Length 346 km Discharge 44 m³/s Sources Lithuania, Kuršėnai Countries Lithuania, Latvia | Basin area 11,800 km² Mouth Baltic Sea Bridges Kuldīgas ķieģeļu tilts | |
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Country Latvia (67%), Lithuania (33%) Main source near Kuršėnai, Lithuania River mouth Baltic Sea at Ventspils, Latvia. Basin size 11,800 km (4,600 sq mi) | ||
The Venta (Latvian pronunciation [ˈvænta], Lithuanian [venˈta], 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.
Map of Venta
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 at Akmenė district municipality, Šiauliai County, northern Lithuania.
References
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