Barupė

{{Infobox river

| name =Barupė

| image =Barupė001.JPG

| image_size =

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Barupė in Pabarupys

| map =

| map_size =

| map_alt =

| map_caption =

| source1_location = Nearby Žinėnai, Jonava District Municipality

| mouth = Nevėžis in Labūnava

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|55.2036|23.9056|display=it|region:LT_type:river}}

| progression = {{RNevėžis}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Lithuania

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = Kaunas County

|length_km=48.2|length_ref=

| source1_elevation =

| mouth_elevation =

| discharge1_avg = 1.55 m³/s

|basin_size_km2=322.4|basin_size_ref=

| river_system =

| tributaries_left = Savyda, Mėkla, Urka

| tributaries_right = Kulvė, Vabalas, Paparčia

}}

The Barupė is a river in Jonava District Municipality and Kėdainiai District Municipality of Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. It flows for {{convert|48.2|km}} and has a basin area of {{convert|322|km2}}. It is a left tributary of the Nevėžis.

The Barupė starts at Žinėnai village, in Jonava District Municipality. It flows northwards, before turning to the west in Pamelnytėlė. It meets the Nevėžis near Labūnava village.

The upper course in channalised. The lower course has a deep valley. The course has a width of {{convert|5-12|m}} and depth of {{convert|0.1-0.4|m}}. The flow rate is {{convert|0.1-0.2|m/s}}. Labūnava Reservoir dams the Barupė river; smaller ponds are also located in the Barupė valley in Kuigaliai and Labūnava.

Sangailiškiai, Kuigaliai, Pėdžiai, Nociūnai, Serbinai, Labūnava villages are located on the shores of the Barupė. A part of river's lower course is protected as the Barupė Landscape Sanctuary.

The hydronym is of uncertain origin. The component upė means 'river' while the root bar- could be of archaic origin, related to {{langx|ru|бара}} 'puddle', {{langx|uk|бар}} 'slough between hills', Illyrian languages: *bar(b)- 'puddle'.

References

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|last=

|first=

|author-link=

|date=1985

|title= Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija

|url=

|location=Vilnius

|publisher= Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija

|page= 216

|isbn=

|volume=1

|language = Lithuanian

}}

{{cite book

|last= B. Gailiušis, J. Jablonskis, M Kovalenkovienė

|author-link=

|date=2001

|title= Lietuvos upės

|url=

|location=Kaunas

|publisher=Lietuvos energetikos institutas

|page= 507

|isbn=

|language = Lithuanian

}}

{{cite book

|last= Vanagas

|first= Aleksandras

|author-link=Aleksandras Vanagas

|date=1981

|title= Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas

|url=

|location=Vilnius

|publisher=Mokslas

|page=

|isbn=

|language = Lithuanian

}}

}}