The Dotnuvėlė is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality and

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, central

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. It flows for 60.9 kilometres and has a basin area of 192.7 km². It is a right tributary of the Nevėžis river. Its valley is 350–500 m wide. The current rate is 0.2-0.9 meters per second. The Dotnuvelė course goes through Skėmiai,

Gudžiūnai Gudžiūnai (formerly pl, Gudziuny, russian: Гудзюны) is a small town in Kėdainiai district, central Lithuania. It is located on the Dotnuvėlė River. The town has a Catholic Sacred Heart church, a secondary school, and a post office. The ...

Mantviliškis Mantviliškis is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. It is located by the Dotnuvėlė The Dotnuvėlė is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality and Radviliškis district municipality, Kaunas ...

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, Dotnuva and meets the Nevėžis river in Kėdainiai. The name ''Dotnuvėlė'' (formerly ''Dotnava'') could derive from the

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root *''dā-'' ('liquid, to flow') as sa, dānu ('liquid, drop'), os, дон ('river'), av, dā-nu- ('river, current'), etc.

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