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Apaščia
The Apaščia is a river of Biržai district municipality, Panevėžys County, northern Lithuania. It flows for 88 kilometres and has a basin area of 893 km². It is a left tributary of the Nemunėlis. . Ministry of Environment (Lithuania)
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Rovėja
The Rovėja is a river of Biržai district municipality, Panevėžys County, northern Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a right tributary of the Apaščia. Ministry of Environment (Lithuania)
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Aukštoji Gervė
The Aukštoji Gervė is a river of Biržai district municipality, Panevėžys County, in northern Lithuania. It flows for 26 kilometres and has a basin area of 109 km2. It is a right tributary of the Apaščia. . Ministry of Environment (Lithuania)
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Žemoji Gervė
The Žemoji Gervė is a river of Biržai district municipality, Panevėžys County, in northern Lithuania. It is a right tributary of the Apaščia. Ministry of Environment (Lithuania)
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Nemunėlis
Nemunėlis () is a river in northern Lithuania and southern Latvia. It originates 6 km south of Rokiškis. It is 191 kilometres long (75 km in Lithuania, 76 km on the Latvia–Lithuania border and 40 km in Latvia) before its confluence with the Mūša, near Bauska, forming the Lielupe. Names This river does not belong to the basin of the larger river Neman, but the two rivers' names are related in several languages: * in Lithuanian, "Nemunėlis" is a diminutive form of "Nemunas" (Neman) * in German, "Memel" is used for both the Neman River and the city of Klaipėda, and "Memele" is its diminutive form * in Latvian, the river is called "Mēmele", possibly derived from German, or directly from Old Prussian in which it is thought to mean "surrounded by water" * in Estonian, it is called "Memele jõgi" Tourist development The European Union gave 100,000 euro The euro (currency symbol, symbol: euro sign, €; ISO 4217, currency code: EUR) is the off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biržai District Municipality
Biržai (, also known by several #Name, alternative names) is a city in northern Lithuania. Famous for its reconstructed Biržai Castle Manor house, manor, the whole region is renowned for its many traditional-recipe beer breweries. Name The exact origin of the city name is not known, but it is derived from the Lithuanian language, Lithuanian word (which means ''birch''). The name of the city in other languages includes ; , (and pre-1917 ); . It is simplified to ''Birzai'' in English. History The city's first written mention dates to 1455. The construction of Biržai Castle began in 1586, and the town was granted Magdeburg Rights in 1589. In 1575, as preparation for the castle's construction, a dam was built at the confluence of the Agluona River, Agluona and Apaščia Rivers, and the artificial Lake Širvėna, covering about , was created. It is the oldest surviving Reservoir, artificial lake in Lithuania. The town's history is closely associated with the Radziwiłł fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian exclave, semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.89 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities include Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Lithuanians who are the titular nation and form the majority of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian. For millennia, the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united for the first time by Mindaugas, who formed the Kingdom of Lithuania on 6 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panevėžys County
Panevėžys County () is one of ten counties of Lithuania, counties in Lithuania. It is in the north-east of the country, and its Capital (political), capital is Panevėžys. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished, and since that date, Panevėžys County remains as a territorial and statistical unit. History Historical documents from the 16th century mention Panevėžys as an administrative region. Municipalities Panevėžys County comprises the following municipalities: Geography Panevėžys county is the fourth largest county in Lithuania: *202 km2 cities and towns; *145 km2 factories and roads; *4822 km2 farmland; *2109 km2 forests; *200 km2 lakes and streams; *406 km2 other. Panevėžys County borders with Latvia, and also with Lithuanian counties of Utena County, Utena, Vilnius County, Vilnius, Kaunas County, Kaunas and Šiauliai County, Šiauliai. Tourism The region offers 9 hotels and 7 country inns for tourists an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Environment (Lithuania)
The Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania () oversees the environment and natural resources in Lithuania. Its mission is: *To implement the principle of sustainable development; *To set preconditions for rational utilization, protection and restoration of natural resources; *To ensure provision of information about the state of environment and its forecasts to the public; *To create conditions for the development of construction business and the provision of residents with housing; *To ensure a proper environmental quality, taking into account the norms and standards of the European Union. The Environment Protection Department, accountable to the Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas, was established to oversee environment protection and exploitation of natural resources after Lithuania restored its independence in 1990. In 1996, the Department was reorganized into Ministry of Environmental Protection. In 1998, after the merger with Ministry of Housing and Urba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Lithuania
Rivers of Lithuania are typical lowland rivers: they are slow, they make meanders, the valleys are wide. Because of abundant precipitation, the river net is dense: on the average 0.99 km of rivers flow in 1 km² of the territory. Fishery Country Profile, of the United Nations, May 2005. Accessed June 9, 2006. However, the rivers are not evenly distributed. The highest density is in the n Highlands where it rains more often and in the northern Lithuania where the soil has clay and it do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
