DVINA  , the name of two See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers of See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia . 1 . The See also:

• NORTHERN

NORTHERN DVINA, Or Dvina Syevernaya, belongs to the See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin of the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, and is formed by the junction of the Sukhona and the Yug, which, rising, the former in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west and the latter in the south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

• VOLOGDA

Vologda, meet in the neighbourhood of Velikiy-Ustyug, at a height of 300 ft. above the sea, in 61° 20' N. and 46° 20' E . The conjoint stream then flows N.W. to the Gulf of See also:

• ARCHANGEL (ARCHANGELSK)
• ARCHANGEL (ARCHANGELSx)

Archangel, which it reaches 50 M. below the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Archangel . From its mouth to the confluence of the co-tributary streams the distance is about 470 m., and to the source of the Sukhona 78o m . The drainage See also:

• AREA

area is estimated at 141,000 sq. m . Except at the rapids the current of the Dvina is comparatively slow, as the See also:

• AVERAGE

average fall per mile is only 9 in . Till its See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union with the Vychegda, a See also:

• RIVER

river which exceeds it in See also:

• VOLUME

volume, it flows for the most See also:

• PART

part in a single, well-defined and permanent channel; but below that point it often splits into several branches, and not infrequently alters its course . In the neighbourhood of Archangel it divides into three distinct arms, which See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta; but of these that of See also:

• BEREZOV

Berezov alone is navigable for sea-going vessels, and even it is impeded by a See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar at the mouth, with not more than 141 or 152 ft. of See also:

• WATER

water at full See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide . Just above the point where the delta begins the river is joined by a large tributary, the Pinega, from the right . Above the confluence of the Vychegda the breadth is about 1750 ft.; below that point it widens out to 3500 ft.; and near Archangel it attains more than three times that measure . The channel is See also:

• FREE

free from See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice for about 174 days in the See also:

• YEAR

year .

By means of the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

Duke See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander of See also:

• WURTTEMBERG

Wurttemberg See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

Canal, the river is connected with the See also:

• NEVA

Neva and the See also:

• VOLGA (known to the Tatars as Etil, Jill or Atel; to the Finnish tribes as Rau, and to the ancients as Rha and Oarus)

Volga . 2 . The See also:

• SOUTHERN

SOUTHERN DVINA, or Dvina Zapadnaya, in See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• DANA, CHARLES ANDERSON (1819–'897)
• DANA, FRANCIS (1743-1811)
• DANA, JAMES DWIGHT (1813-1895)

Dana and in Lettish Daugava, belongs to. the Baltic basin, and takes its rise in a small See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake about 800 ft. above the level of the sea, in the government of See also:

• TVER

Tver, not far from the See also:

• SOURCES

sources of the Volga and the See also:

• DNIEPER

Dnieper . After dividing Tver in part from See also:

• PSKOV

Pskov in part, it skirts the east and south of the government of See also:

• VITEBSK

Vitebsk, separates part of the latter from See also:

• VILNA, or WILN0
• VILNA, or WILNO

Vilna, and then divides Vitebsk ,and See also:

• LIVONIA, or LIVLAND (Russian, Liflandia)

Livonia from Couriand, and disembogues in the southern end of the Gulf of See also:

• RIGA (Esth. Ria-Lin)

Riga . Its length is 64o m. and it drains an area of 32,960 sq. m . From See also:

• DVINSK

Dvinsk (Diinaburg) to Riga, a distance of 135 m., there is altogether a fall of 295 ft., of which 105 ft. are in the 40 M. from Jakobstadt to Friedrichstadt . In the See also:

• LOWER

lower part of its course the river attains an See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• DEPTH

depth of 30 ft. and an average breadth of 1400 ft.; but during the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring See also:

• FLOOD (in O. Eng. flod, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Flut, Dutch vloed, from the same root as is seen in " flow," " float ")
• FLOOD, HENRY (1732-1791)

flood it sometimes rises 14 ft. above its usual level, and its See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters spread out to a mile in width . Near the mouth the river is . usually free from ice for 245 days in the year, and in the government of Vitebsk for 229 . It is navigable from the confluence of the Mezha (i.e. from Vitebsk) downwards, but the number of rapids and shallows greatly diminishes its value . See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

Navigation can also be carried on by the following tributaries: the Usvyat, Mezha, Kasplya, Ulla, Disna and Bolder-aa . This river was formerly called the Khezin or Turunt, and at the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day it has the name of Polot among the White Russians . See also:

• SALMON
• SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

Salmon and lampreys abound in its waters .

(P . A . K.; J . T .