The Varėnė is a river of Alytus district municipality and Varėna district municipality , Alytus County , southern Lithuania . It flows for 48 kilometres and has a basin area of 411 km².
4-584: The Varėnė begins near Skaičionys village. There are a lot of water springs along its upper course. Varėnė crosses the Varėnis Lake near its mouth. It joins the Merkys near Varėna city. Varėnė suits well for water tourism. This article related to a river in Lithuania is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Merkys The Merkys ( Belarusian : Мяркіс , romanized : Miarkis )
8-626: Is a river in southern Lithuania and northern Belarus . It flows for 13 km (8 mi) through Belarus, 5 km (3 mi) along the Belarusian–Lithuanian border, and 195 km (121 mi) through Lithuania before joining the Nemunas from the right bank near Merkinė . The Merkys is mostly fed by underground streams and therefore is cooler during summers and has smaller fluctuations in water level than other rivers in Lithuania . Near Žagarinė (128 km or 80 mi before its mouth)
12-631: The Kotra 's watershed area. The Merkys is a popular destination among water tourism enthusiasts as part of it belongs to the Dzūkija National Park and it flows into the Neman near the historical site of Merkinė. Archaeological findings show that people inhabited the area as early as the Mesolithic period. The Merkys is known for its diverse fauna, being declared a reservoir for trout in 1974. The name of
16-477: The Merkys is connected with Lake Papys by a canal. The Vokė originates from this lake and consumes most of the Merkys' water. Before the canal average discharge of the Merkys is 3 m /s (110 cu ft/s) and below it only 0.7 m /s (25 cu ft/s). At the end of the 19th century the drainage basin of the Merkys grew by some 410 km (160 sq mi) as its tributary Ūla overtook some of
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