The Belarus–Latvia border is of length . In spans from the

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with Lithuania to the tripoint with

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. It is an

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. The current border between the republics of

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

(CIS member) and

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

(EU member) was established after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and confirmed by an agreement of 21 February 1994 about the establishment of the border, finalized on April 10, 2013, in the agreement about the functioning of the border.ДОГОВОР между Правительством Латвийской Республики и Правительством Республики Беларусь о режиме латвийско - белорусской государственной границы
/ref> For about , the border runs along the

Daugava River The Daugava ( ltg, Daugova; german: Düna) or Western Dvina (russian: Западная Двина, translit=Západnaya Dviná; be, Заходняя Дзвіна; et, Väina; fi, Väinäjoki) is a large river rising in the Valdai Hills of Russ ...

. It also crosses the

Lake Rychy Lake Rychy ( be, Ры́чы), Richi (russian: Ричи), or Richu ( lv, Riču ezers) is a freshwater lake shared by the Braslaw District of Vitebsk Region, Belarus, and Augšdaugava Municipality, Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ...

and an island in the lake. The border starts from the triple junction of the borders with Lithuania ( ) and continues to the east to the triple junction of the borders with

( )

Border crossings

The May 10, 2006 decree of the President of Belarus no. 313 established the following border crossings.Указ Президента Республики Беларусь от 10 мая 2006 г. № 313
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References

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