Ašarėna

Ašarėna
The lower course of Ašarėna downstream Pelėdnagiai
Map
Location
CountryLithuania
LocationKėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationPašiliai Forest
MouthNevėžis, nearby Pelėdnagiai
 • coordinates
55°14′47″N 23°56′58″E / 55.2464°N 23.9494°E / 55.2464; 23.9494
Length6.4 km (4.0 mi)[1]
Basin size8.8 km2 (3.4 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • average0.053 m³/s
Basin features
ProgressionNevėžisNemanBaltic Sea

The Ašarėna is a river in Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. It flows for 6.4 kilometres and has a basin area of 8.8 km2.

A left-bank tributary of the Nevėžis, the Ašarėna starts in the Pašiliai Forest, 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from Medekšiai. It meets the Nevėžis next to Pelėdnagiai. There are two ponds on the Ašarėna in Pelėdnagiai.

The hydronym possibly derives from Lithuanian word ešerys (or ašarys in local dialect, 'perch'). Its original form could have been *Ešerinė.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Vanagas, Aleksandras (1981). Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslas.