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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.

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River.name
Varėnė
River.image
Varėnė_ties_Glūku.JPG
River.image_caption
Varėnė near Glūkas
River.source1_location
Alytus district municipality, Alytus County
River.mouth
Merkys
River.subdivision_type1
Country
River.subdivision_name1
Lithuania
River.subdivision_type2
Region
River.length_km
48
River.basin_size_km2
411
River.tributaries_left
Žiegždupis, Žižma, Dusmena, Musė
River.tributaries_right
Juodupė, Niedulė, Svetus, Abista

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Instance of
river
Country
Lithuania
Image
Varėnė ties Glūku.JPG
Length
47.7
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Commons category
Varėnė
mouth of the watercourse
Merkys
watershed area
410.8
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Varėnė” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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