The Dabikinė (''Dabiķene in

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'') is a river in southwestern

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and northwestern

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. It flows for 37.2 kilometres and has a basin area of 387.6 km². It is the right

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Venta (river) The Venta (Latvian pronunciation , Lithuanian , , , Livonian ''Vǟnta joug'') is a river in north-western Lithuania and western Latvia. Its source is near Kuršėnai in the Lithuanian Šiauliai County. It flows into the Baltic Sea at Ventsp ...

. Dabikinė starts in Latvia, in the Duobelė municipality, in the vicinity of Ukrai. It flows southwest, is in Latvian territory for 5 km, then continues in Lithuania, in the

Akmenė District Municipality Akmenė () is a city in northern Lithuania. Following the discovery of large reserves of limestone and clay in the region, in 1947 construction work began on one of the largest cement production complexes in the Baltic States. Nearby, a new town ...

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. Downstream, there the Dabikinė hydrographic reserve has been established. Dabikinė river flows into Venta at 229 km from its mouth, on the border of the

Mažeikiai District Municipality Mažeikiai District Municipality (, ) is located in the north-west of Lithuania, on the River Venta in Telšiai County. The administrative center of Mažeikiai District is the city of Mažeikiai. Its territory of is composed of of towns and ...

, southeast of Palnosai. Tributaries: * Nyžuva * Krūtis * Šventupys (Dabikinė) * Pragalvys (left) * Drūktupis * Akmenupis (right) The

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is regulated. During summer droughts, it dries up in places. The average slope is 61 cm/km. Near Alkiškės, Dabikinė has been manually flooded to form the 124 ha pond of Sabaliauskai. Villages and towns near Dabikinė: * Pakalniškiai * Alkiškiai * Keidai * Menčiai * Smiltinė *

Akmenė Akmenė () is a city in northern Lithuania. Following the discovery of large reserves of limestone and clay in the region, in 1947 construction work began on one of the largest cement production complexes in the Baltic States. Nearby, a new town ...

* Dabikinė * Dabikinėlė

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