- Bartuva
Infobox River | river_name = Bartuva River
caption =
origin =Plungė district
mouth =Baltic Sea
basin_countries =Lithuania andLatvia
length = 103 km
(56 km in Lithuania/47 km in Latvia)
elevation =
discharge = 11.1 m³/s
watershed = 2016 km²
(980 km² in Lithuania/1036 km² in Latvia)Bartuva (Bārta in Latvia) is a river in western
Lithuania andLatvia . It begins inPlungė district , 3 km to north ofLake Plateliai . Bartuva flows in northwestern direction, passingSkuodas district andSkuodas city, before entering the Latvian territory. Bartuva flows intoLiepāja lake , which is connected with theBaltic Sea . In the upper courses Bartuva's valley is deep and narrow, while in lower courses it becomes much wider.Bartuva's main tributaries are Eiškūnas, Erla, Luoba,
Apšė , Vartaga.
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