The Īkstrums, also Ikstrums, 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 ...

Semigallia Semigallia is one of the Historical Latvian Lands located to the south of the Daugava and to the north of the Saule region of Samogitia. The territory is split between Latvia and Lithuania, previously inhabited by the Semigallian Baltic tri ...

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. It flows through the parishes of

Bauska Bauska () is a town in its Bauska Municipality, eponymous municipality, found in the Zemgale region of southern Latvia. Bauska is located from the Latvian capital Riga, 62 km (38.5 mi) from Jelgava and from the Lithuanian border on t ...

Code In communications and information processing, code is a system of rules to convert information—such as a letter, word, sound, image, or gesture—into another form, sometimes shortened or secret, for communication through a communicati ...

, Mežotne and

Iecava Iecava () () is a town on the European route E67, via Baltica in Bauska Municipality, in the Semigallia region of southern Latvia. The town has a population of around 9700 people. Iecava lies 40 km south of Riga and 23 km north of Bau ...

, where it flows into the River Iecava as a left-bank tributary. It begins southwest of

as the former headwaters of the Garoze River. In length it is 23 or 28 km. The mouth of the river in Iecava Parish is located near

Zālīte Zālīte (formerly Brante) is a village in the Iecava Parish of Bauska Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. It is located in the west of the parish at the inlet of the Īkstruma in Iecava, 9.3 km from the parish center Iecava, ...

. It runs first eastward to Garoze, then turns north. In a large part of the Īkstrum's course, the bed is regulated. The basin is formed mainly by county

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es. The most notable settlements on its banks are Code, Bērzmuiža,

Tributaries

Right bank

* Dolīte

Literature

The Īkstrums has been mentioned in Edvards Virza's works.{{Cite web , title=Letonika.lv. Literatūras bibliotēka. Virza Edvarts. Dievišķīgās rotaļas , url=https://www.letonika.lv/literatura/Section.aspx?q=Ikstrums&s=0&g=6&r=300 , access-date=2024-01-06 , website=www.letonika.lv

References

Rivers of Latvia Tributaries of the Iecava (river)