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 Vārpa.
Valgunde
Village
Photo: Андрей Романенко, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Valgunde is a village, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Svete.
Vārpa
Village
Photo: Андрей Романенко, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vārpa is a village, which is situated 4½ km south of Svete.
Jelgava
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jelgava is a state city in central Latvia. It is located about 41 kilometres southwest of Riga. It is the largest town in the Semigallia region of Latvia.
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.