The Viešnautas (or Trakupis) 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

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. It is a tributary of the

Liaudė The Liaudė is a river in central Lithuania, flowing through Kėdainiai district municipality, Radviliškis district municipality and Panevėžys district municipality. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a right tributary of the Nevėži ...

, which flows into the

Nevėžis The Nevėžis (; ) is the List of rivers of Lithuania, sixth longest river in Lithuania and one of the main tributaries of the Neman (river), Nemunas. The long Nevėžis flows entirely within Lithuania.Neman Neman, Nemunas or Niemen is a river in Europe that rises in central Belarus and flows through Lithuania then forms Lithuania–Russia border, the northern border of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia's western exclave, which specifically follows its s ...

. It originates in the Serbentynė Forest, 3 km from

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 ...

village. It runs to the South East and East, on the western edge of the Sosiai forest. It passes through the villages Pamiškės, Antanava, Alksnupiai, Trakupiai. The name ''Viešnautas'' possibly derives from the root ''*vieš-'' (original meaning 'to run, to flow') which may be connected to ('pond'), ('water, juice'), ('to flow'), ('viscous, juicy'), ('a swamp'). The name ''Trakupis'' means 'glade river' (from Lithuanian ''trakas'' 'a glade, cutting, undergrowth').

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