Main source Russia Length 93 km Basin area 651 km² Mouth Daugava | River mouth Western Dvina Discharge 4.8 m³/s Source Russia Country Belarus | |
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Palata (Belarusian: Палата́) or Polota (Russian: Полота́) is a river in Belarus and Russia, a tributary of the Western Dvina river. Rising in Pskov Oblast of Russia and flowing through northern Belarus, it joins the Western Dvina at Polatsk. The meaning of the name is Puolauta and this in the Lithuanian language means 'falling into', i.e., the river which flows into a bigger river.
Map of %D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0, Polatsk, Belarus
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Palata River Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA