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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.
| Irbe | |
|---|---|
 Irbe by Miķeļtornis | |
 Confluence of the Stende and Rinda rivers | |
| Native name | Īra (Livonian) |
| Location | |
| Country |  Latvia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Confluence of Stende (river) and Rinde |
| Mouth | Baltic Sea (Irbe Strait) |
| Length | 32 kilometres (20 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | 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]
References
edit- ^ a b c Irbe at the Latvian placename database
- ^ Irbe river, location map on google.com/maps.
- ^ 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
edit- Irba, an entry in Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, vol III, p. 299
57°38′50″N 22°09′21″E / 57.64717°N 22.15593°E
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