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Neris
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thumb|Confluence of the Viliya and Narach River|Narach: a conjectured reason for the dual naming of Neris thumb|Neris near Gediminas Tower in [[Vilnius, Lithuania]] thumb|Confluence of Neman and Neris in Kaunas The river Neris () or Vilija (, ) rises in northern Belarus. It flows westward, passing through Vilnius (Lithuania's capital) and in the south-centre of that country it flows into the Nemunas (Neman) from the right bank, at Kaunas, as its main tributary. Its length is .
The Neris is a river that originates in northern Belarus and flows westward through Lithuania, passing through the capital city of Vilnius before joining the Nemunas River at Kaunas as its largest tributary. It matters as a significant waterway in the region and a defining geographical feature of Lithuania's landscape and capital.
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Key facts
- River.name
- Neris
- River.image
- Neris_Vilnius_20201031.jpg
- River.image_caption
- The Neris in Vilnius, Lithuania from Žvėrynas Bridge
- River.map
- Néris (rivière).png
- River.mapframe
- yes
- River.mapframe zoom
- 5
- River.source1_location
- Belarus
- River.mouth
- Neman
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Belarus, Lithuania
- River.subdivision_type2
- Cities
- River.subdivision_name2
- Vilnius, Kaunas
- River.tributaries_left
- Oksna
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- transboundary river
- Country
- Lithuania
- Located in
- Kaunas County
- Image
- Neris river in Vilnius.jpg
- Length
- 510
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- Commons category
- Neris
- tributary
- Smierdzija
- mouth of the watercourse
- Neman
- topic's main category
- Category:Neris
- category for the water basin
- Category:Basin of Neris
- waterbody number
- LT/12010001
- Commons gallery
- Neris
- watershed area
- 25100
- discharge
- 182
- lake on watercourse
- Vileyka Reservoir
- different from
- Viliya
- basin country
- Latvia
- distance from river mouth
- 207.7
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Dual naming
- Etymology of "Neris"
- Basin
- Basin within Belarus
- Right tributaries
- Left tributaries
- Basin within Lithuania
- Tributaries
- Notes and references
- External links
thumb|Confluence of the Viliya and Narach River|Narach: a conjectured reason for the dual naming of Neris thumb|Neris near Gediminas Tower in [[Vilnius, Lithuania]] thumb|Confluence of Neman and Neris in Kaunas The river Neris () or Vilija (, ) rises in northern Belarus. It flows westward, passing through Vilnius (Lithuania's capital) and in the south-centre of that country it flows into the Nemunas (Neman) from the right bank, at Kaunas, as its main tributary. Its length is .
After passing through Belarus for , the Neris flows through Lithuania for a further .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Neris” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (14)
On the map
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