The Å ventoji () is a river in the northwest of
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, P ...
and southwest of
Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...
. It begins in
Skuodas district
Skuodas District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania.
It is the only territory whose Council is using the Samogitian language
Samogitian ( or sometimes , or ; ), is an Eastern Baltic language spoken primarily in Samogiti ...
and flows for 30km on the international border between Latvia and Lithuania. The Å ventoji flows into the
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North European Plain, North and Central European Plain regions. It is the ...
near
Å ventoji settlement, north of
Palanga
Palanga (; ; ) is a resort town, resort city in western Lithuania, on the shore of the Baltic Sea.
Palanga is the busiest and the largest summer resort in Lithuania and has sand, sandy beaches (18 km, 11 miles long and up to 300 metres, 10 ...
.
BÅ«tingÄ— oil terminal
Būtingė oil terminal () is an oil terminal near the village of Būtingė in northern Lithuania. Planned, designed and implemented by Fluor Corporation, it is a part of ORLEN Lietuva (formerly ''Mažeikių Nafta''). Būtingė has been in operat ...
lies near the mouth.
References
International rivers of Europe
Rivers of Lithuania
Rivers of Latvia
Latvia–Lithuania border
Drainage basins of the Baltic Sea
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