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Varėnė

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Varėnė is a river of Alytus district municipality and Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southern Lithuania. It flows for 48 kilometres and has a basin area of 411 km². The Varėnė begins near Skaičionys village. There are a lot of water springs along its upper course. Varėnė crosses the Varėnis Lake near its mouth. It joins the Merkys near Varėna city. Varėnė suits well for water tourism.

Flows through: Lithuania.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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