The Ažytė is a river of
Raseiniai district municipality and
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 ...
, central
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 ...
. It is a right-bank tributary of the
Šušvė
Šušvė () is a river in central Lithuania, a right (the longest) tributary of the Nevėžis river. It begins in Kelmė district municipality, 6 km (4 mi) southeast from Tytuvėnai. The 134.6 km (83.6 mi) long river passes through Tytuv ...
river. It flows for 20 kilometres and has a basin area of 98 km
2. It originates near
Betygala town and flows mostly eastwards. It meets Šušvė near
Antkalnis village.
The river valley is 10–20 meters deep. The river channel is canalized in the upper course. Its width is 6–7 meters while its depth hovers between 0.5–0.6 meters. Rapidness of the flow is 0.1 meters per second.
The Ažytė runs through
Barsukinė,
Lenčiai,
Ažytėnai,
Antkalnis villages.
Its name possibly comes from the Lithuanian word ''ežia'' ('a boundary').
References
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Rivers of Lithuania
Kėdainiai District Municipality
Raseiniai District Municipality
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