Daugava
The Daugava or Western Dvina (, , , , , , ) is a
river rising in the
Valdai Hills,
Russia, flowing through Russia,
Belarus, and
Latvia, draining into the
Gulf of Riga in
Latvia, an arm of the
Baltic Sea. The total length of the river is 1,020 km (634 mi).It is connected by a canal with
Berezina and
Dnieper rivers.It is not to be confused with
Northern Dvina.
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vaina (f)
n.
sheath, scabbard; husk, shuck; seed pouch, pod; shell
vaina
= pod, husk.
Ex: At harvest, plants were separated into three sections and all pods were removed by hand from each of the three sections and then hand shelled.
Ex: This peat is rich in beaver chewed wood fragments, twigs, sedge, seeds, husks, coleoptera parts, small bones, and conifer cones.