The Gynėvė is a river of Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the

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. The Gynėvė starts near Šetkaimys village, from Betygala. It flows mostly southwards, at the upper course passing through the Lapkalnys-Paliepiai Forest. It flows mostly in

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but one its section marks the limit between Raseiniai district municipality and

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. It meets the Dubysa nearby Padubysys village. The valley of the lower course is deep. Part of it is flooded by the Plikiai Reservoir (area of ). Pagynėvis, Gožiai and Plikiai are largest settlements by the Gynėvė. The

hydronym A hydronym (from el, ὕδρω, , "water" and , , "name") is a type of toponym that designates a proper name of a body of water. Hydronyms include the proper names of rivers and streams, lakes and ponds, swamps and marshes, seas and oceans. As ...

''Gynėvė'' derives from Lithuanian verbs ''ginti, gynėti'' ('to drive, to incite, to herd').

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