The Lankesa is a river in 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 flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of 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 ...
.
It begins nearby
Reniūnai village in
Ukmergė District Municipality, then flows to the south west through
Jonava District Municipality. After a confluence with the Medukšna it turns to the north west and runs through
Kėdainiai District Municipality till it meets the Obelis in
Valkaičiai.
After bigger rains it often overflows own course. It often dries out during summers and freezes up to the bottom during winters.
,
Pasraučiai,
Martyniškis,
Žeimių GS,
Palankesiai,
Žeimiai
Žeimiai is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 860.
History
Before the Holocaust, the town had a Jewish population who were murdered in 1941 in mass executions perpetrated an einsatzgruppen ...
,
Užkapiai,
Vainiūnai,
Stašaičiai settlements are located on the banks of the Lankesa. At its confluence with the Obelis the Stašaičiai hillfort stands.
The
hydronym ''Lankesa'' derives either from Lithuanian word ''lanka'' ('
flood-meadow'), or from ''lankas, lankstas'' ('bend, crook').
References
LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS UPIŲ IR TVENKINIŲ KLASIFIKATORIUS (Republic of Lithuania- River and Pond Classifications) Ministry of Environment (Lithuania). Accessed 2011-11-17.
Rivers of Lithuania
Kėdainiai District Municipality
Jonava District Municipality
Ukmergė District Municipality
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