The Mituva is a river in the western
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 ...
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Raseiniai
Raseiniai (; Samogitian dialect, Samogitian: ''Raseinē'') is a city in Lithuania. It is located on the south eastern foothills of the Samogitians highland, some north from the A1 highway (Lithuania), Kaunas–Klaipėda highway.
History
Grand ...
and
Jurbarkas districts). It is a right-bank tributary of the
Nemunas River
Neman, Nemunas or Niemen is a river in Europe that rises in central Belarus and flows through Lithuania then forms the northern border of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia's western exclave, which specifically follows its southern channel. It drains ...
. The Mituva originates 8 km northwest of
Ariogala
Ariogala () is a town in central Lithuania. It is located on the Dubysa River, which flows through the town.
Name
Ariogala is the Lithuanian name of the town. Versions of the name in other languages include Samogitian: ''Ariuogala'', Polish: ...
and just 1 km from the
Dubysa
The Dubysa, at 131 km, is the 15th longest river solely in Lithuania. It originates just a few kilometers from Lake Rėkyva near Šiauliai city in northern Lithuania. At first it flows south, before turning southeast at Lyduvėnai and so ...
river. It flows to the west and after confluence with the
Vidauja river turns to the southeast. The Mituva joins with the Nemunas in
Jurbarkas
Jurbarkas (; Samogitian: ''Jorbarks'', known also by several alternative names) is a city in Tauragė County, in Samogitia, Lithuania. Jurbarkas is located in the historic land of Karšuva. It is on the right-hand shore of the Nemunas at its c ...
City.
The main tributaries are Gausantė, Snietala, Antvardė, Imsrė,
Akmena, Alsa and
Vidauja.
Rivers of Lithuania
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