Neman River
The
Neman (Lithuanian
Nemunas, Belarussian
Nyoman, Polish
Niemen, German
Memel, Swedish
Njemen) is an important
Eastern European River rising in
Belarus and flowing 937 km through
Lithuania before draining into the
Baltic Sea near
Klaipeda.
Part of the Neman was the border between
Province of Prussia (today
Kaliningrad oblast,
Russia) and
Lithuania
The largest tributary is river Neris(Viliya).
The largest cities by Neman are Hrodna (Belarus) and Kaunas (Lithuania).
See also: List of rivers of Europe.