Venta (river)

Venta
The Venta river in Kuldīga
Country Latvia (67%), Lithuania (33%)
Physical characteristics
Main source near Užventis, Lithuania
River mouth Baltic Sea at Ventspils, Latvia.
Length 346 km (215 mi) (178 km or 111 mi in Latvia)
Discharge
  • Average rate:
    44 m3/s (1,600 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Basin size 11,800 km2 (4,600 sq mi)

The Venta (Latvian pronunciation [ˈvænta], Lithuanian [venˈta] ( listen), German: Windau, Polish: Windawa, Livonian Vǟnta joug) is a river in north-western Lithuania and western Latvia. Its source is near Kuršėnai in the Lithuanian Šiauliai County. It flows into the Baltic Sea at Ventspils in Latvia.

Mouth of Venta in Ventspils

Towns along the Venta include Mažeikiai (Lithuania), Kuldīga and Ventspils (Latvia). It has only one tributary longer than 100 km, the Abava. Other major tributaries include the Virvyčia (99.7 km) and the Varduva (96 km), which flows into the Venta at the Lithuanian-Latvian border.

Smaller tributaries include the Avižlys, which runs for 20 kilometers and flows into the Venta River[1] at Akmenė district municipality, Šiauliai County, northern Lithuania.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS UPIŲ IR TVENKINIŲ KLASIFIKATORIUS (Republic of Lithuania- River and Pond Classifications)" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Ministry of Environment (Lithuania). Retrieved 2011-11-03.

Coordinates: 57°23′44″N 21°32′40″E / 57.39556°N 21.54444°E / 57.39556; 21.54444


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