Nemunėlis
Nemunėlis (Latvian: Mēmele) is a river in northern Lithuania and southern Latvia. It originates 6 km south of Rokiškis. It is 191 kilometres long (75 km in Lithuania, 76 km on the Latvia–Lithuania border and 40 km in Latvia) before its confluence with the Mūša, near Bauska, forming the Lielupe.
| Nemunėlis, Mēmele | |
|---|---|
Mēmele in Bauska city | |
| Location | |
| Country | Lithuania and Latvia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Lūšna lake in Rokiškis district |
| • elevation | 73 m (240 ft) |
| Mouth | Lielupe |
• location | Bauska |
• coordinates | 56°24′09″N 24°09′25″E |
| Length | 191 km (119 mi) |
| Basin size | 4,048 km2 (1,563 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 95 m3/s (3,400 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Lielupe→ Baltic Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Bėnupė, Apaščia |
| • right | Nereta, Dienvidsusēja, Viesīte |
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