Dotnuvėlė
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.
| Dotnuvėlė | |
|---|---|
Dotnuvėlė in Babėnai | |
| Location | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Location | Radviliškis district municipality, Kėdainiai district municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Near Baisogala |
| • coordinates | 55.6251°N 23.7537°E |
| Mouth | Nevėžis in Kėdainiai |
• coordinates | 55.2942°N 23.9905°E |
| Length | 60.9 kilometres (37.8 mi) |
| Basin size | 192.7 km2 (74.4 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 0.8 m3/s |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Nevėžis→ Neman→ Baltic Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Stabė, Trasinė |
| • right | Rimšupys, Virgupis, Srautas, Lielupys, Kačupys |
Its valley is 350–500 m wide. The current rate is 0.2-0.9 meters per second. 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.
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