Rimkai Lake
The Rimkai is a lake in Krakės Eldership, Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania. It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the north from Krakės town, next to Jaugiliai village and Jaugiliai Lake, at a place of former Rimkai village. It belongs to the Smilga basin (part of the Nevėžis basin).
| Rimkai | |
|---|---|
 Rimkai Lake from the southern coast | |
  Rimkai  Rimkai | |
| Location | Kėdainiai District Municipality, Lithuania |
| Coordinates | 55°26′30″N 23°43′50″E |
| Part of | Jaugila→Smilga→ Nevėžis→ Neman→ Baltic Sea |
| Max. length | 0.33 km (0.21 mi) |
| Max. width | 0.12 km (0.075 mi) |
| Surface area | 0.029 km2 (0.011 sq mi)[1] |
| Shore length1 | 0.8 km (0.50 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 89.3 m (293 ft) |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Coasts of the lake are flat, covered by reed beds.
The name Rimkai comes from the village name Rimkai.[2]
Rimkai Lake at the evening time
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rimkai_Lake.
- "Rimkai (ežeras)". Gamtos katalogas. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- Vanagas, Aleksandras (1981). Lietuvių hidronimų etimologinis žodynas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslas.
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