Venta (river)
The 883rd longest river in the world
The Venta (Latvian pronunciation [ˈvænta], Lithuanian [venˈta], Windau, 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. On the territory of Lithuania along the Venta are cities Užventis, Kuršėnai, Venta, Viekšniai and Mažeikiai. In Latvia, the cities of Skrunda, Kuldīga, Piltene and Ventspils are located on the Venta river. Venta Rapid, the widest waterfall in Europe, is on Venta river in Kuldīga, Latvia.
Flows through: Lithuania.
River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.