Kurzeme
Kuldīga Municipality
Kuldīga

Venta Rapid

Venta Rapid is a waterfall on the Venta River in , western Latvia. It is the widest waterfall in Europe at 249 metres across, and becomes as wide as 275 metres during spring floods.
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  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: Widest waterfall in Europe at 249-270 metres (817ft-886ft). Height is 1.8-2.2 metres.
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Catherine Lutheran church and The watchman’s house.

Church
Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 430 metres northwest of Venta Rapid.

Building
Photo: Андрей Романенко, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a building, which is situated 220 metres northwest of Venta Rapid.

Church
Photo: Laima Gutmane, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 570 metres west of Venta Rapid.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Venta and Keramika.

Village
Photo: Laima Gūtmane (simka…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Laima Gūtmane (simka…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 5 km northwest of Venta Rapid.

Village
Photo: Modris Putns, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 5 km south of Venta Rapid.

Venta Rapid

Latitude
56.96805° or 56° 58′ 5″ north
Longitude
21.97925° or 21° 58′ 45″ east
Height
2 metres (6.6 feet)
Width
110 metres (361 feet)
Open location code
9G83XX9H+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 275710047
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q1939427
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Uzbek—“Venta Rapid” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Վենտաս Ռումբա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Venta şəlaləsi”
  • Bashkir: “Венте йылғаһындағы шарлауыҡ”
  • Bulgarian: “Вента”
  • Chinese: “文塔瀑布”
  • Croatian: “Ventski vodopad”
  • Danish: “Ventas vandfald”
  • Dutch: “Ventas rumba”
  • Erzya: “Вентас-Румба”
  • Estonian: “Venta juga”
  • Georgian: “ვენტის ჭორომი”
  • German: “Ventas rumba”
  • German: “Windauer Rummel”
  • Hungarian: “Venta-vízesés”
  • Hungarian: “Ventos slenkstis”
  • Italian: “Venta Rapid”
  • Japanese: “ヴェンタ滝”
  • Latvian: “Ventas rumba”
  • Lithuanian: “Ventos krioklys”
  • Lithuanian: “Ventos slenkstis”
  • Macedonian: “Вента”
  • Polish: “Ventas rumba”
  • Polish: “Wodospad windawski”
  • Russian: “Ventas rumba”
  • Russian: “Вентас румба”
  • Russian: “Вентас-румба”
  • Russian: “Вентас-Румба”
  • Russian: “Вентский водопад”
  • Russian: “Водопад на реке Вента”
  • Russian: “Водопад на реке Венте”
  • Serbian: “Вентски водопад”
  • Ukrainian: “Вентський водоспад”
  • Uzbek: “Venta Rapid”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Venta Rapid and Mārtiņsalas peldvieta.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Venta Rapid”. Photo: public domain, Public domain.