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Dotnuvėlė

Coordinates: 55°17′39″N 23°59′26″E / 55.2942°N 23.9905°E / 55.2942; 23.9905
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Dotnuvėlė
Dotnuvėlė in Babėnai
Dotnuvėlė is located in Lithuania
Dotnuvėlė
Location
CountryLithuania
LocationRadviliškis district municipality, Kėdainiai district municipality
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNear Baisogala
 • coordinates55°37′30″N 23°45′13″E / 55.6251°N 23.7537°E / 55.6251; 23.7537
MouthNevėžis in Kėdainiai
 • coordinates
55°17′39″N 23°59′26″E / 55.2942°N 23.9905°E / 55.2942; 23.9905
Length60.9 kilometres (37.8 mi)[1]
Basin size192.7 km2 (74.4 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • average0.8 m³/s[2]
Basin features
ProgressionNevėžisNemanBaltic Sea
Tributaries 
 • leftStabė, Trasinė
 • rightRimšupys, Virgupis, Srautas, Lielupys, Kačupys

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. It is a right tributary of the Nevėžis river.

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 and meets the Nevėžis river 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]

References

  1. ^ a b B. Gailiušis, J. Jablonskis, M Kovalenkovienė (2001). Lietuvos upės (in Lithuanian). Kaunas: Lietuvos energetikos institutas. p. 507.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 1. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1986. p. 447.
  3. ^ Vanagas, Aleksandras (1981). Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslas.