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The Nemunas, Nioman, Neman or Memel is a river in Europe that rises in central Belarus and flows through Lithuania then forms the northern border of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia's western exclave, which specifically follows its southern channel. It drains into the Curonian Lagoon, narrowly
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See more• The total length of the Nioman/Nemunas/Neman is 937 km (582 mi). It is the 4th longest river in the Baltic Sea basin. Over its entire length, 436 km (271 mi) flows in Belarus and 359 km (223 mi) in Lithuania. A 116 km
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Due to their location, "The Nemunas loops" are often described using the Lithuanian name for the river. In 1992...
See morePtolemy referred to Neman as Chronos (although competing theories suppose Chronos was in fact Pregolya).
The river has lent its name...
See moreMuch of the river is used for fishing, hydropower generation, water supply, industry, agriculture, recreation, tourism, and water transport.
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See moreA report by the Swedish EPA (Environmental Protection Administration) rates the river's quality in Lithuania as moderately polluted to polluted. High concentrations of organic
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See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA licenseWas this helpful?Thanks! Give more feedback Neman (Russian: Неман), prior to 1946 known by its German name Ragnit (Lithuanian: Ragainė; Polish: Ragneta), is a town and the administrative center of Nemansky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located in the historic East Prussia, on the steep southern bank of the Neman River, where it forms the Russian border with the Klaipėda Region in Lithuania, and 130 kilometers (81 mi…
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