Biržai is a city in northern Lithuania, in Panevėžys county, 66 km north direction from Panevėžys. The city is situated 201 km north direction from Vilnius and 90 km south direction form Ryga, not far from the state border between Lithuania and Latvia. Agluona and Apaščia rivers flow into the Lake Širvėna in the territory of the city, in the north outskirts of Biržai.
The origin of the name Biržai remains unclear. It can be assumed that the name is derived from a generic word biržis “ beržynas“ ( birch grove ), “ruplusis ber žas“ ( rough birch ), biržė “ber žynėlis“,...
It is a dolomite and gypsum outcrop that is situated on the left bank of the river Nemunėlis. This geological natural asset that is situated in Biržai district, in Nemunėlio Radviliškis eldership, consists of the rocks of Devonian period of marine and lagoon origin.
The crop that is situated about 6 km away from the river Nemunėlis rises to the height of up to 5 m and is about 8 m in width. A crack with a width of 0,5 m, that opens and rises up, and leads to a cave with a depth of 4,3 m, plays a unique role. The intertwined layers of dolomite, gypsum and other geological structures are perfectly visible in this place. An...
It is a natural outcrop, that came into being as a result of long-term deep and lateral erosion of the river Nemunėlis, with a steep wall with sharp protrusions of hard rocks, with lots of niches, caverns, deep cracks, micro creases and other changes of the rock occurrence. It is a very remarkable, beautiful range of a precipitous slope in the valley of the river Nemunėlis. The crop forms the part of the State Geological Reserve of Nemunėlis-Apaščia rivers that was established in 1960. Muoriškiai outcrop outlooks the north outskirts of the undulated moraine plain of Mūša-Nemunėlis rivers with the valley of the river...
