Barupė

Barupė
Barupė
	Barupė in Pabarupys
Location
Country	Lithuania
Region	Kaunas County
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Nearby , Jonava District Municipality
Mouth	Nevėžis in Labūnava
• coordinates	55°12′13″N 23°54′20″E / 55.2036°N 23.9056°ECoordinates: 55°12′13″N 23°54′20″E / 55.2036°N 23.9056°E
Length	48.2 km (30.0 mi)
Basin size	322.4 km2 (124.5 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	1.55 m³/s
Basin features
Progression	Nevėžis→ Neman→ Baltic Sea
Tributaries
• left	Savyda, Mėkla, Urka
• right	Kulvė, Vabalas, Paparčia

The Barupė is a river of Jonava District Municipality and Kėdainiai District Municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for 48.2 kilometres (30.0 mi) and has a basin area of 322 square kilometres (124 sq mi). It is a left tributary of the Nevėžis.

The Barupė river starts next to village, in Jonava District Municipality. It flows northwards, then in turns to the west. It meets the Nevėžis next to Labūnava village.^[2]

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). A large Labūnava Reservoir is dammed on the Barupė river, also smaller ponds are located on the Barupė valley in Kuigaliai and Labūnava.^[2]

, 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 .

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'.^[3]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b B. Gailiušis, J. Jablonskis, M Kovalenkovienė (2001). Lietuvos upės (in Lithuanian). Kaunas: Lietuvos energetikos institutas. p. 507.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). 1. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1985. p. 216.
^ Vanagas, Aleksandras (1981). Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslas.

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[upes-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b B. Gailiušis, J. Jablonskis, M Kovalenkovienė (2001). Lietuvos upės (in Lithuanian). Kaunas: Lietuvos energetikos institutas. p. 507.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[TLE-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). 1. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. 1985. p. 216.

[LHEŽ-3] Vanagas, Aleksandras (1981). Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslas.

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