Merkys
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The Merkys () is a river in southern Lithuania and northern Belarus. It flows for through Belarus, along the Belarusian–Lithuanian border, and through Lithuania before joining the Nemunas from the right bank near Merkinė.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Merkys is referenced by 47 other articles, and connects out to Neman, Belarus and Lithuania.
The entry is geolocated on the map in river, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under International rivers of Europe, Rivers of Belarus and Rivers of Grodno region.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- River.name
- Merkys
- River.image
- Merkine Neman.JPG
- River.image_caption
- Confluence of the Merkys and Neman at Merkinė
- River.source1_location
- southwest from Ašmiany, Belarus
- River.mouth_location
- near Merkinė
- River.mouth
- Neman
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Lithuania (),Belarus ()
- River.length_km
- 213
- River.discharge1_avg
- (near Varėna)
- River.basin_size_km2
- 4416
- River.tributaries_left
- Šalčia, Verseka, Ūla
- River.tributaries_right
- Spengla, Varėnė
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Belarus
- Located in
- Šalčininkai District Municipality
- Continent
- Eurasia
- Image
- Merkys - panoramio.jpg
- Length
- 206
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- Commons category
- Merkys
- mouth of the watercourse
- Neman
- watershed area
- 4440
- discharge
- 33.4
- waterbody number
- LT11010001
- distance from river mouth
- 417.8
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Name
- References
The Merkys () is a river in southern Lithuania and northern Belarus. It flows for through Belarus, along the Belarusian–Lithuanian border, and through Lithuania before joining the Nemunas from the right bank near Merkinė.
The Merkys is mostly fed by underground streams and therefore is cooler during summers and has smaller fluctuations in water level than other rivers in Lithuania. Near Žagarinė ( before its mouth) the Merkys is connected with Lake Papys by a canal. The Vokė originates from this lake and consumes most of the Merkys' water. Before the canal average discharge of the Merkys is and below it only . At the end of the 19th century the drainage basin of the Merkys grew by some as its tributary Ūla overtook some of the Kotra's watershed area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Merkys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations