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	Neman River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Neman or Niemen (Belarusian: Нёман, Nioman; Lithuanian: Nemunas
		The etymology of the name is disputed: some say that "Nemunas" is an old word meaning "a damp place," while other say that "Nemunas" was a god in Baltic mythology.
		At the delta the Neman splits into a maze of river branches and canals mixing with polders and wetlands and is a very attractive destination for eco-tourism.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Neman_River (1321 words)

	EAF Projects Lithuania
		The Nemunas delta is situated on the Russian (Kaliningrad) /Lithuanian border, which is formed by the river Nemunas, in the western part of the delta, bordering the Curonian lagoon.
		For migratory birds, the Nemunas delta is one of the most important stop-over areas in the northern part of the Western-Palaearctic migration route.
		Rusne Island, five square kilometres of grassland, fishponds, reed beds, and swampy areas, is situated in the centre of the Nemunas delta, 50 km south of Klaipeda town and 10 km west of Silute town.
	www.eeconet.org /eaf/nemunas/nemunasmain.html (850 words)

	Alytus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Although Alytus is situated on both sides of the Nemunas River, the greater part of the city is on the left bank.
		A mute witness of the past is the hill on the right bank of the Nemunas at the confluence with the Alytupis River.
		At the end of the 18th century, the number of people living on either side of the Nemunas was nearly the same, although the right bank has always been the leader in trade and commerce.
	www.litnet.lt /lithuania/cities/alytus.html (606 words)

	Students - Ensemble "NEMUNAS"
		Nemunas is one of the oldest national art groups in Lithuania.
		Nemunas takes part in annual concerts and festivals like “Ei, studente, sukis vėju!” common performances of all art groups of Kaunas University of Technology.
		Nemunas had all the competitors and was accepted as the best folk song and dance ensemble of the year.
	www.ktu.lt /en/students/nemunas/nemunas.asp?id=3 (546 words)

	History of Lithuania Balts Slavs Slavonic Sarmatia Sarmatian Prussia East Nord Scandinavia Nation book
		Because of the influence of inhabitants of the Semba Peninsula and the Lower Nemunas, in the 4th - 6th c.c.
		The remaining Kaunas-Smolensk complex of Baltic tribes was to a lesser degree infiltrated by the Balts that lived in the West, therefore between the Nemunas and the Dnepr sources and in the South Pripet in the 6th c.
		Thus we have no data enough to maintain that at the beginning of the Middle Ages the conditions were favourable for the language of the Lithuanian and Neruvian (?) tribes to separate, as was the case with the Latgalian language.
	www.lietuvos.net /istorija/east_balts/balts.htm (3692 words)

	Rasa Ardys Juska
		Their typical summer day begins with Ponas Leonas waking his grandson Antanas at 5:30 in the morning and urging him to dress quickly, grab a quick sandwich, and be on their way.
		From first glance, the banks of the Nemunas River seem to be overgrown by shrubs and trees with no penetrable entrance.
		Recent Ministry of Environmental Protection data shows that immigration of salmon and vimba in to the Marios and the Nemunas basin is gradually increasing.
	www.lithuanian-american.org /bridges/liep99/fish.html (1392 words)

	Nemunas' loops regional park \| National parks \| Park review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Nemunas Loops Regional Park was established to save the great and unique loops of Nemunas, to preserve the landscape of Punia forest, its natural ecosystem and cultural values.
		The great loops of the river Nemunas are 79 km long over the area starting 3 km south of Punia and ending 1 km north of Birstonas.
		The Nemunas Loops Regional Park is situated in the central part of the Prienai region.
	discovery.ot.lt /cfair99/ivadas/a_lankst.htm (278 words)

	International Business Magazine JURA MOPE SEA. Issue 2004/04. Inland waterways.
		The Nemunas banks will be reinforced on jetty sites, car parking lots and recreation fields supplied by assembled open-air furniture and hygiene equipment near all jetties will be improved.
		Director of the Lithuanian SDT Alvitis Lukosevicius emphasizes that the development of the Nemunas tourist route is important to Lithuania economically, ecologically, and culturally.
		Wishing to navigate by the Nemunas in a frontier section, permissions are necessary, although many tourists are not satisfied with that.
	www.jura.lt /contents/article_eng.php?id_year_issue=200404&id_num=9 (1861 words)

	Curonian lagoon, Lithuania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		July and August are the warmest months of the year with the main daily air temperature reaching +17ºC. Politically, the Curonian lagoon region is divided in two parts: The northern one belongs to Lithuania and the southern part to Kaliningrad Oblast, which is the exclusive territory of Russian Federation.
		The Nemunas delta with a maze of river branches, canals, polders and wetlands is protected as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar convention and as a regional park.
		The Nemunas delta is important for the migrating and breeding birds, particularly, geese, ducks and waders.
	www.netcoast.nl /coastlearn/website/tourism/casestudies_curonian.html (1085 words)

	AQUASTAT - FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Rivers and lakes have long been used as waterways, although, with the exception of the Nemunas River in the south of the country, they are not very suitable for navigation.
		The Nemunas River rises in Belarus and enters Lithuania in the south.
		In the Nemunas River delta, about 40 000 ha of meadows in polders are protected by dams against flooding.
	www.fao.org /ag/AGL/aglw/aquastat/countries/lithuania/print1.stm (2772 words)

	General (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It was founded in 1992, striving to preserve the unique landscape of the delta of the Nemunas, its natural ecosystem and the values of cultural heritage.
		The eastern edge of the park comes close to the city of Silutė, the water territory of the Curonian Lagoon, 8-12 km in width, separates it from the Curonian Spit.
		With the development of agriculture in the Nemunas basin, deforestation and erosion of larger areas, the deposition of sediments has increased continuously.
	survigloters.supermedia.pl /Litwaparki/parkai/a_7_1.htm (606 words)

	Nemunas' loops regional park \| Sources of information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Group of authors Nemunas loops regional park's planning scheme.
		Kazlauskas J. Between loops of Nemunas - Birðtonas, Daugai.
		Sileika J. Nemunas loops in loops of history.-"Gyvenimas", 1997, Nr.
	discovery.ot.lt /cfair99/a_biblio.htm (89 words)

	AN EXTENT AND AGE OF THE LAST GLACIATION IN LITHUANIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The reconstruction of the Late Nemunas (Weichselian) glacial limits is based on geomorphological evidence combined with geological data.
		The Late Nemunas ice advance is considered to comprise two stages, the older Gruda stadial and the Baltija stadial.
		The Middle and North Lithuanian ice-marginal moraine ridges as well as the Pajuris ridge were formed at margins of the active ice, whereas, the South Lithuanian ice-marginal moraine ridge indicate ice front position of the retreating Baltija stage glacier.
	gsa.confex.com /gsa/inqu/finalprogram/abstract_55269.htm (376 words)

	UAB Kintai, turizmas, poilsis, žūklė, medžioklė, kateriai, ekskursijos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is a fine corner of the Lithuanian Republic in which conditions of a life are specified with water and the nature.
		Spring floods the precept spreads on meadows in the summer of water and reservoirs of delta of the river Nemunas and draws tourists who are interested in water entertainments.
		These are cognitive travel, during them you will get acquainted with sights of The Nemunas delta regional park - Island Rusne, its attractive and mystic places, Ventes ragas - the most western point of district the Šilute, in the vicinities Kintai.
	www.kintai.lt /article/articleview/35/1/51 (381 words)

	:: Nemunas Park Conference Center and Residence Hotel ::
		Nemunas Park Conference Centre and Residence Hotel is a modern country style hotel with a unique atmosphere and customised service.
		Located on the bank of the Nemunas River, in a peaceful village close to the Dzukija National Park.
		The hotel is situated 16 km from Alytus and only one hour and a half's drive from Vilnius.
	www.nemunaspark.lt /en/index.htm (82 words)

	Water (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The samples were taken from HELCOM monitoring points located at the lower parts of the river, i.e.
		The figures present the average of the mean annual concentrations in the Nemunas river.
		The river is affected by pollution from the towns of Kaunas, Druskininkai, Alytus, and Smalininkai, from agriculture and by transboundary load from the Bellorussia and especially from Kaliningrad regions.
	enrin.grida.no /htmls/lithau/soe_n98/ws.htm (117 words)

	Baltic Tours: Escorted Tours in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia.
		It is situated in southern Lithuania, on the right bank of the Nemunas River.
		The architecture of the town is shaped by nature itself surrounded by pine forests and picturesque valleys of the Nemunas River, its tributary the Ratnyčia River and the Lake Druskonis right in the centre of town.
		Birstonas is a resort town in central Lithuania on the loop of the Nemunas River.
	www.vilniushotels.lt /site/Health_resorts (295 words)

	Coastal LTER Site
		The Nemunas River delta lowland was formed during the last glacial period.
		The surface of the Nemunas River delta is flat, banks of all rivers and streams are low, in many sites surrounded by marshes and bogs.
		The major sources of pollution are wastewaters and harmful substances from industry, agriculture and urban areas of the Nemunas River basin.
	www.ekoi.lt /info/lter/coastal.htm (1661 words)

	Jörgen Städje, Image Galleries: Pamenume - the Area along River Nemunas
		There is a large road along the river and a small one on top of the mountain ridge.
		These images are in the order that the towns appear along Nemunas in the Jurbarkas district, as seen from Kaunas.
		as a replacement for earlier churches that had either burnt or been flooded by Nemunas, which was unregulated in that time.
	www.qedata.se /e_js_litauiskt_galleri_panemune.htm (829 words)

	Queen Louise Bridge
		Lithuania and Russia is at Panemune (LT) and Sovetsk (RU) connected by the Queen Louise's Bridge over Nemunas River.
		The bridge is named after the Prussian Queen who in 1807 brokered a peace between Napoleon, Czar Alexander I and Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III, on a raft on the river Memel.
		Germany's East Prussia was located south of the Nemunas River.
	geosite.jankrogh.com /queen.htm (291 words)

	Belarus, Lithuania and Russia complete transfrontier wetland project
		The results of the detailed inventory of the whole wetland complex will be used for further joint management and conservation of this new trans-boundary Ramsar site.
		Wetlands shared by the Kalingrad region of Russia and Lithuania are located along the Neman (Nemunas) River valley and near Lake Vishtynetskoe.
		The Nemunas River delta with adjacent wetlands is one of the key wetland complexes in Europe, particularly as the principal breeding and staging area for waterbird populations.
	www.ramsar.org /sgf/sgf_rpts_belarus1.htm (683 words)

	Coalition Clean Baltic - Save Baltic Sea environment
		"The regional park of the bends of Nemunas" preserves the unique landscape of bends of Nemunas and the ecosystem of the boscage of "Punia".
		Regional park 'The Delta of Nemunas” is created with the purpose of preservation and stability of the ecosystem of the area with a unique landscape.
		31,000 m3 of untreated waste water are drained directly to Nemunas annually.
	www.ccb.se /nspots1.html (608 words)

	Taurages Apskritis Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		This scenic road crossing the southern part of Apskritis and connecting it to Kaunas and Klaipeda is known for beutiful sights and interesting places around it.
		At the other side of Nemunas at this place is Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia, therefore the river is not just a geographical, but also a political boundary.
		Nemunas is the major river of Lithuania and there fore frequently labeled as "The father of Lithuanian rivers".
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Lithuania/Taurages_Apskritis/Things_To_Do-Taurages_Apskritis-R-1.html (280 words)

	Lithuania - WaterWiki
		Improvement of the Ecological Situation and Sustainable Development by the Nemunas Delta with the Assistance of the Community of Minge Village
		Prior to the project, the villages situated in the lower reaches of the rivers Nemunas and Minija had no wastewater treatment facilities.
		The rapidly increasing tourist flow posed a threat to the sensitive ecosystem of the Nemunas delta.
	europeandcis.undp.org /WaterWiki/index.php/Lithuania (520 words)

	UAB Kintai, turizmas, poilsis, žūklė, medžioklė, kateriai, ekskursijos
		The complex of rest and entertainments of Joint-Stock Company "KINTAI" offers you fishing on delta of the Nemunas River and other small rivers: Minija, Skirvite, Atmata, Tenenys, Upaite and others.
		If you fish on delta of the Nemunas River, the license is necessary to you.
		It can be getting in a shop, at the entrance on the territory of the enterprise or on a petrol station in Kintai.
	www.kintai.lt /article/archive/206 (188 words)

	network ecotourism - en
		The scenery of the Nemunas delta, with its two main arms, Atmata and Skirvytė, and the island Rusnė, which they surround, is unique.
		Water is omnipresent and dominates the landscape: river arms branching out, the big lagoon lake Krokų Lanka and many other small lakes, all interwoven.
		Nature trails, local museums and an exhibition about the Nemunas Delta in the information centre give you a deeper insight into the special features of the region.
	www.network-ecotourism.de /en/delta_en.htm (369 words)

	Stendhal in Lithuania - Antanas Vaiciulaitis
		So I thought on the banks of the Nemunas, June 6, 1812, watching that countless army cross over the river, made up of so many nations and which had to undergo the most unforgettable defeat that history ever recorded.
		Napoleon's battalions crossed the Nemunas on June 24 and not on the 6th when Stendhal was still in France.
		Furthermore, that is not the first time that he confuses places and talks about them as if he had visited them, even though he had never seen them.
	www.lituanus.org /1976/76_2_02.htm (3851 words)

	V. Volskyte (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		She has written over 80 scholarly articles, has prepared a number of methodological aids and programs of study, and was the editor of cultural publications.
		In 1958-1971 she worked for the newspaper “Kauno tiesa”; in 1973-1979 she was on the editorial staff of the journal “Nemunas”.
		In 1971-1973 and 1979-1994 she worked as an associate professor at the Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture.
	www.vdu.lt /staff/Business/Volskyte.htm (240 words)

	take a trolleybus around KAUNAS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The present territory of the country covers 65,300 km2, with a land boundary of 747 km and a coastline of 99 km.
		Kaunas is situated in the centre of Lithuania, at the confluence of the two biggest rivers the Nemunas and the Neris, 100 km from the capital Vilnius and 250 km from the port city Klaipeda.
		For years Kaunas has been a major center of nation's spiritual resistance and stuggle for naltional identity.
	sophia.smith.edu /~ekaralyt/project2/where.html (497 words)

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