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Categories: Disambiguation The Daugava or Western Dvina (Russian: За́падная Двина́, Belarusan: Дзьвіна́, Latvian: Daugava, German: Düna, Polish Dźwina) is a river rising in the Valdai Hills flowing through Russia and Belarus, to drain into the Gulf of Riga, an arm of the Baltic Sea at Riga, Latvia. ... The Northern Dvina (Се́верная Двина́) is a river in Northern Russia flowing into the Dvina Bay of the White Sea. ...

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	The Daugava or Western Dvina ( Latvian : Daugava, Belarusian : ÐÐ·Ð²ÑÐ½Ð°, ÐÐ°ÑÐ¾Ð´Ð½ÑÑ ÐÐ·ÑÐ²ÑÐ½Ð°, Russian : ÐÐ°Ð¿Ð°Ð´Ð½Ð°Ñ ÐÐ²Ð¸Ð½Ð°Ì, Polish : DÅºwina, German DÃ¼na, Finnish VÃ¤inÃ¤) is a river rising in the Valdai Hills, flowing through Russia, Belarus, and Latvia, draining into the Gulf of Riga, an arm of the Baltic Sea.
	It is not to be confused with Northern Dvina.
	There are three hydroelectric dams on the river - RÄ«gas HES just upstream from Riga or 35 km from the mouth of the river, Ä¶eguma HES another 35 km further up or 70 km from the mouth, and PÄ¼aviÅu HES another 37 km upstream or 107 km from the mouth.

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