River
Nevėžis
210 km from source to mouth · Lithuania.
LithuaniaFlows into Neman4th longest in Lithuania
In numbers
Length
210km
Average flow
33m³/s
Basin
6,140km²
Drop
59m
from 73 m to 14 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
210 km of river and 26 stops on the way: 3 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 73 m
- 15 kmCategory:Raguva bridge
- 36 kmMiežiškiai Bridge
- 54 kmJuostatributary
- 58 kmUpytėtributary
- 61 kmPanevėžys85,885 people
- 69 kmCategory:Nausodė Bridge
- 87 kmKiršinastributary
- 117 kmLiaudėtributary
- 127 kmKruostas IItributary
- 127 kmKruostastributary
- 140 kmKėdainiai railway bridge
- 141 kmDotnuvėlėtributary
- 141 kmKėdainiai Tiltas street bridge
- 142 kmSmilga Rivertributary
- 143 kmKėdainiai23,447 people
- 143 kmRainbow Bridge
- 144 kmObelistributary
- 157 kmAšarėnatributary
- 157 kmBarupėtributary
- 157 kmLabūnava Reservoir0.9 km²
- 167 kmŠušvėtributary
- 197 kmRaudondvaris4,300 people
- 199 kmRaudondvaris bridge
- 200 kmLampėdis1.0 km²
- 201 kmGyniatributary
- 205 kmGaižėnų tvenkinys0.3 km²
- 210 kmNemanat 14 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Lithuania
At the mouth it carries 33 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 75 seconds. It drops from 73 m to 14 m, 0.3 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 6,140 km², about the size of PS. 3.7 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 (12% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- PanevėžysLargest city on its banks · 85,885 people
- Kaunas International Airport (KUN)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 87 km from the cityCar hire at KUN airport (Kaunas)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water5 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Nevėžis, 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 September.
From about 260 m³/s in the lowest month to 1,400 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
Nevėžis: the basin in numbers
76,583 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 3.7millionpeople live in the basin
- 49/km²people per km²
- 153maverage altitude of the basin
- 638mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 6.2°Caverage air temperature
- 14%protected areas
- 1.2%covered by lakes
- 1.8km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 32% Forest
- 37% 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
Nevėžis: what you find on the way
- 9WeirsNaujoji užtvanka, Senoji užtvanka and 7 more
- 1Waterfalls
- 3Boat ramps
- 1Ferry piersZapyškis
- 1MarinasKačerginės prieplauka
- 5River beachesPanevėžio nudistų paplūdimys, Senasis Lampėdžių paplūdimys, Pusiasalio paplūdymys and 2 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.3 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
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3lakes on its wayLakeyas
Lakes and reservoirs (3)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Labūnava Reservoirkm 1260.9km²
- Lampėdiskm 1611.0km²
- Gaižėnų tvenkinyskm 1650.3km²
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From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
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.
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
NemanLithuania937 km680 m³/sTributaries (27)
Also: Šušvė, Dotnuvėlė, Smilga River, Barupė, Obelis, Juosta, Aluona, Liaudė, Linkava, Alkupis, Ašarėna, Juoda, Striūna, Kruostas, Upytė, Gynia, Kiršinas, Molaina, Baltupis, Šerkšnys, Alanta, Kruostas II, Kiaunupis, Upytė
BelarusNearby
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| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q138925) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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