The Baublys (or Antežeriai Lake) is a lake in
KrakÄ—s Eldership
Krakės Eldership ( lt, Krakių seniūnija) is a Lithuanian eldership, located in the northwestern part of Kėdainiai District Municipality.
Eldership was created from the KrakÄ—s ''selsovet'' in 1993.
Geography
The territory of KrakÄ—s Eldershi ...
,
KÄ—dainiai 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 ...
. This is the largest lake of KÄ—dainiai District Municipality. It is located to the west from
KrakÄ—s
Krakės (formerly ''Krakiai'', pl, Kroki, russian: link=no, Кроки) is a small town in Kėdainiai district, central Lithuania. It is located on the Smilgaitis River. In the town, there are Catholic church of St. Matthew the Evangelist (bui ...
town and from
Pašušvys village. It belongs to 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 ...
basin (part of the
Nevėžis basin).
On the northern coast
Antežeriai village is located. The Baublys Lake and its close surroundings (
reed bed
A reedbed or reed bed is a natural habitat found in floodplains, waterlogged depressions and
estuaries. Reedbeds are part of a succession from young reeds colonising open water or wet ground through a gradation of increasingly dry ground. As ...
s) are declared an ornithological sanctuary. It covers an area of .
The nesting places of
Eurasian bittern,
spotted crake and other water birds are protected here.
The name ''Baublys'' comes from the same Lithuanian word which means '
bittern'.
References
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Lakes of KÄ—dainiai District Municipality
Protected areas in KÄ—dainiai District Municipality