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Svete (river)

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Main source
  
Šiauliai district

Basin size
  
2,295 km (886 sq mi)

Mouth
  
Lielupe

River mouth
  
Lielupe

Length
  
123 km

Country
  
Latvia

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Discharge
  
Average rate: 2.7 m/s (95 cu ft/s)

The Svete River (Lithuanian: Švėtė, Latvian: Svēte) flows through the Šiauliai and Joniškis districts in the northern part of Lithuania, and the southern part of Latvia. The source of the Švėtė is near Tulominai, about 16 km southeast of Kuršėnai, and the river flows north passing by Žagarė, near the Latvian border. It is a tributary of the Lielupe, joining it 8 km to the northwest of Jelgava. The Lielupe ultimately flows into the Baltic Sea.

Map of Svete, Latvia

The upper part of the Svete can dry up completely in very dry summers, and its main tributaries are the Šakyna, Žarė, Tērvete, Bērze, Žvairilas, Bukiškis, Juodupis, Katmilžis and Vilkija rivers.

References

Svete (river) Wikipedia