Bubliai Reservoir

The Bubliai Reservoir is an artificial lake in Kėdainiai District Municipality, central Lithuania. It is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east from Kėdainiai, next to Aristava village. It was created in 1980, when a dam on the Obelis river had been built next to Bubliai village.[2] In 2002, the dam was reconstructed and a small hydroelectric plant (of 160 kW) has been built.

Bubliai Reservoir
Bubliai Reservoir next to Aristava
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Location	Kėdainiai District Municipality, Lithuania
Coordinates	55°16′55″N 24°05′16″E
Native name	Bublių tvenkinys  (Lithuanian)
Part of	Obelis→ Nevėžis→ Neman→ Baltic Sea
Primary inflows	Lankesa, Obelis, Malčius II, Piltyna, Gegužinė, Aukupė, Aukupėnas
Primary outflows	Obelis
First flooded	1980
Max. length	6.9 km (4.3 mi)[1]
Max. width	0.27 km (0.17 mi)[1]
Surface area	1.52 km^2 (0.59 sq mi)[2]
Average depth	4.2 m (14 ft)[1]
Max. depth	13.2 m (43 ft)[1]
Water volume	0.06438 km^3 (0.01545 cu mi)[1]
Shore length^1	39 km (24 mi)[1]
Surface elevation	48.4 m (159 ft)
Settlements	Aristava, Bubliai, Daukainiai, Aukštieji Kapliai
^1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Shores of the reservoir are quite straight, low.[2] The reservoir is surrounded mostly by agriculture lands. Some other smaller ponds and reservoirs (the Kapliai Reservoir, the Piltyna Reservoir, the Aristava Reservoir) empty into the Bubliai Reservoir.

The Bubliai Reservoir itself empties into the Juodkiškiai Reservoir. The dam uses siphon spillway.[1]

View to the Bubliai Reservoir in Daukainiai

References

1. Tvenkinių katalogas (in Lithuanian). Kaunas: Aplinkos apsaugos ministerija. 1998.
2. Rimas, Aurelijus (2003). "Bublių tvenkinys". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). 3. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. p. 544. Retrieved 2020-12-20.