Aluona

Aluona

Aluona

River in Kaunas County, Lithuania

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.

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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

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  1. [1]
    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. [2]
    Rainys, Algirdas (1985). Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 1. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. p. 54.
  3. [3]
    Vanagas, Aleksandras (1981). Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslas.


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