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Lėvuo River
The Lėvuo is a river in Northern Lithuania, a right tributary of the river Mūša. . Accessed 2020-01-31. Lėvuo is 148 kilometres long. In 1931 , connecting Lėvuo and rivers was built. The largest tributaries of Lėvuo are , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kupiškis District
Kupiškis (; Yiddish: קופישוק) is a city in northeastern Lithuania. It is the capital of the Kupiškis district municipality, mainly known for its sculptures and fourth biggest water reservoir in Lithuania. Kupiškis is located on the Lėvuo River, Lėvuo and Kupa River, Lithuania, Kupa rivers. The name of the town comes from the Kupa River. The Gediminas Bridge crosses the Kupa River. There are six parts of the town, which are named: * ''Centras'' (Center or Old Town; the oldest buildings in the town hall, sanitation and utility buildings, library, church, high school, blocks of flats, detached houses) * ''Krantinė'' (high-rise housing complex between 4 and 5 floors, detached houses, shopping malls, preschool, primary school) * ''Kraštiečiai'' (high-rise housing complex between 2 and 6 floors, shopping malls, preschool) * ''Račiupėnai'' (a residential area; detached houses, middle school, business and technological school, bus station) * ''Zuntė'' (a residential area; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mūša
The Mūša (; German: Muhsse) is a river in Northern Lithuania and Southern Latvia (Zemgale region). At its Confluence (geography), confluence with the river Nemunėlis () in Latvia, near the city of Bauska, the river Lielupe, Lielupė is formed. The river is 164 kilometers (146 km in Lithuania, 18 km in Latvia) long. References LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS UPIŲ IR TVENKINIŲ KLASIFIKATORIUS (Republic of Lithuania- River and Pond Classifications) Ministry of Environment (Lithuania). Accessed 2011-11-17. Rivers of Lithuania Rivers of Latvia International rivers of Europe Latvia–Lithuania border {{Latvia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian exclave, semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.89 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities include Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Lithuanians who are the titular nation and form the majority of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian. For millennia, the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united for the first time by Mindaugas, who formed the Kingdom of Lithuania on 6 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kupa (Lėvuo)
The Kupa is a small river in northern Lithuania and a left tributary of the Lėvuo. . Accessed 2020-01-31. At first it flows to north but then near Juodupė town turns to the west. It flows through Kupiškis
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Viešinta
Viešinta is a river of Anykščiai district municipality, Utena County, northeastern Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the river Lėvuo. Ministry of Environment (Lithuania)
The Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania () oversees the environment and natural resources in Lithuania. Its mission is:
*To implement the principle of sustainable development;
*To set preconditions for rational utilization, ...
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Svalia (river)
The Svalia is a 36-km long river in northern Lithuania and a right tributary of the Lėvuo river. . Accessed 2020-01-31. The town of is located near the mouth of the Svalia and is named after it. Pasvalys in |
Tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they flow, drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean, another river, or into an endorheic basin. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob (river), Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Environment (Lithuania)
The Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania () oversees the environment and natural resources in Lithuania. Its mission is: *To implement the principle of sustainable development; *To set preconditions for rational utilization, protection and restoration of natural resources; *To ensure provision of information about the state of environment and its forecasts to the public; *To create conditions for the development of construction business and the provision of residents with housing; *To ensure a proper environmental quality, taking into account the norms and standards of the European Union. The Environment Protection Department, accountable to the Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas, was established to oversee environment protection and exploitation of natural resources after Lithuania restored its independence in 1990. In 1996, the Department was reorganized into Ministry of Environmental Protection. In 1998, after the merger with Ministry of Housing and Urba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevėžis
The Nevėžis (; ) is the List of rivers of Lithuania, sixth longest river in Lithuania and one of the main tributaries of the Neman (river), Nemunas. The long Nevėžis flows entirely within Lithuania.Statistical Yearbook of Lithuania 2014 p. 12 Among the rivers that flow exclusively within Lithuania's borders, the Nevėžis is the second longest, after the Šventoji River, Šventoji. Its Source (river or stream), source is in the Anykščiai District Municipality. The river first flows in a northwesterly direction, but at Panevėžys it turns southwest, and passing Kėdainiai, flows into the Neman just west of Kaunas near Raudondvaris. Name There is a popular misconception that the name ''Nevėžis'' means 'a river without crayfish' because ''vėžys'' is the Lithuania ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
