Svete
The river Švėtė flows through the Šiauliai and Joniškis districts in the northern part of Lithuania, and the southern part of Latvia. The source of the Švėtė is near Tulominai, about 16 km southeast of Kuršėnai, and the river flows north passing by Žagarė, near the Latvian border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Lithuania and Latvia
- Also known as: “Svēte”, “Švėtė”, and “Svete River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Svēte Floodplain Nature Park.
Svēte Floodplain Nature Park
Nature reserve
Photo: Voll, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Svēte Floodplain Nature Park is a nature reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Valgunde and Ozolnieki.
Valgunde
Village
Photo: Андрей Романенко, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Valgunde is a village, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Svete.
Ozolnieki
Village
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Ozolnieki is a village in Ozolnieki Parish, Jelgava Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. The village is located at Iecava river approximately 36 km from the capital Riga and 6 km from the city of Jelgava. Ozolnieki is situated 9 km east of Svete.
Kalnciems
Village
Photo: Ivars Indāns, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kalnciems is a village in Jelgava Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. Located on the left bank of the Lielupe, 5 km south of the A9 motorway. Kalnciems is situated 9 km north of Svete.
Svete
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Jelgava Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Svete” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Շվետե”
- Armenian: “Սվետե”
- Asturian: “Ríu Švėtė”
- Belarusian: “Свеце”
- Belarusian: “Свэтэ”
- Belarusian: “Швеце”
- Bulgarian: “Свехте”
- Cebuano: “Svehte”
- Chinese: “什韋特河”
- Chinese: “什韦特河”
- Chuvash: “Свете”
- Czech: “Švėtė-Svēte”
- Czech: “Svēte”
- Dutch: “Svēte”
- Estonian: “Svēte jõgi”
- French: “Svēte”
- German: “Schwete”
- German: “Svēte”
- Irish: “Abhainn Svete”
- Italian: “Svēte”
- Latvian: “Svēte”
- Latvian: “Švėtė”
- Latvian: “Švēte”
- Lithuanian: “Švėtė”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Svete”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Svēte”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Švėtė”
- Polish: “Szweta”
- Romanian: “Svete”
- Russian: “Свете”
- Russian: “Швете”
- Slovenian: “Švėtė”
- Swedish: “Švėtė”
- Ukrainian: “Свете”
- Welsh: “Afon Svete”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Svete”. Photo: Algirdas, CC BY-SA 3.0.