The Bubliai Reservoir is an artificial lake in

Kėdainiai District Municipality Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population is 23,667. Its old town dates to th ...

, 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 located east from

Kėdainiai Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest List of cities in Lithuania, cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population is 23, ...

, next to

Aristava Aristava (formerly ''Lukšiakaimis'', russian: Орвистово, Лукшакаймис, pl, Orwistów) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a pop ...

village. It was created in 1980, when a dam on the

Obelis The Obelis is a river of Ukmergė district municipality and Kėdainiai district municipality, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the Nevėžis near Kėdainiai. The river valley is 200–220 m wide ...

river had been built next to Bubliai village. In 2002, the dam was reconstructed and a small hydroelectric plant (of 160 kW) has been built. The Bubliai Reservoir is used for irrigation, fishery, and hydroelectric energy production. The fish species inhabiting the reservoir are carp, pike, catfish, roach, and bream. Shores of the reservoir are quite straight, low. The reservoir is surrounded mostly by agriculture lands. Some other smaller ponds and reservoirs (the Kapliai Reservoir, the Piltyna Reservoir, the Aristava Reservoir) empty into the Bubliai Reservoir. The Bubliai Reservoir itself empties into the Juodkiškiai Reservoir. The dam uses siphon spillway.

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Lakes of Kėdainiai District Municipality Reservoirs in Lithuania {{KaunasCounty-geo-stub