The Lomena is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

, constituting a left tributary of the

Neris The river Neris () or Vilija (, ) 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) from the right bank, at Kaunas, as its ma ...

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

Kaišiadorys District Municipality Kaišiadorys District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the ...

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 ...

, Jonava District Municipality,

. The 32-km long Lomena passes through Stasiūnai, Gudiena,

Kaišiadorys Kaišiadorys (; Yiddish: קאָשעדאַר) 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 Transfiguration Cathedral, Kaišiadorys, Cathedral of ...

, Palomenė, Bagdoniškės, Lomeniai,

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

hydronym A hydronym (from , , "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 subset of top ...

''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 Latvian Lauma or Lithuanian Laumė, or Yotvingian Łauma is a fairy-like woodland spirit, and guardian spirit of orphans in Eastern Baltic mythology or Yotvingian mythology. Originally a sky spirit, her compassion for human suffering brought ...

'' ('a mythical being').

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