Ošupis Explained

Ošupis
Mouth Location:	Baltic Sea (Užkanavė, Palanga, Lithuania)
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Length:	5.4km (03.4miles)
Source1 Elevation:	5.7m (18.7feet)
Basin Size:	7.5km2

The Ošupis is a stream^[1] in the west of Lithuania in the municipality Palanga in Klaipėda County in Samogitia. The total length of the stream is and the drainage basin area is .^[2]

It begins in Kontininkai (in the district of Palanga). It flows at first to the north then from the village Užkanavė to the west and afterward joins the stream Kaniavosis^[3] and flows into the Baltic Sea^[4] near Užkanavė (north of Palanga).

Etymology

Ošupis is composed from the Lithuanian words ošti meaning "foam" and upė meaning "river".

References

1. Web site: Ošupis, p. 16 . PDF . 2012-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120331111822/http://rudar.ruc.dk/bitstream/1800/1534/3/rural.pdf . 2012-03-31 . dead .
2. Book: Lietuvos upės. B. Gailiušis. J. Jablonskis. M. Kovalenkovienė. Kaunas. Lietuvos energetikos institutas. 2001. 617. Lithuanian.
3. Web site: Confluence Ošupis and Kaniavasis . Maps.lt . 2012-03-25.
4. Web site: Official classification of the Lithuanian rivers . PDF . 2012-03-25.

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