Obeltis
| Obeltis | ||
 Obeltis just before the mouth |
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| location | Lithuania | |
| River system | Memel | |
| Drain over | Verknė → Memel → Baltic Sea | |
| source | at Butrimonys 54 ° 28 '50 " N , 24 ° 13' 49" E |
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| muzzle | at Stakliškės in the Verknė coordinates: 54 ° 34 '19 " N , 24 ° 17' 48" O 54 ° 34 '19 " N , 24 ° 17' 48" O
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| length | 18.8 km | |
| Catchment area | 92 km² | |
| Left tributaries | Plasaupė, Kriaušius, Kremeza, Baudeika | |
| Right tributaries | Rūdija | |
| Communities | Trakininkai, Griškonys, Plasapninkai, Geruliai ( Alytus Rajongemeinde ); Baudėjos, Žiupa ( Prienai district ) | |
The Obeltis is a 18.8 kilometer long river in Lithuania . It flows south of the town of Stakliškės as a left and important tributary into the Verknė , a tributary of the Memel ( Lithuanian Nemunas ). The natural and uneven river meanders very strongly and flows through a sparsely populated agricultural and forest landscape. The region is characterized by rural exodus. The catchment area has an area of 92 km².
The river is not suitable for water sports . The apple tree ( Lithuanian Obelis ) gave its name to the river .
course
The river has its source about two kilometers southwest of the town of Butrimonys . The mouth is located south of the town of Stakliškės , 27.1 kilometers above the mouth of the Verknė in the Memel.
Places along the river are (population from 2011 in brackets) : Trakininkai (89), Griškonys (42), Plasapninkai (89) and Geruliai (14) in the district of Alytus ; Baudėjos (7) and Žiupa (?) In the Prienai district .
Tributaries
The receiving waters are:
- left: Plasaupė, Kriaušius, Kremeza, Baudeika;
- right: Rūdija.
Watercourse numbers
The watercourse numbers are according to Lithuanian numbering: Obeltis - 10011073, Verknė - 10011050 and Memel - 10010001.
literature
- Stanislovas Buchaveckas: Verknė . 1984.
- Steponas Kolupaila: Mūsų vandens keliai. Kaunas 1933. Significantly expanded new edition, Kaunas 1938. KELIAS XXVIII. VERKNĖ.
- Gintautas Zabiela: Lietuvos medinės pilys. Vilnius 1995. pp. 240-241, 245.
Web links
- S. Buchaveckas: Verknės upė . (Description of the Verknė from the source to the mouth, status 1984; Lithuanian)
- Mūsų vandens keliai. Verknė. KELIAS XXVIII. VERKNĖ. (Kilometers according to Steponas Kolupaila, status 1939; Lithuanian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kilometrage of the Verknė.