvia into the Gulf of Riga of the Baltic Sea.
It rises close to the source of the Volga.
Its length is 1,020 km （630 mi）, of which 325 km （202 mi） are in Russia.
It is a westward-flowing river, tracing out a great curve towards its south which means it passes through northern Belarus.
Latvia's capital, Riga bridges the estuary four times, lying on both banks, the city centre being 15 kilometres （9.3 mi） from the mouth and being a significant port.
The total catchment area of the river is 87,900 km2 （33,900 sq mi）, 33,150 km2 （12,800 sq mi） of which are within Belarus.
The following rivers are tributaries to the river Daugava （from source to mouth）: Daugava flowing through Riga in Latvia According to Max Vasmer's Etymological Dictionary,
the toponym Dvina clearly cannot stem from a Uralic language, and it possibly comes from an Indo-European word which used to mean river or stream.
Port of Riga on the Daugava river The river began experiencing environmental deterioration in the era of Soviet collective agriculture （producing considerable adverse water pollution runoff） and a wave of hydroelectric power projects.
Andreapol, Zapadnaya Dvina and Velizh.
Ruba, Vitebsk, Beshankovichy, Polotsk with Boris stones strewn in the vicinity, Navapolatsk, Dzisna, Verkhnedvinsk, and Druya.
Krāslava, Daugavpils, Līvāni, Jēkabpils, Pļaviņas, Aizkraukle, Jaunjelgava, Lielvārde, Kegums, Ogre, Ikšķile, Salaspils and Riga.
Daugava sunset in Riga.
The Swedish army bombarding the fortress of Daugavgri...