Nevėžis
| Nevėžis | |
|---|---|
 Nevėžis lower course in Kaunas District Municipality | |
.png) Map of Nevėžis | |
| Location | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Paraisčiai Mire, Anykščiai District Municipality |
| Mouth | Neman in Raudondvaris |
• coordinates | 54°55′55″N 23°45′17″E / 54.9319°N 23.7546°E |
| Length | 209 km (130 mi) |
| Basin size | 6,140 km2 (2,370 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 33.2 m3/s (1,170 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Neman→ Baltic Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Alanta, Juoda, Upytė, Linkava, Obelis, Barupė, Gynia |
| • right | Juosta, Kiršinas, Liaudė, Kruostas, Dotnuvėlė, Smilga, Šušvė, Aluona, Strūna |
The Nevėžis (Lithuanian:
Name
There is a popular misconception that the name Nevėžis means "a river without
The river gave name to many things including Panevėžys, the fifth largest city in Lithuania. Its name means "[Town] near Nevėžis."
History
Natural environment
Nevėžis has about seventy tributaries. The largest are:
- left: ;
- right: Juosta, Kiršinas, Liaudė, Kruostas, Dotnuvėlė, Smilga, Šušvė (14th longest river in Lithuania), Aluona, Strūna.
In 1992, the
Even with two canals supplying Nevėžis with water, it becomes very shallow during a drier summer. Regularly it is between 4 and 9 meters deep. In more recent years, a number of grass carp was introduced to the river for aquatic weed control. The Nevėžis, due to its low level of water, slow current, and influx of the run-off of fertilizers from agriculture, was becoming more and more overgrown with weeds.[5] It was hoped that the introduction of grass carp would help to control the process. Critics argued that the fish would not survive in the relatively cold climate. However, local fishermen still catch carp introduced several years ago.
Canals
The Nevėžis is connected with two other large rivers by canals. In order to reduce floods on the
References
- ^ Statistical Yearbook of Lithuania 2014, p. 12
- ^ Vytautas Mažiulis, PKEŽ III 164–166
- ^ Zhuchkevich, V. A. (1974). Краткий топонимический словарь Белоруссии [Brief Toponymic Dictionary of Belarus] (in Russian). Minsk. p. 253.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона. St. Petersburg, 1897. vol. 20, p. 810.
- ^ "Panevėžys, Lithuania takes action and benefits from investing in the Baltic Sea — Baltic Sea City Accelerator". Archived from the original on 2019-06-27.
- (in Lithuanian) Krekenavos regioninis parkas (Krekenava Regional Park), Lithuanian State Department of Tourism, Ministry of Economy. Accessed May 20, 2006.
- (in Lithuanian) Upių pertvarkymas (Betterment of Rivers), Lithuania: Electronic Encyclopedia, 2005, Šviesa. Accessed May 20, 2006.
- (in Lithuanian) Petras Juknevičius, Laura Vasiliauskaitė, Sanžilė, Panevėžys district municipality, Panevėžys, 2003. Accessed May 20, 2006.
- (in Lithuanian) Neringa Martinkutė, Nevėžio baltieji amūrai plušės be pamainos (Grass Carps Will Clean Nevėžis Non-Stop), Panevėžys Voice, Delfi.lt, May 12, 2006. Accessed May 20, 2006.
- (in Lithuanian) Krašto istorija (History of the Land), Kėdainiai district municipality, 2005. Accessed May 21, 2006.
External links
- (in Polish) Niewiaża in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (1886)
- Gallery of underwater pictures and video from Nevėžis
- Map of Nevėžis basin
Tributaries of the Neman River | ||
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| Main tributaries of the left bank |  | |
| Main tributaries of the right bank | ||
| Distributary |
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