The city is situated on both banks of the river daugava near the gulf of riga 城市占据里加湾附近的道加瓦河的两岸。
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Three vehicular transport bridges and one railway bridge connect both banks of daugava river 三座车用交通桥和一个铁路桥将道加瓦河两岸连接起来。
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Long ago , the scandinavian vikings sailed up the same river daugava that today runs through riga to get to constantinople 许久以前，斯堪的纳维亚海盗扬帆上溯今天流经里加城的同一条道加瓦河，去到君士坦丁堡。
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Then this place was important as a strategically convenient location in the estuary of the daugava big waterway , amidst the ancient route from vikings to greeks also called the amber way 其后这一地方的重要性，就体现在战略上它处在道加瓦河大水路出海口上的较便捷的位置，位居古代“从斯堪的纳维亚到希腊”之路（亦称琥珀路） 。
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Daugava river separates city in two parts : on the right bank of the river one can see eldest part of the city vecriga old riga , which is surrounded by the ring of boulevards , but the left bank is occupied by other part of the city called pardaugava 道加瓦河将城市一分为二：河的右岸可以见到由环形林荫大道围绕的城市最古老的部分老里加（ vecriga ） ，但左岸占据着城市的另一部分，超道加瓦（ pardaugava ） 。
