The Malčius is a river of

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 ...

Kaunas County Kaunas County ( lt, Kauno apskritis) is one of ten counties of Lithuania The territory of Lithuania is divided into 10 counties ( Lithuanian: singular ''apskritis'', plural ''apskritys''), all named after their capitals. The counties are ...

, 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 starts in the

Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest The Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest ( lt, Lančiūnavos–Šventybrasčio miškai) is a forest in Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania, located north east to Kėdainiai, around Lančiūnava and Šventybrastis villages. It cove ...

and flows mostly southwards. It meets 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 (from the right side) by

Aristavėlė Aristavėlė (formerly russian: Орвистово, Ариставеле, pl, Orwistów) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 6 peop ...

village. All the course is channelized. Malčius passes through Pliupai, Stebuliai, Katkai,

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 ...

and

villages. Several ponds (Malčius, Aristavėlė 1st, Aristavėlė 2nd) are on the Malčius river. The hydronym derives from Lithuanian verbs ''malšyti, malšinti'' ('to still, to quieten'), ''malšti'' ('to become still, to relent').

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