Lomena

{{Infobox river | name = Lomena | image = Lomena prie Elektrėnų-Jonavos kelio.JPG | image_caption = | source1_location = Vladikiškės surroundings | mouth = Neris in Tartokas | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|55|01|33|N|24|27|09|E|display=it|region:LT_type:river}} | progression = {{RNeris}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Lithuania | length_km = 32 | length_ref = <ref name="upes" /> | source1_elevation = | discharge1_avg = 1.18 m³/s | basin_size_km2 = 186.9 | basin_size_ref = <ref name="upes" /> | tributaries_left =Dumsė, Romatas, Živinta, Bistryčia, Verkstinė | tributaries_right =Žasla, Rudija, Uterna, Taurė, Vertimas, Nota, Neprėkšta }} The '''Lomena''' is a river in Lithuania, constituting a left tributary of the Neris.<ref name=vanduo>[http://vanduo.gamta.lt/cms/index?rubricId=d55a80cd-f222-4c28-90d9-656080f83834 Neries mažųjų intakų (su Nerimi) pabaseinis] (Basin small tributaries of Neris (including Neris))</ref> It starts in Vladikiškės, Kaišiadorys District Municipality and ends in Tartokas, Jonava District Municipality, Lithuania.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upese.lt/index.php/l/lomena|title=Lomena upė. Baidarių nuoma. Stovyklavietės, poilsiavietės|publisher=upese.lt|accessdate=3 January 2021}}</ref>

The 32-km long Lomena passes through Stasiūnai, Gudiena, Kaišiadorys, Palomenė, Bagdoniškės, Lomeniai, Tartokas settlements. The river's lower course is protected by the Lomena Landscape Sanctuary.

The hydronym ''Lomena'' derives from Lithuanian word ''loma'' ('trough, depression, valley')<ref name="LHEŽ" /> although its older attested form, written in Polish as ''Łowmiana'' could suggest that it may derive from the word ''laumė'' ('a mythical being').<ref name="neris" />

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<ref name=upes>{{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 }}</ref> <ref name=LHEŽ>{{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 }}</ref> <ref name=neris>{{cite book |last= Vaitkevičius |first=Vykintas |author-link=Vykintas Vaitkevičius |date=2014 |title=Neris. 2007 metų ekspedicija |trans-title= |volume= 4 |url= |language= lt |location=Vilnius |publisher=Mintis |page=  |isbn= }}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lomena}} Category:Rivers of Lithuania Category:Jonava District Municipality Category:Kaišiadorys District Municipality