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Lithuania counts around 29 thousand watercourses longer than 0.25 km. The total length of all these watercourses would be around 65,000 km. The number of rivers and rivulets longer than 3 km has been calculated very precisely – 4,418. 758 [2] rivers are longer than 10 km. Lithuania has 21 rivers longer than 100 km (62 mi):
Another of the delta's special features is Lake Krokų Lanka (near where the Nemunas debouches), which formed when the river's outwash separated it from the Curonian Lagoon. It is the largest lake in the delta region, covering 7.93 km², and the only lake of marine origin in Lithuania.
The Holy One) is the longest river that flows entirely within Lithuania and the largest tributary of the Neris. [1] It originates from Lake Samanis in the Gražutė Regional Park and flows into the Neris near Jonava. [2] The longest tributary of the Šventoji is the Širvinta. The Šventoji passes through the cities of Anykščiai, Kavarskas ...
In Kaliningrad, industrial centers near the river include Sovetsk and Neman, which have large pulp and paper production facilities. Above Kaunas a dam was built in 1959 to serve the Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant. The resulting Kaunas Reservoir (Lithuanian: Kauno marios) is the largest such lake in Lithuania.
The reasons for the dual naming of the river as Neris by the Lithuanians and Viliya (formerly Velja, meaning "big, great" in Slavic) by the Slavs are complex.Even in Vilnius, there are toponyms including both names, e. g. Neris remains in the riverside names of Paneriai and Paneriškės while Velja is a part of the name Valakampiai, which means "an angle of Velja" in Lithuanian. [2]
The largest river is the Nemunas (total length 917 km (570 mi)), ... However, only 600 kilometres (370 mi) of Lithuania's rivers are navigable. [2]
Lithuania river stubs (112 P) Pages in category "Rivers of Lithuania" The following 123 pages are in this category, out of 123 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Lithuania's major warm-water port, Klaipėda, lies at the narrow mouth of the Curonian Lagoon (Lithuanian: Kuršių marios), a shallow lagoon extending south to Kaliningrad. The country's main and largest river, the Nemunas River, and some of its tributaries carry international shipping. Lithuania lies at the edge of the North European Plain.