Nemunas River

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river transboundary river

The Nemunas River is the largest river in Lithuania, flowing through major cities like Kaunas and forming part of the country’s border before emptying into the Curonian Lagoon.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Nemunas River canonical	16
Nemunas	2
Nemunas River at Kaunas	1
Nemunas River basin	1
Nemunas River valley	1
Nemunas River valley in Lithuania	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ transboundary river ⓘ
alternativeName	Memel ⓘ Neman River ⓘ surface form: Neman Neman River ⓘ surface form: Niemen
basinArea	approximately 98,200 square kilometers ⓘ
basinAreaInCountry	approximately 46,700 square kilometers in Lithuania ⓘ
confluenceWith	Neris River ⓘ surface form: Neris River at Kaunas
country	Belarus ⓘ Lithuania ⓘ Russia ⓘ
crossesPoliticalEntity	European Union ⓘ
drainageBasin	Baltic Sea ⓘ
ecoregion	Baltic mixed forests ⓘ
emptiesNear	Klaipėda region ⓘ
flowsDirectionGeneral	southwest to northwest ⓘ
flowsInto	Curonian Lagoon ⓘ
flowsThrough	Alytus ⓘ Druskininkai ⓘ Hrodna ⓘ surface form: Grodno Kaunas ⓘ
formsBorderWith	Kaliningrad Oblast ⓘ Lithuania ⓘ Russia ⓘ
hasEstuaryType	lagoon estuary ⓘ
hasFloodplain	Nemunas River self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nemunas River valley in Lithuania
hasTributary	Jūra River NERFINISHED ⓘ Merkys River NERFINISHED ⓘ Neris River ⓘ Nevėžis River NERFINISHED ⓘ Šešupė River ⓘ
historicalSignificance	featured in Polish and Lithuanian literature ⓘ important trade route in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
languageOfName	Lithuanian ⓘ
largestRiverIn	Lithuania ⓘ
length	approximately 937 km ⓘ
lengthInCountry	approximately 475 km in Lithuania ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Europe ⓘ
mouth	Curonian Lagoon ⓘ
partOf	Baltic Sea drainage basin ⓘ surface form: Baltic Sea basin
passesNear	Kaunas Reservoir ⓘ
region	Baltic Sea region ⓘ surface form: Baltic region
usedFor	fishing ⓘ hydroelectric power generation ⓘ inland navigation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kaunas Castle → locatedNextTo → Nemunas River ⓘ

Kaunas County → hasRiver → Nemunas River ⓘ

Kaunas Fortress → locatedOn → Nemunas River ⓘ

Neris River → mouth → Nemunas River ⓘ

Neris River → tributaryOf → Nemunas River ⓘ

Neris River → partOf → Nemunas River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nemunas River basin

Neris River → confluenceWith → Nemunas River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nemunas River at Kaunas

Alytus → locatedOnRiver → Nemunas River ⓘ

Alytus → hasBridgeOver → Nemunas River ⓘ

Niemen (Polish) → hasNameInLithuanian → Nemunas River ⓘ

subject surface form: Niemen

this entity surface form: Nemunas

Memel River → alsoKnownAs → Nemunas River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nemunas

Kaunas Old Town → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Nemunas River ⓘ

Nemunas River → hasFloodplain → Nemunas River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nemunas River valley in Lithuania

Santaka Park → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Nemunas River ⓘ

Santaka Park → adjacentTo → Nemunas River ⓘ

Santaka Park → hasViewOf → Nemunas River ⓘ

Dzūkija → traversedByRiver → Nemunas River ⓘ

Jurbarkas → locatedOnRiver → Nemunas River ⓘ

Nemunas River island → locatedIn → Nemunas River ⓘ

Nemunas River island → river → Nemunas River ⓘ

Nemunas River island → partOf → Nemunas River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nemunas River valley

Prienai → locatedOnRiver → Nemunas River ⓘ