Venta River

The Venta ( German: Ventspils ) is a river in north-western Lithuania and western Latvia. It rises near Kuršėnai in the Lithuanian Šiauliai district and flows ( German: Ventspils ) at Ventspils in Latvia in the Baltic Sea.

In its course the Venta happened the places Užventis, Viekšniai, Mažeikiai in Lithuania, Skundra and Kuldīga ( German: Gold rings ) in Latvia. In Kuldīga the flow over the flat, but with 240 m may widest waterfall in Europe Ventas Rumba falls. He learns Larger inflows through the Abava that Virvyčia and Varduva, This ends near the Lithuanian- Latvian border. Other tributaries are Viešetė, Vadakstis and Ciecere. At the mouth of the Venta is 200 meters wide. By artificially increasing the riverbed large oil tankers can use the river port at Ventspils.

The length of the territory of Latvia is about 178 km.

River Name

• Latvian and Lithuanian Venta,
• German Ventspils,
• Liv Vǟnta,
• Samogitian Venta
• Polish Windawa
• Russian Виндава, Вента,