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    The Salaca (Estonian: Salatsi jõgi) is a river in northern Latvia. It flows from Lake Burtnieks in Vidzeme, 90 km, to the Gulf of Riga. The river flows...
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    area surrounding Salacgrīva is the mouth of Salaca River, and the town's name literally means "Mouth of Salaca" in Latvian. Since 2007, it is famous for...
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    main rivers flowing into the gulf are Daugava, Pärnu, Lielupe, Gauja, and Salaca. The freshwater runoff entering the Baltic sea accounts for two percent...
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    north of the Kurzeme peninsula in Latvia but also used to be spoken in the Salaca River valley. Although its last known native speaker died in 2013, a child...
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    000 mi). Major rivers include the Daugava River, Lielupe, Gauja, Venta, and Salaca, the largest spawning ground for salmon in the eastern Baltic states. There...
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    coast, waves have carved sandstone cliffs. After the regulation of the Salaca river in 1929, the lake level dropped by a metre, and many of the exposed...
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    ferryman's house on the banks of Salaca river are mentioned. In 1887 the owners of Rozēni and Ungura manors built a bridge over Salaca in that place. In 1897 a...
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    port authority of Salacgrīva, Latvia. The port is located at the mouth of Salaca River. Battle of Salis Salacgriva port Wikimapia Official website v t e...
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    once vibrant nation was made up of several families living along the river Salaca (Livonian: Salatsi), but in the second half of the 19th century, the Livonian...
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    over the boundaries of the archdiocese and the order at Lake Burtnieks and Salaca. During this time he was called Lord Indrica of the parish of Papendorf...
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    Salaca region became one of the most intense areas in traffic intensity in Latvia in the 14th century. In 1908 a ferroconcrete bridge over Salaca was...
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    Kraasna † Leivu † Lutsi † Mulgi Seto Tartu Võro Livonian Courland Livonian Salaca Livonian † Votic Eastern Votic † Western Votic Krevinian † Northern Finnic...
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    major rivers include the Daugava, the Lielupe, the Gauja, the Venta and the Salaca. Woodlands cover around 52% of the country (Pine – 34%, Spruce – 18%, Birch...
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    Riežupe [lv] - Rītupe - Rūbeža [lv] - Rogāļu strauts [lv] - Rūja Saka River [lv] - Salaca - Slocene - Stende - Strazdupīte [lv] - Suda - Sventāja - Svēte Tartaks...
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    Salacgrīva fortress was a medieval castle located on the right bank of the Salaca river, in the historical region of Vidzeme, northern Latvia. Built in 1226...
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    located in northern Latvia, south of the town of Mazsalaca, near the river Salaca and Lake Burtnieks which is fourth largest lake in Latvia. The area covers...
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    Rānda keel) (extinct) Courland Livonian (extinct) (with revival attempts) Salaca Livonian (extinct) Gulf of Finland Finnic Central Finnic Estonian (North...
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    Saikava Friedrichswald Saka Sackenhausen Sakstagals Saktygal Sala Holmhof Salaca Salis Salacgrīva Salismünde Salaspils Kirchholm Saldus Frauenburg Saliena...
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    marine protected territories. NVBR generates nature tourism via the river Salaca, which starts its 95 km long journey from Lake Burtnieks and ends in the...
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    5000 BC. The present town began to develop in 1864, when a bridge over the Salaca river was constructed. During World War II, Mazsalaca was under German occupation...
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  • Belgrade. He wrote several historical plays, including Nemanja, Todor od Salaća, Miloš Veliki, Lazar, Karađorđe. "Miloš Cvetić – Portalibris". "Serbian...
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    airships attacked the port town of Salacgrīva (German: Salismünde) on the Salaca River (German: Salis) and surrounding areas in the evening of 1 October...
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    century, especially the wooden architecture, the Liv cultural heritage of Salaca region. Distance to the capital Riga - 130 km Administrative divisions of...
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    Landscape Area, and downstream of Valmiera by Gauja National Park; and the Salaca, which drains Lake Burtnieks, the largest lake in the municipality. The...
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    decided not to proceed with the project. After a 2020 inspection of the Salaca bridge in Salacgrīva, it was found that the bridge, which was built in 1960...
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