Northern Dvina River

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The Northern Dvina River is a major waterway in northwestern Russia that flows into the White Sea and has long served as an important route for trade and transport.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
waterway
alsoKnownAs Northern Dvina River
surface form: Severnaia Dvina

Northern Dvina River
surface form: Severnaya Dvina

Northern Dvina River
surface form: Severodvinskaya Dvina (historical)
basinCountry Russia
climateZone subarctic
confluenceLocation near Veliky Ustyug
connectedToSea White Sea
continent Europe
country Russia
drainageBasinArea approximately 357000 km²
flowsInto White Sea
flowsThrough Arkhangelsk Oblast
Vologda Oblast NERFINISHED
formedByConfluenceOf Sukhona River NERFINISHED
Yug River NERFINISHED
freezingPeriod typically from late October or November to April
hasCityOnBanks Arkhangelsk
Severodvinsk
hasHistoricalRole important trade route
important transport route
hasMouthNear Arkhangelsk
hasTownOnBanks Kotlas
Veliky Ustyug
historicallyLinkedTo Arkhangelsk as a major seaport
languageOfName Russian
length approximately 744 km
locatedIn northwestern Russia
majorPortCity Arkhangelsk
mouthCountry Russia
mouthLocation White Sea
mouthRegion Arkhangelsk Oblast
navigable yes
partOf Northern Russia
surface form: Northern European Russia
riverSystem Northern Dvina River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Northern Dvina river basin
sourceRegion Vologda Oblast NERFINISHED
tributary Pinega River NERFINISHED
Pokshenga River NERFINISHED
Severnaya Dvina left-bank tributaries
Severnaya Dvina right-bank tributaries
Ustya River NERFINISHED
Vaga River
Vychegda River NERFINISHED
Yula River
usedFor cargo transport
fishing
passenger transport
timber rafting

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Northern Dvina River alsoKnownAs Northern Dvina River
this entity surface form: Severnaya Dvina
Northern Dvina River alsoKnownAs Northern Dvina River
this entity surface form: Severnaia Dvina
Northern Dvina River alsoKnownAs Northern Dvina River
this entity surface form: Severodvinskaya Dvina (historical)
White Sea connectedTo Northern Dvina River
Russian Plain contains Northern Dvina River
this entity surface form: Northern Dvina River basin
European Russia containsRiver Northern Dvina River
Northwestern Federal District hasMajorRiver Northern Dvina River
Vologda Oblast hasMajorRiver Northern Dvina River
this entity surface form: Northern Dvina basin
Arctic drainage basin hasPart Northern Dvina River
this entity surface form: Northern Dvina River basin
Arctic drainage basin hasPart Northern Dvina River
this entity surface form: Severnaya Dvina River basin
Arkhangelsk Oblast hasPart Northern Dvina River
Archangel locatedOn Northern Dvina River
Kholmogory locatedOn Northern Dvina River
Kholmogory riverBasin Northern Dvina River
this entity surface form: Northern Dvina basin
Northern Dvina River riverSystem Northern Dvina River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Northern Dvina river basin