Editing Neman (section)

==Numbers==
{{stack|[[File:BelNeman river.jpg|thumb|The Neman near Grodno]]}}

* The total length of the Nioman/Nemunas/Neman is {{convert|937|km|abbr=on}}.<ref name=statistics>{{cite web |url = http://landofancestors.com/travel/statistics/geography/237-main-characteristics-of-the-largest-rivers.html |title = Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus. Main characteristics of the largest rivers of Belarus |publisher = Data of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus. |year = 2011 |website = Land of Ancestors |access-date = 27 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140115190617/http://landofancestors.com/travel/statistics/geography/237-main-characteristics-of-the-largest-rivers.html |archive-date = 15 January 2014 |url-status = dead }}</ref> It is the 4th longest river in the [[Baltic Sea]] basin. Over its entire length, {{convert|436|km|abbr=on}} flows in [[Belarus]]<ref name=statistics /> and {{convert|359|km|mi|abbr=on}} in Lithuania. A {{convert|116|km|abbr=on}} stretch is the border between [[Lithuania]] and [[Russia]]'s [[Kaliningrad oblast]].
* Its greatest depth is {{convert|5|m|abbr=on}}, and at its widest it extends about {{convert|500|m|abbr=on}}.
* The Nioman/Nemunas/Neman is a slow river; it flows at about {{convert|1|to|2|m/s|abbr=on}}.
* During floods, water discharge can increase up to 11-fold, to more than {{convert|6800|m³/s|abbr=on}}. Severe floods occur on the lower reaches of the river about every 12 – 15 years, which sometimes wash out bridges.<ref>[http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/GMES/RISK_C1_Ph2_V4.1_10_01_05_validated.pdf Floods and fires in Lithuania]</ref>
[[File:Memel R..JPG|thumb|Neman opposite [[Kaliningrad Oblast]] (Russian exclave)]]
* The Nioman/Nemunas/Neman is an old river, dating back to the [[last glacial period]]. Its valley is now up to {{convert|60|m|sp=us}} deep and {{convert|5|km|mi|sp=us|abbr=on|0}} broad.
* It has about 105 first-class [[Tributary|tributaries]], the largest being the rivers [[Neris]] (Viliya) ({{convert|510|km|abbr=on}}), [[Shchara]] ({{convert|325|km|abbr=on}}), and [[Šešupė]] ({{convert|298|km|abbr=on}}). Fifteen of the [[tributaries]] are longer than {{convert|100|km|abbr=on}}.
* In the complete Nioman/Nemunas/Neman basin, there are tributaries extending to the 11th order.
* The Nemunas basin in Lithuania drains more than 20,000 rivers and [[rivulet]]s and covers 72% of Lithuania's territory.
* The total area of the Nioman/Nemunas/Neman basin is {{convert|98200|km²|mi2|abbr=on}},<ref name=statistics /> {{convert|34610|km²|mi2|abbr=on}} of which are within Belarus,<ref name=statistics /> the Lithuanian portion of this basin is 46,{{convert|695|km2|abbr=on}}.
* Valley of Neman in [[Grodno Region]] is the lowest point above sea level in Belarus at {{convert|80|to|90|m|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://landofancestors.com/travel/statistics/geography/235-coordinates-of-the-extreme-points-of-the-state-frontier.html |title = Main Geographic Characteristics of the Republic of Belarus |publisher = The Scientific and Production State Republican Unitary Enterprise "National Cadastre Agency" of the State Property Committee of the Republic of Belarus |year = 2011 |website = Land of Ancestors |access-date = 20 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053717/http://landofancestors.com/travel/statistics/geography/235-coordinates-of-the-extreme-points-of-the-state-frontier.html |archive-date = 21 September 2013 |url-status = dead }}</ref>