Neman River facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Neman River |
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Map highlighting Neman
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| Country | Belarus, Lithuania, Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia), Poland |
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| River mouth | Curonian Lagoon (Baltic Sea) |
| Length | 937 km (582 mi) |
Neman or Niemen or Nemunas is a major Eastern European river. It starts in Belarus and floww through Lithuania before draining into the Curonian Lagoon and then into the Baltic Sea at Klaipėda. It is the northern border between Lithuania and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast in its lower reaches. It also very briefly forms part of the border between Lithuania and Belarus. It is the 14th largest river in Europe, the largest in Lithuania and the 3rd largest in Belarus. People are able to travel on it for most of its 900-kilometer length. Its depth varies from one meter to five meters.
The Neman tributaries
The Neman tributaries are: the rivers Neris (Viliya), the Shchara, and the Šešupė, Svisloch, Nevėžis River, Dubysa, Jūra, Minija, Western Berezina, Zelvyanka, Molchad, Roś, Servech, Losha, Gorodnichanka and others.
Biological communities
The following fish have been found in the Neman: perch, pike, zander, roach, tench, bream, rudd, ruffe, and bleak. Its tribitaries also contain stone loach, the three-spined stickleback, minnows, trout, sculpins, gudgeon, dace and chub.
Atlantic salmon used to migrate upstream to spawn. The dams on the river made there be less. The dam at Kaunas does not provide fish ladders.
Images for kids
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Neman near Grodno
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Neman opposite Kaliningrad Oblast (Russian exclave)
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Nemunas bend in Liškiava
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500 litas banknote featuring Nemunas loops
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Napoleon and his army crossing the Neman in June 1812
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The Nemunas in Druskininkai
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Schematic map of Kaunas Reservoir area
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Neman sunset
See also
In Spanish: Río Neman para niños
