Alkupis | |
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Location | |
Country | Lithuania |
Location | Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest |
Mouth | Nevėžis in Apytalaukis |
• coordinates | 55°19′33″N 24°0′28″E / 55.32583°N 24.00778°E |
Length | 12.3 km (7.6 mi) [1] |
Basin size | 41.8 km2 (16.1 sq mi) [1] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Nevėžis→ Neman→ Baltic Sea |
Tributaries | |
• right | Kiaulupys |
The Alkupis is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County in central Lithuania. It flows for 12.3 kilometres and has a basin area of 41.8 km². It starts in the Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest east of Šventybrastis. The Alkupis flows southwards through forests and agriculture lands. It is a left-bank tributary of the Nevėžis, which it flows into in Apytalaukis village.
There were several villages ( Peiksva, Marijanka, Melninkai) by the Alkupis once but now only Apytalaukis village is inhabited.
The hydronym Alkupis is a compound noun - the first root derives from Lithuanian alkas, alka ('sacred place, shrine' and 'boggy place') and the second root from the word upė ('river'). [2]
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Alkupis | |
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Location | |
Country | Lithuania |
Location | Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest |
Mouth | Nevėžis in Apytalaukis |
• coordinates | 55°19′33″N 24°0′28″E / 55.32583°N 24.00778°E |
Length | 12.3 km (7.6 mi) [1] |
Basin size | 41.8 km2 (16.1 sq mi) [1] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Nevėžis→ Neman→ Baltic Sea |
Tributaries | |
• right | Kiaulupys |
The Alkupis is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County in central Lithuania. It flows for 12.3 kilometres and has a basin area of 41.8 km². It starts in the Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest east of Šventybrastis. The Alkupis flows southwards through forests and agriculture lands. It is a left-bank tributary of the Nevėžis, which it flows into in Apytalaukis village.
There were several villages ( Peiksva, Marijanka, Melninkai) by the Alkupis once but now only Apytalaukis village is inhabited.
The hydronym Alkupis is a compound noun - the first root derives from Lithuanian alkas, alka ('sacred place, shrine' and 'boggy place') and the second root from the word upė ('river'). [2]
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cite book}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)