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Šventoji

246 km from source to mouth · Lithuania.

LithuaniaLithuaniaFlows into Neris3rd longest in Lithuania

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The river and every tributary in its basin, drawn from RiverATLAS (CC BY 4.0).

In numbers

Length

246km

Average flow

55m³/s

Basin

6,889km²

Drop

107m

from 147 m to 40 m

Country

1

The journey

From source to mouth

246 km of river and 32 stops on the way: 2 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.

147 m40 m
Samanisat 147 m0 km
Girelės Lake1.7 km²21 km
Sartai11 km²50 km
Rašai1.3 km²54 km
Vyžuonatributary91 km
Aknystatributary106 km
Latavatributary140 km
Virintatributary158 km
Mūšiatributary186 km
Ukmerge20,154 people197 km
Žuvintėtributary219 km
Nerisat 40 m246 km
050100150200246 km
  1. 0 kmSamanisat 147 m
  2. 0 kmAsavas1.5 km²
  3. 1 kmSamavas4.6 km²
  4. 3 kmŠiurpys0.6 km²
  5. 4 kmŪpartas0.3 km²
  6. 5 kmZalvas0.3 km²
  7. 9 kmCategory:Bikėnai bridge
  8. 14 kmLydekis0.7 km²
  9. 14 kmUolys0.5 km²
  10. 15 kmAntalieptė Reservoir7.8 km²
  11. 21 kmGirelės Lake1.7 km²
  12. 27 kmCategory:Antalieptė footbridge
  13. 33 kmVasaknas0.6 km²
  14. 34 kmVykežerėlis0.4 km²
  15. 50 kmSartai11 km²
  16. 54 kmRašai1.3 km²
  17. 54 kmJūžintas0.4 km²
  18. 57 kmŽiegas0.6 km²
  19. 63 kmPaštys0.4 km²
  20. 91 kmVyžuonatributary
  21. 106 kmAknystatributary
  22. 116 kmJara-Šetekšnatributary
  23. 121 kmPelyšatributary
  24. 140 kmLatavatributary
  25. 144 kmAnykščiai10,575 people
  26. 145 kmCategory:Anykščiai footbridge
  27. 158 kmVirintatributary
  28. 186 kmMūšiatributary
  29. 197 kmUkmerge20,154 people
  30. 205 kmArmonatributary
  31. 219 kmŽuvintėtributary
  32. 227 kmUpninkai bridge
  33. 228 kmŠirvintatributary
  34. 246 kmNerisat 40 m

Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.

River in Lithuania

At the mouth it carries 55 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 45 seconds. It drops from 147 m to 40 m, 0.4 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 6,889 km², about the size of PS. 1.2 million people live in it. Highest water: from April to June; lowest: from January to March. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (26% of a year's flow).

Read more on Wikipedia

Where to start

  • UkmergeLargest city on its banks · 20,154 people
  • Kaunas International Airport (KUN)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 53 km from the cityCar hire at KUN airport (Kaunas)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • On the water4 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
  • Kayak and canoe1 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
  • From May to AugustThe best months to visit

Šventoji, month by month

Highest water: from April to June

Lowest water: from January to March. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): from January to February. Best months to visit: from May to August.

160
-6°36 mmJan
95
-5°27 mmFeb
95
-1°34 mmMar
490
6°44 mmApr
470
12°53 mmMay
480
16°68 mmJun
270
17°75 mmJul
290
16°74 mmAug
310
12°64 mmSep
300
7°50 mmOct
320
2°54 mmNov
230
-3°49 mmDec
Water (estimated flow)Air (average) Rain (mm)Best months

From about 95 m³/s in the lowest month to 490 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.

Plan the trip

Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car

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The basin

Šventoji: the basin in numbers

24,624 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.

Heavily regulatedReservoirs can hold 26% of a year's flow: dams shape its seasons.
  • 1.2millionpeople live in the basin
  • 49/km²people per km²
  • 162maverage altitude of the basin
  • 651mmof rain a year (basin average)
  • 5.9°Caverage air temperature
  • 13%protected areas
  • 2.2%covered by lakes
  • 1.3km³held in reservoirs

What covers the basin

  • 37% Forest
  • 37% Cropland
  • 9% Pasture
  • 2% Towns and cities

RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.

Along the river

Šventoji: what you find on the way

  • 38DamsSiaurukas, Žiedo g., Jonavos g. and 35 more
  • 8Weirs
  • 1Waterfalls
  • 1Rapids
  • 1Boat ramps
  • 3Boat rentalsBaidarių nuoma, Aukštaitijos baidarės, Ukmergės baidarių nuoma

From OpenStreetMap, within 2.0 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Šventoji in our other atlases

What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.

  • 16lakes on its wayLakeyas

Lakes and reservoirs (16)

Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas

  1. Asavaskm 01.5km²
  2. Samavaskm 14.6km²
  3. Uolyskm 120.5km²
  4. Antalieptė Reservoirkm 127.8km²
  5. Vasaknaskm 280.6km²
  6. Sartaikm 42 · 21 m deep11km²
  7. Žiegaskm 480.6km²
  8. Paštyskm 530.4km²

8 more on LakeyasLakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗

From space

The source and the mouth, seen from orbit

Šventoji: satellite view of the source
The source14 km across
Šventoji: satellite view of the mouth
The mouth21 km across

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.

Photos

Šventoji in pictures

SventojiRiver001
Hugo.arg · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sventoji port
Andrzej Otrębski · CC BY-SA 4.0
SventojiRiver002
Hugo.arg · CC BY-SA 3.0

Tributaries

Where it flows, and what flows into it

It flows into

NerisLithuaniaLithuania510 km180 m³/s

Tributaries (23)

Also: Širvinta, Virinta, Siesartis, Aknysta, Mūšia, Anykšta, Armona, Jara-Šetekšna, Pelyša, Beržuona, Latava, Grieža, Nosvė, Vyžuona, Žirnaja, Žuvintė, Biebė, Dagia, Taurožė, Vadaksta, Ukmergėlė, Šavaša, Judinys

In the same basin

NemanLithuaniaLithuania937 km680 m³/sNevėžisLithuaniaLithuania210 km33 m³/sŠčaraBelarusBelarus325 km31 m³/sMerkysLithuaniaLithuania206 km33 m³/sMinijaLithuaniaLithuania202 km15 m³/sVilniaLithuaniaLithuania80 km5.6 m³/sJūraLithuaniaLithuania172 km42 m³/sCzarna HańczaLithuaniaLithuania145 km220 m³/sDubysaLithuaniaLithuania146 km20 m³/s

Nearby

Rivers nearby

NevėžisLithuaniaLithuania210 km33 m³/s44 km awayDubysaLithuaniaLithuania146 km20 m³/s62 km awayVilniaLithuaniaLithuania80 km5.6 m³/s76 km awayMerkysLithuaniaLithuania206 km33 m³/s105 km awayNemanLithuaniaLithuania937 km680 m³/s197 km awayCzarna HańczaLithuaniaLithuania145 km220 m³/s130 km awayDaugavaLatviaLatvia1,020 km680 m³/s217 km awayNemunėlisLatviaLatvia191 km95 m³/s153 km away

Where these numbers come from

Name, length, placesWikidata (Q392760) · CC0
Course, profile, basinRiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata
FlowWaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Climate along the riverWorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Towns, bridges, damsWikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Along the river© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Our other atlasesLakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every source and licence is on the data sources page.

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