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The Nemunas basin in Lithuania drains more than 20,000 rivers and rivulets and covers 72% of Lithuania's territory. The total area of the Nioman/Nemunas/Neman basin is 98,200 km 2 (37,900 sq mi), [ 2 ] 34,610 km 2 (13,360 sq mi) of which are within Belarus, [ 2 ] the Lithuanian portion of this basin is 46,695 km 2 (268 sq mi).
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.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Lithuania river stubs (112 P) Pages in category "Rivers of Lithuania"
The Neman River, which drains into the Baltic Sea, drains 42,970 square kilometres within Lithuania (65.9% of its area). [1] The river rises in Belarus, southeast of Lithuania, and receives waters from the Šešupė River, which rises in Poland.
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]
However, only 600 kilometres (370 mi) of Lithuania's rivers are navigable. [2] Once a heavily forested land, Lithuania's territory today consists of only 32.8 percent [4] woodlands—primarily pine, spruce, and birch forests. [2] Ash and oak are very scarce. [2] The forests are rich in mushrooms and berries, [2] as well as a variety of plants.
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 ...