Birvėta
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Birvėta () is a river in eastern Lithuania and Belarus (Vitebsk Region). It is a right tributary of Dysna.
Key facts
- River.name
- Birvėta
- River.image
- BraslavRaion-Kozyany.JPG
- River.image_size
- 250px
- River.image_caption
- Birvėta lowland near Kozyany, Belarus.
- River.source1_location
- Near Kirkučiai village
- River.mouth
- Dysna
- River.subdivision_type1
- Countries
- River.subdivision_name1
- Belarus, Lithuania
- River.length_km
- 36.4
- River.length_ref
- , with Kančiogina:
- River.tributaries_left
- Marūniškė
- River.tributaries_right
- Svyla, Kamoya, Juodupis, Medila
- River.waterbodies
- Kančiogina
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Lithuania
- Located in
- Ignalina District Municipality
- Elevation
- 121
- Image
- BraslavRaion-Kozyany.JPG
- Length
- 34
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- mouth of the watercourse
- Dzisna
- watershed area
- 1600
- Commons category
- Birvėta
- discharge
- 10.4
- tributary
- Miadzielka
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Encyclopedic overview
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Birvėta () is a river in eastern Lithuania and Belarus (Vitebsk Region). It is a right tributary of Dysna.
== Course == The river starts near the Kirkučiai village, Sirvėta Regional Park, Švenčionys District. It flows north passing through the Kančioginas lake. From there, it flows north and east through the Ignalina District. Up to its confluence with the Erzvėtas lake, the river is known as Kančiogina. Next again flowing east, flows through swampy areas and passes by fishing ponds. After , Birvėta crosses the Belarus–Lithuania border and forms a natural border between the Pastavy and Braslaw Districts. It empties into the Dysna at from Dysna's estuary to the south of Kaziany. Birvėta's valley is shallow and boggy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Birvėta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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