The Gauja (in Lithuanian; Belarusian: Гаўя, Hawya; Russian: Гавья, Gav’ya) is a river in southern Lithuania and western Belarus, a right tributary of the Neman.
Coordinates: 53°49′52″N 25°35′37″E / 53.8312°N 25.5936°E / 53.8312; 25.5936
The Gauja River (estonian:Koiva jõgi; german:Livländische Aa) is a river in Vidzeme, Latvia. It is the only large river of Latvia that begins and ends its flow in Latvia. Its length is 460 km, of which 1/5 or 93.5 km are in the Gauja National Park. In this part, the Gauja River flows through a spacious ancient Gauja valley, which is 1 to 2.5 km wide, and the maximum depth near Sigulda is 85 m. The sandstone rocks on the banks of the Gauja and its adjoining rivers started forming 370 to 300 million years ago during the Devonian period.
Before 13th century the Gauja River used to serve as a trade route and border river between the Livonian and Latgalian lands. In some territories, they used to live mixed together. When Livonian languages were still present along the Gauja River and the sea, it used to be called Koivo (the Saint River). In Latvian, the name of the Gauja River used to mean 'a great amount', 'a crowd', and was therefore called the 'big river'. The Livonians suffered greatly during the Great Northern War and following plague in the 18th century. That was the period when the remaining Livonians assimilated with the Latvians.
Gauja is a river in Latvia
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