Širvinta (Šešupė)
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Širvinta Schirwindt Шервинта |
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Marijampolė District , Lithuania Kaliningrad Oblast , Russia |
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| River system | Memel | |
| Drain over | Šešupė → Baltic Sea | |
| source | near Maldėnai, district Vilkaviškis 54 ° 37 ′ 47 ″ N , 22 ° 55 ′ 16 ″ E |
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| Source height | 51 m | |
| muzzle | in the Šešupė near Kudirkos Naumiestis ( Schirwindt-Neustadt ) / Kutusowo ( Schirwindt ) Coordinates: 54 ° 46 ′ 40 ″ N , 22 ° 51 ′ 34 ″ E 54 ° 46 ′ 40 ″ N , 22 ° 51 ′ 34 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 27 m | |
| Height difference | 24 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.55 ‰ | |
| length | 43.8 km | |
Širvinta or Sensairvintė, ( Schirwindt , Russian Шервинта ) is a river in southwest Lithuania - partly as a border river to Kaliningrad Oblast - and belongs to the Šešupė basin . The source is in the Vilkaviškis district, west of Alvito, the mouth at Kudirkos Naumiestis .
The average flow rate is over 1.49 m³ / s, after the mouth of the Rausvė, 4.03 m³ / s and at the mouth of the Šešupė 7.91 m³ / s. The average slope is about 71 cm / km.
history
Since the 15th century, the Šešupė, together with the Liepona tributary, has marked one of the most stable borders in Europe, with the neighboring states changing several times. Today Russia is on the west and Lithuania on the east.
Web links
- Location Schirwindt at the mouth of GenWiki
- Catalog of waters Lithuania
- Div. Maps of the region