The Alkupis is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County in central Lithuania. It flows for 12.3 kilometres and has a basin area of 41.8 km². It starts in the Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest east of Šventybrastis. The Alkupis flows southwards through forests and agriculture lands. It is a left-bank tributary of the Nevėžis, which it flows into in Apytalaukis village.
| Alkupis | |
|---|---|
 Alkupis in Apytalaukis | |
| Location | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Location | Kėdainiai district municipality, Kaunas County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Lančiūnava-Šventybrastis Forest |
| Mouth | Nevėžis in Apytalaukis |
• coordinates | 55°19′33″N 24°0′28″E / 55.32583°N 24.00778°E |
| Length | 12.3 km (7.6 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 41.8 km2 (16.1 sq mi)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Nevėžis→ Neman→ Baltic Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Kiaulupys |
There were several villages (Peiksva, Marijanka, Melninkai) by the Alkupis once but now only Apytalaukis village is inhabited.
The hydronym Alkupis is a compound noun - the first root derives from Lithuanian alkas, alka ('sacred place, shrine' and 'boggy place') and the second root from the word upė ('river').[2]
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- ^ 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) - ^ Vanagas, Aleksandras (1981). Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslas.