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Irbe | |
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![]() Irbe by
Miķeļtornis | |
![]() Confluence of the
Stende and Rinda rivers | |
Native name | Īra ( Livonian) |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | Confluence of Stende (river) and Rinde |
Mouth | Baltic Sea ( Irbe Strait) |
Length | 32 kilometres (20 mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Dižgrāvis |
Irbe (also Dižirbe, Dižirve, Irbes upe, Irve, Livonian: Īra) is a coastal river on the northern Courland Peninsula, Latvia. [1] Of length 32 km, it starts as the confluence of Stende and Rinda rivers [1] 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. [2] It runs within the Tārgale parish, Ventspils district. [1] Its only significant tributary (left) is Dižgrāvis .
The brown moor water of the river constantly moves large sandbanks in its estuary. The river is used as spawning ground by brown trout. [3]
57°38′50″N 22°09′21″E / 57.64717°N 22.15593°E