The Gynėvė is a river of

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, central

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. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is a left tributary of the

Dubysa The Dubysa, at 131 km, is the 15th longest river solely in Lithuania. It originates just a few kilometers from Lake Rėkyva near Šiauliai city in northern Lithuania. At first it flows south, before turning southeast at Lyduvėnai and so ...

. The Gynėvė starts near Šetkaimys village, from

Betygala Betygala is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 488. In the 13th and 14th centuries the town had a noted Samogitan fortress, attacked by the Teutonic Knights numerous time. One of the first churches ...

. It flows mostly southwards, at the upper course passing through the

Lapkalnys-Paliepiai Forest The Lapkalnys-Paliepiai Forest () is a forest in Kėdainiai District Municipality and Raseiniai District Municipality, central Lithuania, located to the north east from Ariogala. Covering an area of , it consists of smaller forests: Juodžiai For ...

. It flows mostly in Raseiniai district municipality but one its section marks the limit between Raseiniai district municipality and

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. It meets the Dubysa nearby Padubysys village. The valley of the lower course is deep. Part of it is flooded by the

Plikiai Reservoir Plikiai is a town in Samogitia, 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 ...

(area of ). Pagynėvis,

Gožiai Gožiai is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 11 people. It is located from Pernarava, alongside the Josvainiai-Ariogala road, by the ...

and

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are largest settlements by the Gynėvė. The

hydronym A hydronym (from , , "water" and , , "name") is a type of toponym that designates a proper name of a body of water. Hydronyms include the proper names of rivers and streams, lakes and ponds, swamps and marshes, seas and oceans. As a subset of top ...

''Gynėvė'' derives from Lithuanian verbs ''ginti, gynėti'' ('to drive, to incite, to herd').

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Rivers of Lithuania Kėdainiai District Municipality Raseiniai District Municipality {{Lithuania-river-stub