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Neris

510 km from source to mouth · Lithuania and Belarus.

LithuaniaBelarusLithuania and BelarusFlows into Neman2nd longest in Lithuania

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SourceMouthVilnius
The river and every tributary in its basin, drawn from RiverATLAS (CC BY 4.0).

In numbers

Length

510km

Average flow

180m³/s

Basin

25,100km²

Drop

161m

from 177 m to 16 m

Countries

2

The journey

From source to mouth

510 km of river and 64 stops on the way: 22 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.

177 m16 m
Sourceat 177 m0 km
Vileyka Reservoir51 km²79 km
Kužectributary115 km
Aĺchoŭskaje0.5 km²187 km
Ašmiankatributary188 km
Balsys0.5 km²290 km
Vilnius581,475 people310 km
Musėtributary408 km
Lomenatributary420 km
Nemanat 16 m510 km
0200400510 km
  1. 0 kmSourceat 177 m
  2. 24 kmLonvatributary
  3. 33 kmDzvinasatributary
  4. 52 kmServačtributary
  5. 67 kmIlijatributary
  6. 79 kmVileyka Reservoir51 km²
  7. 84 kmVileyka26,015 people
  8. 115 kmKužectributary
  9. 115 kmNarach Rivertributary
  10. 115 kmUšatributary
  11. 135 kmOksnatributary
  12. 187 kmAĺchoŭskaje0.5 km²
  13. 188 kmAšmiankatributary
  14. 193 kmStracha Rivertributary
  15. 249 kmBalingradas Bridge
  16. 257 kmŽeimenatributary
  17. 275 kmNemenčinė5,054 people
  18. 275 kmBezdonėtributary
  19. 290 kmBalsys0.5 km²
  20. 296 kmVeržuvatributary
  21. 303 kmFabijoniškės37,000 people
  22. 304 kmValakampiai Bridge
  23. 307 kmAntakalnis40,000 people
  24. 307 kmŠilas Bridge
  25. 308 kmŽirmūnai Bridge
  26. 309 kmRasos10,597 people
  27. 309 kmNaujininkai33,500 people
  28. 309 kmVilniatributary
  29. 310 kmMindaugas Bridge
  30. 310 kmVilnius pontoon bridge
  31. 310 kmVilnius581,475 people
  32. 310 kmGreen Bridge
  33. 311 kmWhite Bridge
  34. 311 kmGeležinis Vilkas Bridge
  35. 311 kmŠeškinė36,000 people
  36. 312 kmŽvėrynas Bridge
  37. 312 kmLiubarto Bridge
  38. 313 kmNaujamiestis28,157 people
  39. 314 kmVingis Park Bridge
  40. 315 kmJustiniškės31,000 people
  41. 316 kmKaroliniškės31,200 people
  42. 318 kmLazdynai bridge
  43. 318 kmLazdynai31,097 people
  44. 318 kmVilkpėdė21,346 people
  45. 325 kmGariūnų Bridge
  46. 327 kmPilaitė20,320 people
  47. 332 kmVokėtributary
  48. 333 kmGrigiškės11,555 people
  49. 335 kmDidžiulis0.7 km²
  50. 408 kmMusėtributary
  51. 420 kmLomenatributary
  52. 435 kmŠventojitributary
  53. 437 kmTaurosta Bridge
  54. 439 kmJonava railway bridge
  55. 439 kmJonava Bridge
  56. 440 kmJonava26,423 people
  57. 453 kmSalupiai61 people
  58. 460 kmŠlėnatributary
  59. 474 kmDomeikava5,215 people
  60. 478 kmEiguliai40,453 people
  61. 479 kmŠilainiai40,600 people
  62. 481 kmKaunas289,380 people
  63. 482 kmPetras Vileišis Bridge
  64. 483 kmAleksotas24,270 people
  65. 487 kmLampėdis1.0 km²
  66. 510 kmNemanat 16 m

Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.

River in Lithuania and Belarus

At the mouth it carries 182 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 14 seconds. It drops from 177 m to 16 m, 0.3 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 25,100 km², about the size of MK. 3.4 million people live in it. Highest water: from April to June; lowest: from January to March. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (13% of a year's flow).

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Where to start

  • VilniusLargest city on its banks · 581,475 people
  • Vilnius International Airport (VNO)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 6 km from the cityCar hire at VNO airport (Vilnius)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • On the water14 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
  • From May to AugustThe best months to visit

Neris, month by month

Highest water: from April to June

Lowest water: from January to March. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): from January to February. Best months to visit: from May to August.

