Northern Dvina River
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| Northern Dvina Russian: Се́верная Двина́ |
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| Origin | Yug River and Sukhona River |
| Mouth | Dvina Bay |
| Basin countries | Russia |
| Length | 744 km (462 mi) |
| Mouth elevation | 0 |
| Avg. discharge | 3332 m³/s[1] |
| Basin area | 357,052 km² |
The Northern Dvina (Russian: 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 744 kilometres (462 mi). It should not be confused with Western Dvina.
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[edit] Navigation and canals
The river is navigable all along and is heavily used for timber floating. The Northern Dvina Canal connects it with the Volga-Baltic Waterway. In the 19th century, a short-lived Northern Ekaterininsky Canal, now abandoned, connected the Northern Dvina basin with the Kama basin as well.
[edit] Cities by Northern Dvina
From source to mouth:
- Veliki Ustyug
- Kotlas
- Novodvinsk
- Arkhangelsk
- Severodvinsk, seaport; farther to the west from the delta.
[edit] Main tributaries of Northern Dvina
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