The Mėkla is a river of Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for 27 kilometres and has a basin area of 93  km². It is a left tributary of the Barupė.

Mėkla
The lower course of the Mėkla nearby Žiogaičiai
Location
Country	Lithuania
Region	Kaunas County
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Jonava District Municipality, nearby Preišiogala
Mouth	Barupė (Labūnava Reservoir) in Pamėkliai
• coordinates	55.187°N 23.936°E / 55.187; 23.936
Length	26.9 km (16.7 mi)[1]
Basin size	93.3 km2 (36.0 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• average	0.4 m³/s[2]
Basin features
Progression	Barupė→ Nevėžis→ Neman→ Baltic Sea
Tributaries
• right	Klampis, Varnaližis, Vadavė

The Mėkla river starts nearby Preišiogala, in Jonava District Municipality. It flows towards north western direction through Kaunas District Municipality and Kėdainiai District Municipality, then empties into the Labūnava Reservoir on the Barupė river next to Pamėkliai village.

Preišiogala, Puikoniai, Gelnai, Saviečiai, Pamėkliai villages are located on the shores of the Mėkla.

The hydronym probably derives from Lithuanian words mėkla ('dummy') and pamėklė, pamėkla ('phantom, ghost, spook').[3]

References

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