420
-6°38 mmJan
250
-5°31 mmFeb
250
-1°36 mmMar
1,300
6°44 mmApr
1,300
12°54 mmMay
1,300
16°75 mmJun
760
17°80 mmJul
800
17°72 mmAug
790
12°61 mmSep
770
7°50 mmOct
820
2°52 mmNov
600
-3°50 mmDec
Water (estimated flow)Air (average) Rain (mm)Best months

From about 250 m³/s in the lowest month to 1,300 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.

Plan the trip

Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car

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The basin

Neris: the basin in numbers

70,586 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.

Heavily regulatedReservoirs can hold 13% of a year's flow: dams shape its seasons.
  • 3.4millionpeople live in the basin
  • 49/km²people per km²
  • 160maverage altitude of the basin
  • 639mmof rain a year (basin average)
  • 6.2°Caverage air temperature
  • 14%protected areas
  • 1.3%covered by lakes
  • 1.8km³held in reservoirs

What covers the basin

  • 34% Forest
  • 36% Cropland
  • 12% Pasture
  • 2% Towns and cities

RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.

Along the river

Neris: what you find on the way

  • 72DamsSodų g., Skersabalių g., Malūno g. and 69 more
  • 16Weirs
  • 1Locks
  • 7WaterfallsVilsos kriokliai, Marvelės kaskados and 5 more
  • 2Boat ramps
  • 10Ferry piersŽirmūnų paplūdimys, Šilo tiltas, Mindaugo tiltas and 7 more
  • 2MarinasŽiemos uostas, Prieplauka
  • 10River beachesWhite Mud Beach, Valakampiai nudist beach, Swimming Hole and 7 more

From OpenStreetMap, within 2.3 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Neris in our other atlases

What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.

  • 5lakes on its wayLakeyas

Lakes and reservoirs (5)

Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas

  1. Vileyka Reservoirkm 7051km²
  2. Aĺchoŭskajekm 1660.5km²
  3. Balsyskm 2580.5km²
  4. Didžiuliskm 2970.7km²
  5. Lampėdiskm 4321.0km²

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From space

The source and the mouth, seen from orbit

Neris: satellite view of the source
The source14 km across
Neris: satellite view of the mouth
The mouth36 km across

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.

Photos

Neris in pictures

Neris river in Vilnius
No machine-readable author provided. Beny Shlevich assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gediminas Tower and ship in Neris River in Vilnius, Lithuania
Pofka · CC BY-SA 4.0
Neris valley from Kernave, Lithuania, Sept. 2008 - Flickr - PhillipC
Phillip Capper · CC BY 2.0
Neris Vilnius 20201031
Mindaur · CC BY-SA 4.0

Tributaries

Where it flows, and what flows into it

It flows into

NemanLithuaniaLithuania937 km680 m³/s

Tributaries (41)

ŠventojiLithuaniaLithuania246 km55 m³/sjoins at km 386VilniaLithuaniaLithuania80 km5.6 m³/sjoins at km 274

Also: Narach River, Ašmianka, Uša, Žeimena, Stracha River, Servač, Ilija, Vokė, Lietava, Dzvinasa, Musė, Lomena, Lonva, Lokys, Oksna, Dūkšta, Kužec, Saračanka, Veržuva, Smierdzija, Šešuva, Balošynka, Spornia, Piela

In the same basin

NevėžisLithuaniaLithuania210 km33 m³/sŠčaraBelarusBelarus325 km31 m³/sMerkysLithuaniaLithuania206 km33 m³/sMinijaLithuaniaLithuania202 km15 m³/sJūraLithuaniaLithuania172 km42 m³/sCzarna HańczaLithuaniaLithuania145 km220 m³/sDubysaLithuaniaLithuania146 km20 m³/s

Nearby

Rivers nearby

NevėžisLithuaniaLithuania210 km33 m³/s9 km awayŠventojiLithuaniaLithuania246 km55 m³/s38 km awayDubysaLithuaniaLithuania146 km20 m³/s35 km awayMerkysLithuaniaLithuania206 km33 m³/s86 km awayVilniaLithuaniaLithuania80 km5.6 m³/s97 km awayCzarna HańczaLithuaniaLithuania145 km220 m³/s106 km awayJūraLithuaniaLithuania172 km42 m³/s117 km awayŠčaraBelarusBelarus325 km31 m³/s173 km away

Where these numbers come from

Name, length, placesWikidata (Q207903) · CC0
Course, profile, basinRiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata
FlowWaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Climate along the riverWorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Towns, bridges, damsWikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Along the river© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Our other atlasesLakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every source and licence is on the data sources page.

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