The Šventoji (; ''The Holy One'') is the longest river that flows entirely within Lithuania and the largest tributary of the

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. It originates from the Lake Samanis in the Gražutė Regional Park and flows into Neris near Jonava. The longest tributary of the Šventoji is the

Širvinta The Širvinta is a river in Lithuania. Stretching for 129 km, it is the longest tributary of the Šventoji. Its source is in the hinterlands of the Širvintos district. After it passes through the town of Širvintos, where a low head dam ha ...

. The Šventoji passes through the cities of

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, Kavarskas and

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. In 1963–1964 a dam near Kavarskas was built to replenish the

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. In 1959 the Antalieptė Reservoir, the second largest artificial lake in Lithuania, was built on the Šventoji.

Tributaries

The following rivers are tributaries to the river Šventoji (from source to mouth): *Left: Šavaša, Vyžuona, Aknysta, Taurožė, Beržuona, Elmė, Anykšta,

Virinta Virinta is a river of Anykščiai district municipality, Utena County, northeastern Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Eu ...

, Dagia,

*Right: Kriauna,

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, Jara,

Pelyša The Pelyša is a river of Anykščiai district municipality, Utena County, in northeastern Lithuania. It flows for 19.3 kilometres and has a basin area of 109.2 km2. The Pelyša is a right tributary of the Šventoji. References LIETUVOS R ...

, Vadaksta, Grieža, Latava, Biebė

References

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