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River

Vilnia

80 km from source to mouth · Lithuania and Belarus.

LithuaniaBelarusLithuania and BelarusFlows into Neris10th 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

80km

Average flow

5.6m³/s

Basin

624km²

Drop

79m

from 172 m to 93 m

Countries

2

The journey

From source to mouth

80 km of river and 15 stops on the way: 7 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.

172 m93 m
Sourceat 172 m0 km
Janaŭskaje reservoir0.4 km²27 km
Aĺchoŭskaje0.5 km²63 km
Nemenčinė5,054 people138 km
Balsys0.5 km²153 km
Nerisat 93 m170 km
050100150170 km
  1. 0 kmSourceat 172 m
  2. 21 kmAstraviec15,265 people
  3. 27 kmJanaŭskaje reservoir0.4 km²
  4. 63 kmAĺchoŭskaje0.5 km²
  5. 138 kmNemenčinė5,054 people
  6. 153 kmBalsys0.5 km²
  7. 167 kmAntakalnis40,000 people
  8. 170 kmCastle Bridge
  9. 170 kmFluxus Bridge
  10. 170 kmPaplauja Bridge
  11. 170 kmVilnius581,475 people
  12. 170 kmBernardine Bridge
  13. 170 kmUžupis Bridge
  14. 170 kmNaujamiestis28,157 people
  15. 170 kmRasos10,597 people
  16. 170 kmNaujininkai33,500 people
  17. 170 kmNerisat 93 m

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

River in Lithuania and Belarus

At the mouth it carries 5.6 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 444 seconds. It drops from 172 m to 93 m, 1.0 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 624 km². 577,000 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 (45% of a year's flow).

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Where to start

  • VilniusLargest city on its banks · 581,475 people
  • Vilnius International Airport (VNO)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 6 km from the cityCar hire at VNO airport (Vilnius)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • On the water12 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
  • From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit

Vilnia, 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 September.

89
-6°40 mmJan
50
-5°32 mmFeb
50
-1°37 mmMar
290
6°45 mmApr
290
12°55 mmMay
290
16°74 mmJun
160
17°81 mmJul
170
16°74 mmAug
170
12°62 mmSep
160
7°50 mmOct
170
1°54 mmNov
130
-3°50 mmDec
Water (estimated flow)Air (average) Rain (mm)Best months

From about 50 m³/s in the lowest month to 290 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

Car hire at VNO airport (Vilnius)Discover CarsSee 

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The basin

Vilnia: the basin in numbers

14,408 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.

Heavily regulatedReservoirs can hold 45% of a year's flow: dams shape its seasons.
  • 577,000people live in the basin
  • 40/km²people per km²
  • 180maverage altitude of the basin
  • 653mmof rain a year (basin average)
  • 5.9°Caverage air temperature
  • 12%protected areas
  • 2.6%covered by lakes
  • 1.3km³held in reservoirs

What covers the basin

  • 45% Forest
  • 30% Cropland
  • 10% Pasture
  • 1% 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

Vilnia: what you find on the way

  • 15DamsSodų g., Skersabalių g., Malūno g. and 12 more
  • 5Weirs
  • 1Locks
  • 2Boat ramps
  • 7Ferry piersŽirmūnų paplūdimys, Šilo tiltas, Verslo trikampis and 4 more
  • 2MarinasŽiemos uostas, Prieplauka
  • 1Boat rentals
  • 3River beachesWhite Mud Beach, Valakampiai nudist beach

From OpenStreetMap, within 1.9 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Vilnia 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.

  • 3lakes on its wayLakeyas
  • 2mountains at the sourcePeakyas

Lakes and reservoirs (3)

Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas

  1. Janaŭskaje reservoirkm 270.4km²
  2. Aĺchoŭskajekm 630.5km²
  3. Balsyskm 1530.5km²

Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗

Mountains at the source (2)

Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas

  1. Aukštojas Hill6.6 km away294m
  2. Juozapinė Hill7.1 km away294m

Open Peakyas ↗

From space

The source and the mouth, seen from orbit

Vilnia: satellite view of the source
The source14 km across
Vilnia: satellite view of the mouth
The mouth16 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

Vilnia in pictures

Vilnia
Wojsyl · CC BY-SA 3.0
198 vilnius River Vilnia (15430753907)
Brian Toward from London, United Kingdom · CC0
River Vilnia (502982804)
Jessica Gardner from Geneva, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0
Naujoji Vilnia, Vilnius, Lithuania - panoramio (33)
VietovesLt · CC BY 3.0

Tributaries

Where it flows, and what flows into it

It flows into

NerisLithuaniaLithuania510 km180 m³/s

Tributaries (3)

Also: Kena, Kaukysa, Taurija

In the same basin

NemanLithuaniaLithuania937 km680 m³/sNevėžisLithuaniaLithuania210 km33 m³/sŠčaraBelarusBelarus325 km31 m³/sMerkysLithuaniaLithuania206 km33 m³/sŠventojiLithuaniaLithuania246 km55 m³/sMinijaLithuaniaLithuania202 km15 m³/sJūraLithuaniaLithuania172 km42 m³/sCzarna HańczaLithuaniaLithuania145 km220 m³/sDubysaLithuaniaLithuania146 km20 m³/s

Nearby

Rivers nearby

ŠventojiLithuaniaLithuania246 km55 m³/s76 km awayMerkysLithuaniaLithuania206 km33 m³/s93 km awayNevėžisLithuaniaLithuania210 km33 m³/s106 km awayCzarna HańczaLithuaniaLithuania145 km220 m³/s125 km awayŠčaraBelarusBelarus325 km31 m³/s146 km awayDubysaLithuaniaLithuania146 km20 m³/s131 km awayDaugavaLatviaLatvia1,020 km680 m³/s272 km awayNemanLithuaniaLithuania937 km680 m³/s268 km away

Where these numbers come from

Name, length, placesWikidata (Q661684) · 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, Peakyas — 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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