The Urka is a river of

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 is a left tributary of the

Barupė The Barupė is a river of Jonava District Municipality and Kėdainiai District Municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the Nevėžis. The Barupė river starts next to Žin ...

. The Urka river starts in the Bitvanas Forest, in

Kaunas District Municipality Kaunas District Municipality (''Kauno rajono savivaldybė'') is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. The seat of the municipality is the city of Kaunas, which does not belong to the municipality but is a separate administrative unit. It surroun ...

. It flows towards north western direction through

and Kėdainiai District Municipality, then empties into the

river next to

Labūnava Labūnava (formerly russian: Лабуновъ, Лабуново, pl, Łabunów) is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 747 people. It ...

village. Karaliūnai, Butkūnai, Užumiškiai, Kačergiai, Pakapiai,

villages and

Vandžiogala Vandžiogala (Polish: ''Wędziagoła'') is a small town in Kaunas County, Kaunas district municipality in central Lithuania. It is located north of Kaunas city municipality next to Urka brook. A Holy Trinity church was built in Vandžiogala in 1 ...

town are located on the shores of the Urka. A small pond is dammed on the Urka nearby its mouth. The hydronym is of uncertain origin. One version is that it derives from Lithuanian verb ''urkioti'' ('to scold, to wig'), another version that it could be of Finno-Ugric background (as et, urg 'rivulet').

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