The Smilgaitis 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 ...
,
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. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a right tributary of the river
Smilga
Smilga may refer to:
*Smilga (river), Lithuania
Surname
* Ivan Smilga (Jānis Smilga) (1898-1918), Soviet Latvian soldier buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis
* Ivar Smilga (1892–1938), Soviet Bolshevik leader
* Kārlis Smilga (born 1975), ...
.
Its source is nearby
Krakės town. It flows through the
Josvainiai forest,
Meironiškiai,
Ruseiniai villages and meets the Smilga river near
Stasiūnai.
Keleriškiai pond is dammed on the Smilgaitis river.
The name ''Smilgaitis'' comes from the
Lithuanian word ''smilga'' ('
bentgrass
''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass.
Species
* '' Agrostis aequivalvi'' ...
').
References
LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS UPIŲ IR TVENKINIŲ KLASIFIKATORIUS (Republic of Lithuania- River and Pond Classifications) Ministry of Environment (Lithuania)
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*To implement the principle of sustainable development;
*To set ...
. Accessed 2011-11-17.
Rivers of Lithuania
Kėdainiai District Municipality
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