Barupė
The Barupė starts at Žinėnai village, in Jonava District Municipality. It flows northwards, before turning to the west in Pamelnytėlė. It meets the Nevėžis near Labūnava village.
The upper course in channalised. The lower course has a deep valley. The course has a width of 5–12 metres (16–39 ft) and depth of 0.1–0.4 metres (3.9 in – 1 ft 3.7 in). The flow rate is 0.1–0.2 metres per second (0.33–0.66 ft/s). Labūnava Reservoir dams the Barupė river; smaller ponds are also located in the Barupė valley in Kuigaliai and Labūnava.
Sangailiškiai, Kuigaliai, Pėdžiai, Nociūnai, Serbinai, Labūnava villages are located on the shores of the Barupė. A part of river's lower course is protected as the Barupė Landscape Sanctuary.
The hydronym is of uncertain origin. The component upė means 'river' while the root bar- could be of archaic origin, related to Russian: бара 'puddle', Ukrainian: бар 'slough between hills', Illyrian languages: *bar(b)- 'puddle'.
References
- ^ 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) - ^ Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 1. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1985. p. 216.
- ^ Vanagas, Aleksandras (1981). Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslas.
External links
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