Dotnuvėlė
River in Kėdainiai district municipality, Lithuania / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Dotnuvėlė is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality and Radviliškis district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for 60.9 kilometres and has a basin area of 192.7 km2.
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Dotnuvėlė | |
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Location | |
Country | Lithuania |
Location | Radviliškis district municipality, Kėdainiai district municipality |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Near Baisogala |
• coordinates | 55.6251°N 23.7537°E / 55.6251; 23.7537 |
Mouth | Nevėžis in Kėdainiai |
• coordinates | 55.2942°N 23.9905°E / 55.2942; 23.9905 |
Length | 60.9 kilometres (37.8 mi)[1] |
Basin size | 192.7 km2 (74.4 sq mi)[1] |
Discharge | |
• average | 0.8 m3/s[2] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Nevėžis→ Neman→ Baltic Sea |
Tributaries | |
• left | Stabė, Trasinė |
• right | Rimšupys, Virgupis, Srautas, Lielupys, Kačupys |
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Its valley is 350–500 m wide. The current rate is 0.2-0.9 meters per second.[2] The Dotnuvelė course goes through Skėmiai, Gudžiūnai, Mantviliškis, Akademija, Dotnuva. It is a right tributary of the Nevėžis river, into which it flows in Kėdainiai.
The name Dotnuvėlė (formerly Dotnava) could derive from the PIE root *dā- ('liquid, to flow') as Sanskrit: dānu ('liquid, drop'), Ossetian: дон ('river'), Avar: dā-nu- ('river, current'), etc.[3]