The Lomena is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the ...

in Lithuania, a left tributary of the

Neris The river Neris () or Viliya ( be, Ві́лія, pl, Wilia ) rises in northern Belarus. It flows westward, passing through Vilnius (Lithuania's capital) and in the south-centre of that country it flows into the Nemunas (Neman), at Kaunas, ...

.Neries mažųjų intakų (su Nerimi) pabaseinis
(Basin small tributaries of Neris (including Neris)) It starts in Vladikiškės, Kaišiadorys District Municipality and ends in

Tartokas Tartokas is a village in Jonava district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 6 people. It is located on a bank of Neris and Lomena rivers, next to Gaižiūnai forest a ...

, Jonava District Municipality, Lithuania. The Lomena passes through Stasiūnai, Gudiena,

Kaišiadorys Kaišiadorys () is a city in central Lithuania. It is situated between Vilnius and Kaunas. Kaišiadorys is one of six Lithuanian diocese centres. It is home to the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Christ built in 1932. The Lithuanian Veterinar ...

, Palomenė, Bagdoniškės, Lomeniai,

settlements. The river's lower course is protected by the Lomena Landscape Sanctuary. The

hydronym A hydronym (from el, ὕδρω, , "water" and , , "name") is a type of toponym that designates a proper name of a body of water. Hydronyms include the proper names of rivers and streams, lakes and ponds, swamps and marshes, seas and oceans. As a ...

''Lomena'' derives from Lithuanian word ''loma'' ('trough, depression, valley') although its older attested form, written in Polish as ''Łowmiana'' could suggest that it may derive from the word '' laumė'' ('a mythical being').

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