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Rūdninkai Forest
Rūdninkai Forest () is the fifth-largest Forests in Lithuania, forest in Lithuania. This old-growth forest in southeastern Lithuania is south of Vilnius. The forest is within the Vilnius District Municipality, Vilnius, Šalčininkai District Municipality, Šalčininkai and Varėna District Municipality, Varėna district municipalities. The forest stretches over , of which is covered with trees. The Pirčiupiai-Eišiškės road crosses the forest's western part, while the Pirčiupiai-Jašiūnai road goes through the northern part. In the forest's north is the town of Baltoji Vokė and roughly to the southeast is Šalčininkai. Geography The Rūdninkai forest consists of 23 smaller forests, of which the biggest are the following: Dargužiai, Jašiūnai, , , Pirčiupiai, , , and , Valkininkai, and more. Two-thirds of the forest is considered to be of state importance, of which a part belongs to the Ministry of National Defence (Lithuania), Ministry of National Defence, w ...
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Šalčia
The Šalčia ( be, Шальча, translit=Shalcha) is a river in Lithuania. It originates in a region located to the east of Šalčininkai and runs for 76 km before flowing into the Merkys near Valkininkai Valkininkai ( pl, Olkieniki) is a historic town in (Valkininkai) eldership, Varėna District Municipality, Alytus County, Lithuania, located about northeast from Varėna and about southwest from Vilnius. At the Lithuanian census of 2001, its .... Rivers of Lithuania Rivers of Belarus International rivers of Europe Belarus–Lithuania border Rivers of Grodno Region {{Belarus-river-stub ...
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