Svete River

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Švėtė River, Svēte River
Origin	Šiauliai district
Mouth	Lielupe River
Basin countries	Lithuania Latvia
Length	123 km
Avg. discharge	2.7 m³/s
Basin area	2295 km²

The Svete River (Lithuanian: Švėtė; Latvian: Svēte) flows through the Šiauliai and Joniškis districts in the northern part of Lithuania, and the southern part of Latvia.^[1] 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. It is a tributary of the Lielupe River, joining it 8 km to the northwest of Jelgava. The Lielupe River ultimately flows into the Baltic Sea.

The upper part of the Svete can dry up completely in very dry summers^{[citation needed]}, and its main tributaries are the Šakyna, Žarė, Tervete, Bērze, Žvairilas, Bukiškis, Juodupis, Katmilžis and Vilkija rivers.