The Ažytė is a river of Raseiniai district municipality and Kėdainiai district municipality, central

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), 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. Lithuania ...

. It is a right tributary of the

Šušvė Šušvė is a river in central Lithuania, a right (the longest) tributary of the Nevėžis river. It begins in Kelmė district municipality, 6 km (4 mi) southeast from Tytuvėnai. The river passes through Tytuvėnai and Sulinkiai Marshes ...

river. It flows for 20 kilometres and has a basin area of 98 km². It originates near

Betygala Betygala is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 488. In the 13th and 14th centuries the town had a noted Samogitan fortress, attacked by the Teutonic Knights numerous time. One of the first churches ...

town and flows mostly eastwards. It meets Šušvė near

Antkalnis Antkalnis ('a place on a hill') is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 11 people. It is located from Krakės, from Ažytėnai, at th ...

village. The river valley is 10 depth. The river channel is canalized in the upper course. Its width is 6–7 meters, depth 0.5–0.6 meters. Rapidness of the flow is 0.1 meters per second. The Ažytė runs through Barsukinė, Lenčiai,

Ažytėnai Ažytėnai (formerly pl, Ożytany, russian: Ожетаны, Ожитаны) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 239 people. It is l ...

villages. Its name possibly comes from the Lithuanian word ''ežia'' ('a boundary'). left, 240px, Ažytė next to Antkalnis village

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Rivers of Lithuania Kėdainiai District Municipality Raseiniai District Municipality {{Lithuania-river-stub