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The Daugava or Western Dvina (Latvian: Daugava, Russian: Западная Двина́ (Zapadnaya Dvina), Belarusian: Заходняя Дзвiна (Zahodniaja Dźvina), Polish: Dźwina, German: Düna, Estonian: Väina, Finnish: Väinänjoki) 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... In late March 2007, a pipe for diesel transport, located in Belarus and belonging to a Russian company failed, ejecting more than 100 tons of diesel into the river. Currently more than 100 km of Daugava's basin located in Latvia is covered in diesel. (Wikipedia).