Svete River

Svete River

Infobox River | river_name = Švėtė River, Svēte River


caption =
origin = Šiauliai district
mouth = Lielupe River
basin_countries = Lithuania
Latvia
length = 123 km
elevation =
discharge = 2.7 m³/s
watershed = 2295 km²

The Svete River ( _lt. Švėtė; _lv. Svēte) flows through the Šiauliai and Joniškis districts in the northern part of Lithuania, and the southern part of Latvia. [Jonas Zinkus, et. al: Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija, "Simno-Žvorūnė", Vyriausioji Enciklopedijų Redakcij, Vilnius, Vol. 4, pp. 241, 1998.] The source of the Švėtė is near Tulominai, about 16 km southeast of Kuršėnai, and the river flows north passing by Žagarė, near the Latvian border. It is a tributary of the Lielupe River, joining it 8 km to the northwest of Jelgava. The Lielupe River ultimately flows into the Baltic Sea.

The upper part of the Svete can dry up completely in very dry summersFact|date=July 2007, and its main tributaries are the Šakyna, Žarė, Tervete, Bērze, Žvairilas, Bukiškis, Juodupis, Katmilžis and Vilkija rivers.

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