Varėnė

Varėnė
Varėnė near Glūkas
Location
CountryLithuania
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationAlytus district municipality, Alytus County
MouthMerkys
 • coordinates
54°14′46″N 24°33′13″E / 54.2460°N 24.5536°E / 54.2460; 24.5536
Length48 km (30 mi)
Basin size411 km2 (159 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average3.36 m3/s (119 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionMerkys→ Neman→ Baltic Sea
Tributaries 
 • leftŽiegždupis, Žižma, Dusmena, Musė
 • rightJuodupė, Niedulė, Svetus, Abista

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.

Varėnė suits well for water tourism.

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.