The Šumera is a river in the

Kėdainiai district municipality Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest List of cities in Lithuania, cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Lithuania's second largest city Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. Kėdainiai were first mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle ...

Kaunas County Kaunas County () is one of ten counties of Lithuania. It is in the centre of the country, and its Capital (political), capital is Kaunas. On 1 July 2010, the county administration was abolished. Symbols The county's coat of arms can be blazoned ...

, central

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. It flows for and has a basin area of . The river flows into the

Obelis The Obelis is a river in the Ukmergė district municipality and Kėdainiai district municipality in central Lithuania. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the Nevėžis into which it flows near Kėdainiai. The river ...

(from the right side), a tributary of the

Nevėžis The Nevėžis (; ) is the List of rivers of Lithuania, sixth longest river in Lithuania and one of the main tributaries of the Neman (river), Nemunas. The long Nevėžis flows entirely within Lithuania.Neman Neman, Nemunas or Niemen is a river in Europe that rises in central Belarus and flows through Lithuania then forms Lithuania–Russia border, the northern border of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia's western exclave, which specifically follows its s ...

. The Šumera starts nearby former Dargužiai village and flows mostly southwards through agriculture lands and the

Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest The Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest () is a forest in Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania, located north east to Kėdainiai, around Lančiūnava and Šventybrastis villages. It covers an area of . It consists of smaller forests ...

. It meets the Obelis in Pašumerys village. The name ''Šumera'' (or ''Šiumera'') is of obscure origin, maybe derived from Lithuanian Germanism ''šiumas'' ('foam, decoction').

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