Editing Neman (section)

{{short description|River in Northeast Europe}}
{{Other uses}}
{{redirect|Nieman|the surname|Nieman (surname)}}
{{redirect|Niemen|other uses|Niemen (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox river
| name = Neman
| native_name = 
| name_other = Nemunas<br />Niemen
| name_etymology = possible Slavic word for monster
| image = Neman river.jpg
| image_size = 300
| image_caption = Neman near [[Alytus]]
| map = Nemunas-en.png
| map_size = 300
| map_caption = Map highlighting Neman
| pushpin_map = 
| pushpin_map_size = 300
| pushpin_map_caption = 
| mapframe          = yes
| mapframe-zoom     = 5
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[Belarus]], [[Lithuania]], [[Russia]]
| subdivision_type2 = 
| subdivision_name2 = 
| subdivision_type5 = Cities
| subdivision_name5 = [[Stowbtsy]], [[Grodno]], [[Druskininkai]], [[Alytus]], [[Birštonas]], [[Prienai]], [[Kaunas]], [[Jurbarkas]], [[Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast|Sovetsk]]
| length = {{convert|937|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| width_min = 
| width_avg = 
| width_max = 
| depth_min = 
| depth_avg = 
| depth_max = 
| discharge1_location = [[Curonian Lagoon]], linked to the [[Baltic Sea]]
| discharge1_min = 
| discharge1_avg = {{convert|678|m3/s|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.worldatlas.com/seas/baltic-sea.html | title=Baltic Sea | date=4 February 2021 }}</ref>
| discharge1_max = 
| source1 = 
| source1_location = Southwest of [[Minsk]], [[Belarus]]
| source1_coordinates = {{coord|53|15|10|N|27|18|21|E|display=inline}}
| source1_elevation = {{convert|176|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth = [[Curonian Lagoon]]
| mouth_location = West of [[Šilutė]], [[Lithuania]]
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|55|20|12|N|21|14|50|E|display=inline,title}}
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|0|m|abbr=on}}
| progression = 
| river_system = 
| basin_size = {{convert|98200|km2|abbr=on}}
| tributaries_left = 
| tributaries_right = 
| extra = 
}}

'''Neman''', '''Nemunas''' or '''Niemen'''<ref group="nb">{{bulleted list|{{langx|lt|Nemunas}}|{{langx|be|Нёман|Nioman}}, {{IPA|be|ˈnʲoman|pron}}|{{langx|ru|Неман|Neman}}|{{langx|de|Memel}}|{{langx|lv|Nemuna}}|{{langx|et|Neemen}}|{{langx|pl|Niemen}}|{{Langx|yi|נעמאן|Neman}}|{{langx|uk|Німан|Niman}}}}</ref> is a river in [[Europe]] that rises in central [[Belarus]] and flows through [[Lithuania]] then forms [[Lithuania–Russia border|the northern border]] of [[Kaliningrad Oblast]], [[Russia]]'s western [[exclave]], which specifically follows its southern channel. It drains into the [[Curonian Lagoon]], narrowly connected to the [[Baltic Sea]]. The {{convert|937|km|abbr=on}} long Neman is a major [[Eastern Europe]]an river. It flows generally west to [[Grodno]] within {{convert|12|km}} of the Polish border, north to [[Kaunas]], then westward again to the sea.

The largest river in Lithuania, and the third-largest in Belarus, it is navigable for most of its length. It starts from two small headwaters merging about {{convert|15|km|mi|sigfig=1|sp=us}} southwest of the town of [[Uzda]] &ndash; about {{convert|55|km|abbr=on}} southwest of capital city [[Minsk]]. Only {{convert|17|km}}, an eastward meander, contributes to the [[Belarus–Lithuania border]]. Thereafter the river includes notable loops along a minor tectonic fault.

Its [[drainage basin]] settled in the late [[Quaternary]] to be roughly along the edge of the last [[glacial]] sheet so dates to about 25,000 to 22,000 years BC. Its depth varies from {{convert|1|m|sp=us}} in its upper courses to {{convert|5|m|sp=us}} in the lower basin.