Ice jam in river Daugava, Plavinas town - Ledus sastrēgums Daugavā, Pļaviņu pilsētā 4K
The Daugava or Western Dvina is a large river rising in the Valdai Hills of Russia that flows through Belarus and Latvia into the Gulf of Riga of the Baltic Sea. It is 1,020 km in length, of which 352 km is in Latvia.Ice jams are caused by melting snow and ice. Warm temperatures and rains cause snow and ice to melt very rapidly. All this extra water causes frozen rivers and streams to swell up, and the layer of ice on top of the river begins to break up.
Pļaviņas is a town in Aizkraukle Municipality in Latvia. The town is located on the Daugava river. The population in 2020 was 2,974