Abava River
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The Abava is a river in Latvia and the largest tributary of the Venta. It flows through Tukums, Talsi and Kuldiga districts. Fifty percent of the Abava basin is covered by forests.
Key facts
- River.name
- Abava
- River.image
- AbavaSabile.JPG
- River.image_caption
- The Abava by Sabile
- River.source1_location
- Lestene swamp, Latvia
- River.mouth_location
- Venta
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Latvia
- River.length_km
- 134
- River.basin_size_km2
- 2,042
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Tukums Municipality
- Image
- Abava River Valley, Latvia.jpg
- Length
- 134
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- watershed area
- 2052.81
- Commons category
- Abava River
- mouth of the watercourse
- Venta
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- discharge
- 2.2
- basin country
- Latvia
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Characteristics of the river
- References
- External links
The Abava is a river in Latvia and the largest tributary of the Venta. It flows through Tukums, Talsi and Kuldiga districts. Fifty percent of the Abava basin is covered by forests.
Its valley was submitted for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abava River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.