Īkstrums

{{Short description|River in Semigallia, Latvia}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Īkstrums

| image = Īkstruma upīte Codē.jpg

| image_caption = Īkstrums in Code

| pushpin_map = Latvia

| mouth = Iecava

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|56|39|19|N|24|05|04|E}}

| source1 = near Code

| source1_coordinates = {{coord|56|26|28|N|24|13|17|E}}

| country = {{LAT}}

| length = 23km

}}

The Īkstrums, also Ikstrums, is a river in Semigallia, Latvia. It flows through the parishes of Bauska, Code, Mežotne and Iecava,. {{Cite web |title=LGIA Placenames |url=http://vietvardi.lgia.gov.lv/vv/to_www_obj.objekts?p_id=96637}} where it flows into the River Iecava as a left-bank tributary. It begins southwest of Code as the former headwaters of the Garoze River.{{Cite web |title=Upes.lv Iecava |url=http://www.upes.lv/informacija/lielupes-baseins/iecava/}} In length it is 23 or 28 km.

The mouth of the river in Iecava Parish is located near Zālīte. It runs first eastward to Garoze, then turns north. In a large part of the Īkstrum's course, the bed is regulated. The basin is formed mainly by county ditches. The most notable settlements on its banks are Code, Bērzmuiža, Zālīte.

Tributaries

= Right bank =

Literature

The Īkstrums has been mentioned in Edvards Virza's works.{{Cite web |title=Letonika.lv. Literatūras bibliotēka. Virza Edvarts. Dievišķīgās rotaļas |url=https://www.letonika.lv/literatura/Section.aspx?q=Ikstrums&s=0&g=6&r=300 |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.letonika.lv}}

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