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 / 56.35167°N 22.68111°E |
| Length | 23.4 km (14.5 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 188 km2 (73 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 1.24 m3/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
[edit]- ^ 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) - ^ a b Rainys, Algirdas (2001). Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 1. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. p. 161.
- ^ Vanagas, Aleksandras (1981). Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslas.