Aluona

River in Kaunas County, Lithuania

Aluona

The lower course of the Aluona

Location
Country| Lithuania
Location| Kėdainiai district municipality and Kaunas district municipality, Kaunas County
Physical characteristics
Source|
• location| Nearby Dratkalnis
Mouth| Nevėžis in Vitkūnai

• coordinates

| 55°9′12″N 23°48′39″E﻿ / ﻿55.15333°N 23.81083°E﻿ / 55.15333; 23.81083
Length| 29.7 km (18.5 mi)[1]
Basin size| 123.3 km2 (47.6 sq mi)[1]
Discharge|
• average| 0.57 m3/s[2]
Basin features
Progression| Nevėžis→ Neman→ Baltic Sea
Tributaries|
• left| Mėlupis, Sakuona I, Sakuona, Kriausupys
• right| Žąsinas

The Aluona is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality and Kaunas district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for 29.7 kilometres and has a basin area of 123.3 km2. It is a right-bank tributary of the Nevėžis river.

It begins near Dratkalnis village, at the border of Kėdainiai district municipality and Raseiniai district municipality. The Aluona flows mostly in a southeastern direction, crossing the Pernarava-Šaravai Forest. The valley of the lower course is deep, the river forms scarps. This section is declared as the Aluona Hydrographical Sanctuary.[2]

The Aluona passes through Paaluonys, Šaravai, Skaistgiriai, Bajėnai I villages.

The hydronym Aluona is derived from the Lithuanian root al- as in the verb alėti ('to flow, to trickle').[3]

Aluona in the Pernarava-Šaravai Forest

## External links

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* Map of Nevėžis basin Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine

## References

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1. ^ a b B. Gailiušis, J. Jablonskis, M Kovalenkovienė (2001). Lietuvos upės (in Lithuanian). Kaunas: Lietuvos energetikos institutas. p. 507.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ^ a b Rainys, Algirdas (1985). Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 1\. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. p. 54.
3. ^ Vanagas, Aleksandras (1981). Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslas.

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