Minija
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The Minija is a river in western Lithuania and a right tributary to the Nemunas. It is long. It begins from small Lake Didovas, and hydrographically from lake Sydeklis, 14 km south of Telšiai. The rivulet that flows out of Sydeklis here is called Mava, in between Lake Ilgis and Lake Pluotinalis - Kliurkė and only after Lake Didovo it gets the Minija name.
Key facts
- River.name
- Minija
- River.image
- Minija (Lithuania).png
- River.image_caption
- Map highlighting Minija
- River.source1_location
- Lake Didovas
- River.mouth_location
- Neman
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Lithuania
- River.length_km
- 202
- River.basin_size_km2
- 2978
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Minija1.2007-08-20.jpg
- Length
- 201.8
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- Commons category
- Minija
- watershed area
- 2942.1
- discharge
- 15.4
- distance from river mouth
- 3.2
- waterbody number
- LT/17010001
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The Minija is a river in western Lithuania and a right tributary to the Nemunas. It is long. It begins from small Lake Didovas, and hydrographically from lake Sydeklis, 14 km south of Telšiai. The rivulet that flows out of Sydeklis here is called Mava, in between Lake Ilgis and Lake Pluotinalis - Kliurkė and only after Lake Didovo it gets the Minija name.
It flows through Lakes Ilgis, Pluotinalis, Didovas, and Gargždai, Priekulė towns before reaching the Atmata distributary of the Nemunas delta.
On the map
2 mapped locations