Pilvė is a river in

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 ...

. It is the right tributary of the

Šešupė The Šešupė (); ; ; ) is a 298 km long riverŠešupė
''VLE'' that flows through Poland (27 km), Lithuania (158 ...

. It begins in the Kaunas district, in the marshes southeast of Ežerėlis. It flows southwest through

Prienai district Prienai District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. It was a member of the European Union-wide town twinning association Douzelage Douzelage is a town twinning association with one town from each of the member states of the E ...

, and

Kazlų Rūda municipality Kazlų Rūda Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in 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 S ...

through the . It meanders sharply. In the lower reaches it flows west, flowing through the

Vilkaviškis district Vilkaviškis () is a city in southwestern Lithuania, the administrative center of the Vilkaviškis District Municipality. It is located northwest from Marijampolė, at the confluence of and rivers. The city got its name from the Vilkauja ...

. It flows into the Šešupė at

Pilviškiai Pilviškiai (, ''Pilveshok'') is a town in Vilkaviškis district municipality and in Marijampolė County History In the Jewish world, it was notable for being the first rabbinic post held by Rabbi Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg, who married and soon ...

(153 km from the mouth of the Šešupė). Tributaries: left: Kunigupis, Didžiupis, Plaušinė, Meškinė, Vabalkšnė; right: Bartupė, Rūdupis. The stretch between and belongs to the . The name literally means "sludge, algae".Aleksandras Vanagas. Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas. – Vilnius: Mokslas, 1981.

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