Narva River

The railway bridge over the Narva between Narva and Iwangorod

Right fortress Iwangorod, left Hermann Castle, separated by the river Narva

Waterfall between Narva and Iwangorod, Stamp of 1933

Course of the Narva

The Narva ( Narva Estonian Jogi Нарва Russian, German Narva ) is the approximately 77 -kilometer-long outflow of Lake Peipus to the Baltic Sea. It opens ( German: " mouth of the Narva " ) near the town of Narva- Jõesuu in the Gulf of Finland. The river is navigable and feeds the Narva Reservoir, to the Soviet times, a power plant was built to generate electricity.

Since the late Middle Ages, the Narva marked with the Ice the border between the Russian and Estonian settlement area in the Baltics. After the restoration of Estonia's sovereignty from the Soviet Union in 1991 to the state border between Russia and the Baltic States, and since 1 May 2004, forms part of the eastern border of the European Union. Between the Estonian town of Narva and the Russian Iwangorod the most important border crossing between the two countries crosses the river.