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The Northern Dvina is a river in Northern Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 flowing through the Vologda Oblast
Vologda Oblast

Vologda Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Area: 145,700 km?; population: 1,269,568 . Its largest city is Cherepovets, but the administrative center is Vologda....
 and Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk Oblast

Arkhangelsk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It includes Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya islands, and also Nenets Autonomous Okrug....
 into the Dvina Bay
Dvina Bay

The Dvina Bay is located in Arkhangelsk Oblast Russia. It is one of four large bays and gulfs of the White Sea, the others being the Mezen Bay, the Onega Bay, and the Kandalaksha Gulf....
 of the White Sea
White Sea

The White Sea is an inlet of the Barents Sea on the northwest coast of Russia. It is surrounded by Karelia to the west, the Kola peninsula to the north, and the Kanin Peninsula to the northeast....
. The length is . It should not be confused with Western Dvina.

river is navigable all along and is heavily used for timber floating
Timber floating

Timber floating may refer to one of the following.*Log driving*Timber rafting...
.






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The Northern Dvina is a river in Northern Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 flowing through the Vologda Oblast
Vologda Oblast

Vologda Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . Area: 145,700 km?; population: 1,269,568 . Its largest city is Cherepovets, but the administrative center is Vologda....
 and Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk Oblast

Arkhangelsk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It includes Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya islands, and also Nenets Autonomous Okrug....
 into the Dvina Bay
Dvina Bay

The Dvina Bay is located in Arkhangelsk Oblast Russia. It is one of four large bays and gulfs of the White Sea, the others being the Mezen Bay, the Onega Bay, and the Kandalaksha Gulf....
 of the White Sea
White Sea

The White Sea is an inlet of the Barents Sea on the northwest coast of Russia. It is surrounded by Karelia to the west, the Kola peninsula to the north, and the Kanin Peninsula to the northeast....
. The length is . It should not be confused with Western Dvina.

Navigation and canals

The river is navigable all along and is heavily used for timber floating
Timber floating

Timber floating may refer to one of the following.*Log driving*Timber rafting...
. The Northern Dvina Canal
Northern Dvina Canal

The Northern Dvina Canal is a 64 km long canal in Vologda Oblast in Russia. It connects the Volga-Baltic Waterway to the Northern Dvina River through its tributary, the Sukhona River....
 connects it with the Volga-Baltic Waterway
Volga-Baltic Waterway

The 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....
. In the 19th century, a short-lived Northern Ekaterininsky Canal
Northern Ekaterininsky Canal

Northern Ekaterininsky Canal , or Catherine's Canal is an abandoned canal in the Komi Republic and Perm Oblast in northern Russia, connecting the basin of the Northern Dvina with that of the Kama River, a tributary of the Volga River....
, now abandoned, connected the Northern Dvina basin with the Kama
Kama River

Kama is a major river in Russia, the longest left tributary of the Volga River and the largest one in discharge; in fact, it is larger than the Volga before junction....
 basin as well.

Cities by Northern Dvina


From source to mouth:

  • Veliki Ustyug
  • Kotlas
    Kotlas

    Kotlas is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in the south of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Northern Dvina River and Vychegda Rivers....
  • Novodvinsk
    Novodvinsk

    Novodvinsk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Northern Dvina River, south of Arkhangelsk....
  • Arkhangelsk
    Arkhangelsk

    Arkhangelsk , formerly called Archangel in English language, is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia....
  • Severodvinsk
    Severodvinsk

    Severodvinsk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located in the River delta of the Northern Dvina, west of Arkhangelsk....
    , seaport; farther to the west from the delta
    River delta

    A delta is a landform that is created at the mouth of a river where that river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, flat arid area, or another river....
    .


?ributaries of Northern Dvina


  • It starts as the confluence of Sukhona
    Sukhona River

    Sukhona is a river in the European part of Russia, tributary to the Northern Dvina. Its length is 558 Kilometre. The area of its basin is 50,300 km?....
     (Suhona) and Yug
    Yug River

    Yug is a river in the European part of Russia, a tributary of the Northern Dvina. Its length is . Its source is near Nikolsk, Vologda Oblast in Vologda Oblast....
     rivers.
  • Pinega
    Pinega River

    Pinega River is a river in the Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Northern Dvina River. The length of the river is 779 km....
  • Uftyuga
    Uftyuga River

    Uftyuga River is a name of several rivers in the basin of the Northern Dvina River in Russia.* Uftyuga River, a river in the Arkhangelsk Oblast...
  • Vaga
    Vaga River

    The Vaga River is a river in the Vologda Oblast and Arkhangelsk Oblasts in Russia, a tributary of the Northern Dvina River. The length of the Vaga River is 575 km....
  • Vychegda
    Vychegda River

    Vychegda is a river in the European part of Russia, tributary to the Northern Dvina. Its length is about 1,100 km. Its source is approx. 310km west of the northern Ural Mountains....
  • Yomtsa
    Yomtsa River

    Yomtsa River is a river in the Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Northern Dvina River. The length of the river is 188 Kilometre....
  • Nizhnyaya Toyma
    Nizhnyaya Toyma

    Nizhnyaya Toyma or Lower Toyma may refer to one of the following locations in Russia*Nizhnyaya Toyma, Kirov Oblast, a settlement in Kirov Oblast, Russia...


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