Aluona

Aluona
The lower course of the Aluona
Location
Country	Lithuania
Location	Kėdainiai district municipality and Kaunas district municipality, Kaunas County
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Nearby Dratkalnis
Mouth	Nevėžis in Vitkūnai
• coordinates	55°9′12″N 23°48′39″E
Length	29.7 km (18.5 mi)[1]
Basin size	123.3 km^2 (47.6 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• average	0.57 m³/s[2]
Basin features
Progression	Nevėžis→ Neman→ Baltic Sea
Tributaries
• left	Mėlupis, Sakuona I, Sakuona, Kriausupys
• right	Žąsinas

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.

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

External links

• Map of Nevėžis basin Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine

References

1. B. Gailiušis, J. Jablonskis, M Kovalenkovienė (2001). Lietuvos upės (in Lithuanian). Kaunas: Lietuvos energetikos institutas. p. 507.
2. Rainys, Algirdas (1985). Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 1. Vilnius: Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija. p. 54.
3. Vanagas, Aleksandras (1981). Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslas.