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Amalis

Coordinates: 55°17′52″N 23°47′26″E / 55.29778°N 23.79056°E / 55.29778; 23.79056
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Amalis
Amalis upper course in Šmotiškėliai
Map
Location
CountryLithuania
LocationKėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNearby Šmotiškiai
MouthSmilgaitis in Grašva
 • coordinates
55°17′52″N 23°47′26″E / 55.29778°N 23.79056°E / 55.29778; 23.79056
Length9.7 km (6.0 mi)[1]
Basin size10.8 km2 (4.2 sq mi)[1]
Basin features
ProgressionSmilgaitisSmilgaNevėžisNemanBaltic Sea
Tributaries 
 • leftAmaliukas

The Amalis is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for 9.7 kilometres (6.0 mi) and has a basin area of 10.8 km2 (4.2 sq mi). It is a right tributary of the river Smilgaitis.

It starts in agriculture fields near Šmotiškiai village and flows mostly eastwards till meets the Smilgaitis in Grašva village.

The name Amalis is of uncertain etymology. One version is that it could be derived from the Lithuanian word amalas ('mistletoe'), another version that it is of ancient origin and could be related with Albanian: amë ('river course'), Ancient Greek: ἀμάρα ('ditch'), Hittite: amiḭara- ('ditch').[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.