The Liaudė 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 ...
, flowing through
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 ...
,
Radviliškis district municipality
Radviliškis () (german: Radwilischken; pl, Radziwiliszki; yi, ראדווילישאָק, ''Radvilishok'') is a town in the Radviliškis district municipality, Šiauliai County, Lithuania. Radviliškis has been the administrative center of the ...
and
Panevėžys district municipality
Panevėžys (; Latin: ''Panevezen''; pl, Poniewież; yi, פּאָנעװעזש, ''Ponevezh''; see also other names) is the fifth largest city in Lithuania. As of 2011, it occupied with 113,653 inhabitants. As defined by Eurostat, the populatio ...
. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is the right tributary of the
Nevėžis
The Nevėžis () is the sixth longest river in Lithuania and one of the main tributaries of the Nemunas. Its length is , and it flows only within the geographical confines of Lithuania.[Vakarai
The Vakarai (Lithuanian for ''the West'') is an internationally distributed Lithuanian-American newspaper. The ''Vakarai'' is published in Chicago with its headquarters in suburban Downers Grove. It is the largest Lithuanian-American newspaper a ...]
village near Pociūnėliai. It goes to the southeastern direction passing
Pociūnėliai,
Žibartoniai,
Paberžė
Paberžė ( Lithuanian for ''near the birch (forest)'') is a village in Vilnius District Municipality, Lithuania, it is located only about north of Vilnius city municipality. According to the 2011 census, it had population of 919.
History
...
,
Užupė
Užupė ('a place across the river', formerly pl, Użupie, russian: Ужупе) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 95 people. It ...
. It meets the
Nevėžis
The Nevėžis () is the sixth longest river in Lithuania and one of the main tributaries of the Nemunas. Its length is , and it flows only within the geographical confines of Lithuania.[Surviliškis
Surviliškis is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania, 18 km from Kėdainiai, on the right bank of the Nevėžis river. In 2011 it had a population of 351. There are wooden Catholic church of Jesus (built in 1791), wooden chapel ...]
town.
The width of the river course is 5-8 m, the depth is 0.4-1.1 m. The rapidness of the flow is 0.2 meters per second at the upper course and 0.4 meters per second at the lower course.
Following ponds are dammed on the Liaudė river:
Pociūnėliai pond,
Rūtakiemis pond,
Žibartoniai 1st pond,
Žibartoniai 2nd pond.
The hydronym ''Liaudė'' is of obscure origin, possible explanation is from the root ''*laud-'' (as lt, liaudis 'people, crowd') or it could be of the
Finno-Ugric origin (ex. et, laud 'moist').
References
LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS UPIŲ IR TVENKINIŲ KLASIFIKATORIUS (Republic of Lithuania- River and Pond Classifications) Ministry of Environment (Lithuania)
The Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublikos aplinkos ministerija) oversees the environment and natural resources in Lithuania. Its mission is:
*To implement the principle of sustainable development;
*To set ...
. Accessed 2011-11-17.
Rivers of Lithuania
Kėdainiai District Municipality
Radviliškis District Municipality
Panevėžys District Municipality
{{Lithuania-river-stub