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Encyclopedia > Venta River
Venta
Venta River in Lithuania
Venta River in Lithuania
Origin Lithuania
Mouth Baltic Sea
Basin countries Latvia (67%), Lithuania (33%)
Length 346 km (178 km in Latvia)
Source elevation
Avg. discharge 44 m³/s
Watershed area 11,800 km²
This article is about the river. For city in Lithuania see Venta

Venta River (German: Windau, Polish: Windawa) 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. The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53 deg. ... A watershed is a region of land where water drains downhill into a specified body of water, such as a river, lake, sea, ocean or wetland. ... The source of a river or stream may be a lake, a spring, or a collection of headwaters. ... In hydrology, the discharge of a river is the volume of water transported by it in a certain amount of time. ... A watershed is a region of land where water drains downhill into a specified body of water, such as a river, lake, sea, ocean or wetland. ... Venta is a river in north-western Lithuania and western Latvia. ... The Murray River in Australia. ... Å iauliai County is one of ten counties in Lithuania. ... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53 deg. ... Ventspils is a city in northwestern Latvia, on the coast of the Baltic Sea. ...


Cities along the Venta include Mažeikiai (Lithuania), Kuldīga and Ventspils (Latvia). It has only one Abava tributary longer than 100 km. Tributary Virvyčia at 99,7 km is just shy from 100 km mark. Another tributary Varduva is 96 km long and flows into Venta at the Lithuanian-Latvian border. Mažeikiai Coat Of Arms Mažeikiai is a town in the north-western part of Lithuania, on the Venta river. ... KuldÄ«ga (German: Goldingen) is is a town in western Latvia. ... Ventspils is a city in northwestern Latvia, on the coast of the Baltic Sea. ...



 

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