The Northern Dvina (Се́верная Двина́) is a river in Northern Russia flowing through the Vologda Oblast and Arkhangelsk Oblast into the Dvina Bay of the White Sea. The length is 462 miles. It should not be confused with Western Dvina. Categories: Stub | Oblasts of Russia ... Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Barents Sea, the Kola Peninsula and the White Sea. ... 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 river is navigable all along and is heavily used for timber floating. The Northern Dvina Canal connects it with the Volga-Baltic Waterway. Timber floating may refer to one of the following. ... Volga-Baltic Waterway, formerly known as the Mariinsk Canal System, is a series of canals and rivers in Russia which link the Volga River with the Baltic Sea. ...

Cities by Northern Dvina

From source to mouth:

• Veliki Ustyug
• Kotlas
• Novodvinsk
• Arkhangelsk
• Severodvinsk, seaport; farther to the west from the delta.

Velikiy Ustyug, or Veliki Ustyug (Великий Устюг in Russian) is a city in the Vologda Oblast in Russia. ... Kotlas is a Russian city (61° 15 N, 46° 35 E) in the Archangelsk oblast that lies at the confluence of Northern Dvina and Vychegda. ... Novodvinsk (Russian: ) is a town in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. ... The city of Arkhangelsk (Архангельск, formerly in English Archangel) lies on the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea in the far north of European Russia, at 64°32′N 40°32′E. It is the capital of the Arkhangelsk Oblast and was the chief sea port of... Severodvinsk (Russian: ) is a city in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. ... Nile River delta, as seen from Earth orbit. ...

Main tributaries of Northern Dvina

• It starts as the confluence of Sukhona (Suhona) and Yug rivers.
• Pinega
• Uftyuga
• Vaga
• Vychegda
• Yemtsa

Sukhona (Сухона) is a river in the European part of Russia, tributary to the Northern Dvina. ... Yug (Юг) is a river in the European part of Russia, tributary to the Northern Dvina. ... Pinega River (Пинега in Russian) is a river in the Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. ... Uftyuga River is a name of several rivers in the basin of the Northern Dvina River in Russia. ... The Vaga River (Russian: Вага) is a river in the Vologda and Arkhangelsk Oblasts in Russia, the biggest tributary of the Northern Dvina River. ... Vychegda (Вычегда) is a river in the European part of Russia, tributary to the Northern Dvina. ...

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• Northern Dvina