Aluona
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| Aluona | |
|---|---|
 The lower course of the Aluona | |
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| 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 / 55.15333°N 23.81083°E |
| Length | 29.7 km (18.5 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 123.3 km2 (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]
