The Liaudė is a river in central

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Kėdainiai district municipality Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population is 23,667. Its old town dates to th ...

, Radviliškis district municipality and Panevėžys district municipality. It flows for and has a basin area of . It is the right tributary of the Nevėžis river. The river originates by the Vakarai, Radviliškis, Vakarai village near Pociūnėliai. It goes to the southeastern direction passing Pociūnėliai, Žibartoniai, Paberžė, Kėdainiai, Paberžė, Užupė. It meets the Nevėžis 2 km from Surviliškis town. The width of the river course is 5-8 m, the depth is 0.4-1.1 m. The rapidness of the flow is 0.2 meters per second at the upper course and 0.4 meters per second at the lower course. Following ponds are dammed on the Liaudė river: Pociūnėliai pond, Rūtakiemis pond, Žibartoniai 1st pond, Žibartoniai 2nd pond. The hydronym ''Liaudė'' is of obscure origin, possible explanation is from the root ''*laud-'' (as lt, liaudis 'people, crowd') or it could be of the Finno-Ugric languages, Finno-Ugric origin (ex. et, laud 'moist').

References

LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS UPIŲ IR TVENKINIŲ KLASIFIKATORIUS (Republic of Lithuania- River and Pond Classifications)
Ministry of Environment (Lithuania). Accessed 2011-11-17. Rivers of Lithuania Kėdainiai District Municipality Radviliškis District Municipality Panevėžys District Municipality {{Lithuania-river-stub