The Smilgaitis is a river of
Kėdainiai district municipality
Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest List of cities in Lithuania, cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Lithuania's second largest city Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. Kėdainiai were first mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle ...
,
Kaunas County
Kaunas County () is one of ten counties of Lithuania. It is in the centre of the country, and its Capital (political), capital is Kaunas. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished.
Symbols
The county's coat of arms can be blazoned ...
, central
Lithuania
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. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a right tributary of the river
Smilga
Smilga may refer to:
* Smilga (river), Lithuania
Surname
* Ivan Smilga (Jānis Smilga) (1898-1918), Soviet Latvian soldier buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis
* Ivar Smilga (1892–1938), Soviet Bolshevik leader
* Kārlis Smilga (born 1975) ...
.
Its source is nearby
Krakės
Krakės (formerly ''Krakiai'' ) is a small town in Kėdainiai district, central Lithuania. It is located on the Smilgaitis River. In the town, there are the Catholic church of St. Matthew the Evangelist (built in 1907), Mikalojus Katkus gymnasi ...
town. It flows through the
Josvainiai forest,
Meironiškiai
Meironiškiai (formerly , ) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 269 people. It is located from Krakės town, by the Krakės-Josvain ...
,
Ruseiniai villages and meets the Smilga river near
Stasiūnai.
Keleriškiai pond is dammed on the Smilgaitis river.
The name ''Smilgaitis'' comes from the
Lithuanian
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* Something of, from, or related to Lithuania, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe
** Lithuanian language
** Lithuanians, a Baltic ethnic group, native to Lithuania and the immediate geographical region
** L ...
word ''smilga'' ('
bentgrass
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Species
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').
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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