Vitrupe

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Vitrupe
The Vitrupe (2001)

The Vitrupe (2001)

Data
location Livonia , Latvia
River system Vitrupe
Source lake Lades ezers
57 ° 25 '53 "  N , 24 ° 40' 24"  O
Source height 47.7  m
muzzle Baltic Sea (Riga Bay) Coordinates: 57 ° 38 ′ 11 "  N , 24 ° 22 ′ 26"  E 57 ° 38 ′ 11 "  N , 24 ° 22 ′ 26"  E
Mouth height m
Height difference 47.7 m
Bottom slope 0.97 ‰
length 49 km
Catchment area 197.2 km²

The Vitrupe (German: Wettersbach, in the upper reaches of Utellbach) is a river in Latvia .

The spring lake Lādes ezers

The Vitrupe forms the outflow from the lake Lādes ezers around 7 km south of Limbaži (German: Lemsal). It flows first to the north-northwest through the lakes Skujas ezers, Auziņu ezers and Riebezers and continues parallel to the bank of the Riga Bay until it turns west at Ķirbiži (German: pumpkin), crosses the main road Autoceļš A1 at Vitrupe and shortly afterwards at in the Riga Bay of the Baltic Sea flows into.

The length of the Vitrupe is around 49 km, the catchment area 197.2 km².

Tributaries

Right inflow is the Cimelupe .

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.upes.lv/informacija/rigas-lici/vitrupe/ (Latvian)