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Kupa (Lėvuo)
The Kupa is a small river in northern Lithuania and a left tributary of the Lėvuo. . Accessed 2020-01-31. At first it flows to north but then near Juodupė town turns to the west. It flows through Kupiškis
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Kupiškis
Kupiškis (; Yiddish: קופישוק) is a city in northeastern Lithuania. It is the capital of the Kupiškis district municipality, mainly known for its sculptures and fourth biggest water reservoir in Lithuania. Kupiškis is located on the Lėvuo and Kupa rivers. The name of the town comes from the Kupa River. The Gediminas Bridge crosses the Kupa River. There are six parts of the town, which are named: * ''Centras'' (Center or Old Town; the oldest buildings in the town hall, sanitation and utility buildings, library, church, high school, blocks of flats, detached houses) * ''Krantinė'' (high-rise housing complex between 4 and 5 floors, detached houses, shopping malls, preschool, primary school) * ''Kraštiečiai'' (high-rise housing complex between 2 and 6 floors, shopping malls, preschool) * ''Račiupėnai'' (a residential area; detached houses, middle school, business and technological school, bus station) * ''Zuntė'' (a residential area; detached houses) * ''Pramoninė ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šimonys
Šimonys is a small town in Panevėžys County, in northeastern Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, 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, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P .... According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 441 people. References External links Virtual Tour of Šimonys Towns in Lithuania Towns in Panevėžys County Kupiškis District Municipality {{PanevėžysCounty-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lėvuo
The Lėvuo is a river in Northern Lithuania, a right tributary of the river Mūša. Ministry of Environment (Lithuania). Accessed 2020-01-31. Lėvuo is 148 kilometres long. In 1931 , connecting Lėvuo and rivers was built. The largest tributaries of Lėvuo are , Svalia, |
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, 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, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian exclave, semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.89 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities include Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Lithuanians who are the titular nation and form the majority of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian. For millennia, the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united for the first time by Mindaugas, who formed the Kingdom of Lithuania on 6 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they flow, drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean, another river, or into an endorheic basin. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob (river), Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Environment (Lithuania)
The Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania () oversees the environment and natural resources in Lithuania. Its mission is: *To implement the principle of sustainable development; *To set preconditions for rational utilization, protection and restoration of natural resources; *To ensure provision of information about the state of environment and its forecasts to the public; *To create conditions for the development of construction business and the provision of residents with housing; *To ensure a proper environmental quality, taking into account the norms and standards of the European Union. The Environment Protection Department, accountable to the Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas, was established to oversee environment protection and exploitation of natural resources after Lithuania restored its independence in 1990. In 1996, the Department was reorganized into Ministry of Environmental Protection. In 1998, after the merger with Ministry of Housing and Urba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juodupė
Juodupė (literally: ''black river'') is a town in Rokiškis district municipality, Lithuania. It is located near the confluence of Juodupė rivulet with river, about 6 km. from the border with Latvia. According to the 2011 census, population was 1,769. History The place was first mentioned in 1690. A record has been found in the Onuškis Church's 1680-1740 yearbook, which states that in 1690 a boy was baptized in Aknysta, whose baptismal mother was Elena Bučinska (Bučinskaitė) from Juodupe (de Jodupe). The development of Juodupė began to accelerate after 1907, when the entrepreneur Oskaras Trėjus set up a wool carding and spinning mill in the old mill owned by count Pžezdeckis, and later installed a weaving machine. In 1931 Trėjus went bankrupt and in 1933, the "Nemunas" company bought the mill. At the time it was the only woolen fabric factory in Lithuania. A chapel was built in 1936, and in 1938 Church of Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn was built. At the beginnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
