Venta
Also known as Windau, Windawa, Vanta, Venta River
river in Latvia and Lithuania
Key facts
- Country
- Latvia (67%), Lithuania (33%)
- Location
- near Užventis , Lithuania
- Length
- 346 km (215 mi)(178 km or 111 mi in Latvia)
- Basin size
- 11,800 km (4,600 sq mi)
- Average
- 44 m /s (1,600 cu ft/s)
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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.
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.