| Dotnuvėlė | |
| Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 55.6251°N 23.7537°W |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 55.2942°N 23.9905°W |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Type2: | Location |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 0.8 m3/s |
| Basin Size: | 192.7km2 |
| Tributaries Left: | Stabė, Trasinė |
| Tributaries Right: | Rimšupys, Virgupis, Srautas, Lielupys, Kačupys |
The Dotnuvėlė is a river of Kėdainiai district municipality and Radviliškis district municipality, Kaunas County, central Lithuania. It flows for 60.9 kilometres and has a basin area of 192.7 km2.
Its valley is 350–500 m wide. The current rate is 0.2-0.9 meters per second. The Dotnuvelė course goes through Skėmiai, Gudžiūnai, Mantviliškis, Akademija, Dotnuva. It is a right tributary of the Nevėžis river, into which it flows in Kėdainiai.
The name Dotnuvėlė (formerly Dotnava) could derive from the PIE root *dā- ('liquid, to flow') as Sanskrit: dānu ('liquid, drop'), Ossetian; Ossetic: дон ('river'), Avaric: dā-nu- ('river, current'), etc.