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Irbe
Irbe by Miķeļtornis
Confluence of the Stende and Rinda rivers
Native nameĪra (Livonian)
Location
Country Latvia
Physical characteristics
SourceConfluence of Stende (river) and Rinde
MouthBaltic Sea (Irbe Strait)
Length32 kilometres (20 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftDižgrāvis

Irbe (also Dižirbe, Dižirve, Irbes upe, Irve, Livonian: Īra) is a coastal river on the northern Courland Peninsula, Latvia. Of length 32 km, it starts as the confluence of Stende and Rinda [lv] rivers and it follows the coastline of the Irbe Strait, reaching the Baltic Sea in the Irbe Strait about halfway between the promontories of the Oviši Lighthouse and cape Kolka. It runs within the Tārgale parish, Ventspils district. Its only significant tributary (left) is Dižgrāvis [lv].

The brown moor water of the river constantly moves large sandbanks in its estuary. The river is used as spawning ground by brown trout.

References

  1. ^ Irbe at the Latvian placename database
  2. Irbe river, location map on google.com/maps.
  3. The Baltic coast, video by Free High-Quality Documentaries on youtube.com. For cape Kolka, see 38'16 - 38'30. For Slītere national park, see 38'31 - 38'42. For the Ilbe river brown moor waters reaching the sea, see 38'43 - 38'48. For the sandbanks, see 38'48 - 39'06. For brown trouts reproducing up river, see 39'06 - 39'33.

Further reading

57°38′50″N 22°09′21″E / 57.64717°N 22.15593°E / 57.64717; 22.15593


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