Varėnė is a river of Alytus district municipality

Alytus district municipality

The Alytus district municipality is a municipality in Lithuania, located in the Dzūkija ethnographic region.This municipality was founded in 1950, and until 1953 was a part of the Kaunas province. In 1959, another reorganization of parts of the former Simnas and Daugai municipalities occurred,...

 and Varėna district municipality

Varena district municipality

Varėna district municipality is a municipality in southern Lithuania, Alytus County.- History :Along with Vilnius region, a large part of Varėna district municipality was on the Polish side of not-mutually recognized border during the interwar period. This was mainly due the strategic Warsaw –...

, Alytus County

Alytus County

Alytus County is one of ten counties in Lithuania. It is the southernmost county, and its capital is the city of Alytus. Its territory lies within the ethnographic region of Dzūkija...

, southern Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

. It flows for 48 kilometres and has a basin area of 411 km².

The Varėnė River begins near Skaičionys village. There are a lot of water springs at its upper course. Varėnė crosses the Varėnis Lake near its mouth. It joins the Merkys River

Merkys River

The Merkys is a river in southern Lithuania and northern Belarus. It flows for through Belarus, along the Belarusian–Lithuanian border, and through Lithuania before joining the Neman River near Merkinė....

 near Varėna

Varena

Varėna is a city in Dzūkija, Lithuania.-History:The town was founded in 1862 near the Warsaw – Saint Petersburg Railway, south of Sena Varėna . At that time it was a small settlement, but following steady development it eventually became the center of the district in 1950. In the interbellum...

city.

Varėnė suits well for water tourism.