| Kruostas | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Region | Kėdainiai district municipality,Kaunas County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | nearAlksnėnai |
| Mouth | Nevėžis inUrbeliai |
• coordinates | 55°22′15″N24°00′28″E / 55.3709°N 24.0077°E /55.3709; 24.0077 |
| Length | 28.9 km (18.0 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 99.7 km2 (38.5 sq mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 0.5 m³/s[2] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Nevėžis→Neman→Baltic Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Vinkšnupys, Žalčiupys, Suokupis, Alkas,Skaudinis, Latupys |
| • right | Konkulis,Vensutis |
TheKruostas is a river ofKėdainiai district municipality,Kaunas County, centralLithuania. It flows for 28.9 kilometres (18.0 mi) and has a basin area of 99.7 km2 (38.5 sq mi). It originates nearAlksnėnai village and goes through agriculture fields passing the villages ofŽilvičiai,Šlapaberžė,Beržai andDaškoniai. The lower course goes through a deep valley beside Vaidatoniai hillfort. This area isKruostas botanic sanctuary. The river meets theNevėžis from the right side nearUrbeliai village.Vaidatoniai pond is on the Kruostas river.[2]
The nameKruostas derives fromLithuanian wordkruostas orskruostas ('cheek,eyelash,eyebrow'), further fromskrosti, skersti ('to slice, to butcher').[3]
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