Upytė (river in Kėdainiai District Municipality)
Appearance
Upytė | |
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Upytė in Karūnava | |
Location | |
Country | Lithuania |
Region | Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Near Galulaukiai |
• coordinates | 55°14′45″N 23°53′53″E / 55.2459°N 23.8980°E |
Mouth | Šušvė nearby Vainikai |
• coordinates | 55°12′56″N 23°54′38″E / 55.2155°N 23.9105°E |
Length | 5.6 km (3.5 mi)[1] |
Basin size | 8.4 km2 (3.2 sq mi)[1] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Nevėžis→ Neman→ Baltic Sea |
Tributaries | |
• right | Gilasys |
The Upytė is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) and has a basin area of 8.4 km2 (3.2 sq mi). It is a right tributary of the river Nevėžis.
It begins nearby Galulaukiai village. It flows mostly southwards and meets the Nevėžis between Karūnava and Vainikai villages. A little pond is dammed on the Upytė in Karūnava.
The name Upytė in Lithuanian means 'little river, rivulet'.[2]
References
[edit]- LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS UPIŲ IR TVENKINIŲ KLASIFIKATORIUS (Republic of Lithuania- River and Pond Classifications). Ministry of Environment (Lithuania). Accessed 2011-11-17.
- ^ a b B. Gailiušis, J. Jablonskis, M Kovalenkovienė (2001). Lietuvos upės (in Lithuanian). Kaunas: Lietuvos energetikos institutas. p. 507.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Vanagas, Aleksandras (1981). Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslas.