The Nykis is a river of
Kėdainiai district municipality
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Kaunas County
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Symbols
The county's coat of arms can be blazoned ...
, central
Lithuania
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. It is a right tributary of the
Liaudė. It originates in Balsiai forest and flows east, meeting the Liaudė in
Paberžė village.
There are 3 ponds on the Nykis. Along its course, the river passes
Vikaičiai,
Margininkai,
Graužiai,
Miegėnai
Miegėnai (formerly , ) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 341 people. It is located 9 km from Gudžiūnai, by the Nykis riv ...
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Paberžė villages.
The hydronym ''Nykis'' possibly derives from the Lithuanian verb ''nykti'' ('to disappear, to decay') although it was collated with ('a downstream place'), ('short, low'),
Old Slavic
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ниць ('prostrate') also.
References
LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS UPIŲ IR TVENKINIŲ KLASIFIKATORIUS (Republic of Lithuania- River and Pond Classifications) Ministry of Environment (Lithuania)
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*To implement the principle of sustainable development;
*To set preconditions for rational utilization, prote ...
. Accessed 2011-11-17.
Rivers of Lithuania
Kėdainiai District Municipality
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