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 | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Location | Radviliškis district municipality, Kėdainiai district municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Near Baisogala |
| • coordinates | 55°37′30″N 23°45′13″E / 55.6251°N 23.7537°E |
| Mouth | Nevėžis in Kėdainiai |
• coordinates | 55°17′39″N 23°59′26″E / 55.2942°N 23.9905°E |
| 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 |
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]
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- ^ 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) - ^ a b Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 1. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1986. p. 447.
- ^ Vanagas, Aleksandras (1981). Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslas.