Agluona (Akmenė)

Agluona
Location
Country	Lithuania
Location	Akmenė district municipality
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Naujoji Akmenė
• elevation	43 m (141 ft)
Mouth
• location	Vadakstis
• coordinates	56°21′6″N 22°40′52″E
Length	23.4 km (14.5 mi)[1]
Basin size	188 km^2 (73 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	1.24 m^3/s (44 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Žaras, Vėžupis
• right	Bradaulis, Kališupis, Paisė, Molupis, Kirgas

The Agluona is a river of Akmenė district municipality, Lithuania. It flows for 23.4 kilometres and has a basin area of 188 km². It is a left tributary of the Vadakstis river (the Venta River basin).^[2]

The Agluona starts near Stipirkiai village and flows north-westwards. It meets the Vadakstis near Kesiai village, by the Latvian border.

By the Agluona, lies the village of Kivyliai where the Kivyliai Reservoir is located (area 81 hectares (200 acres)).^[2]

The name Agluona comes from Lithuanian: eglė, aglė 'spruce tree'.^[3]

References

1. B. Gailiušis, J. Jablonskis, M Kovalenkovienė (2001). Lietuvos upės (in Lithuanian). Kaunas: Lietuvos energetikos institutas. p. 507.
2. Rainys, Algirdas (2001). Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 1. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. p. 161.
3. Vanagas, Aleksandras (1981). Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslas.