What is Neman?
{{Infobox river | name = Neman | native_name ={{native name|lt|Neman}} | name_other = Nioman (in Belarusian); Nemunas (in Lithuanian); Niemen (in Polish) | name_etymology = possible Slavic - southern Slavic word for monster | image = Neman river.jpg | image_size = 300 | image_caption = The Neman near [[Alytus]] | map = Nemunas-en.png | map_size = 300 | map_caption = Map highlighting Neman | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = 300 | pushpin_map_caption= | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Belarus]], [[Lithuania]], [[Russia]] | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type5 = Cities | subdivision_name5 = [[Grodno]], [[Kaunas]], [[Sovetsk]] | length = {{convert|937|km|mi|abbr=on}} | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= [[Curonian Lagoon]], linked to the [[Baltic Sea]] | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = | source1 = | source1_location = Southwest of [[Minsk]], [[Belarus]] | source1_coordinates= {{coord|53|15|10|N|27|18|21|E|display=inline}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|176|m|abbr=on}} | mouth = [[Curonian Lagoon]] | mouth_location = West of [[Šilutė]], [[Lithuania]] | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|55|20|12|N|21|14|50|E|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|0|m|abbr=on}} | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = {{convert|98200|km2|abbr=on}} | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = }} '''Neman''' or '''Niemen''' or '''Nemunas''' is a major [[Eastern Europe]]an [[river]]. It starts in [[Belarus]] and flows through [[Lithuania]] before draining into the [[Curonian Lagoon]] and then into the [[Baltic Sea]] at [[Klaipėda]]. It is the northern border between Lithuania and [[Russia]]'s [[Kaliningrad Oblast]] in its lower r