River
Jūra
172 km from source to mouth · Lithuania.
LithuaniaFlows into Neman7th longest in Lithuania
In numbers
Length
172km
Average flow
42m³/s
Basin
3,994km²
Drop
98m
from 98 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
172 km of river and 8 stops on the way: 3 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 98 m
- 0 kmRietavas3,234 people
- 78 kmBalskai reservoir2.4 km²
- 84 kmAušbruvatributary
- 86 kmAkmenatributary
- 109 kmTaurage21,203 people
- 116 kmŠešuvistributary
- 164 kmNeman12,507 people
- 168 kmMerguva0.5 km²
- 172 kmNemanat 0 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Lithuania, right-side tributary of Neman
At the mouth it carries 42 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 60 seconds. It drops from 98 m to 0 m, 0.6 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 3,994 km², about the size of CV. 4.2 million people live in it. Highest water: from April to May; lowest: from January to February. Its dams hold back little of its water (9.0% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- TaurageLargest city on its banks · 21,203 people
- Palanga International Airport (PLQ)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 110 km from the cityCar hire at PLQ airport (Palanga)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water1 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to AugustThe best months to visit
Jūra, month by month
Highest water: from April to May
Lowest water: from January to February. Freezing months (average below −4 °C): January. Best months to visit: from May to August.
From about 340 m³/s in the lowest month to 1,800 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
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The basin
Jūra: the basin in numbers
90,828 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 4.2millionpeople live in the basin
- 47/km²people per km²
- 143maverage altitude of the basin
- 642mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 6.2°Caverage air temperature
- 13%protected areas
- 1.2%covered by lakes
- 1.8km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 30% Forest
- 39% Cropland
- 11% Pasture
- 1% 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
Jūra: what you find on the way
- 2Weirs
- 1Boat ramps
- 2River beachesBalskų Pliažas, Keramikos Pliažas
From OpenStreetMap, within 2.4 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Jūra in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
2lakes on its wayLakeyas
Lakes and reservoirs (2)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Balskai reservoirkm 592.4km²
- Merguvakm 1280.5km²
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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.
Photos
Jūra in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
It flows into
NemanLithuania937 km680 m³/sTributaries (20)
Also: Šešuvis, Akmena, Šunija, Aitra, Ežeruona, Letausas, Lokysta, Alanga, Bikava, Aušbruva, Kirkšnis, Barys, Geniotalis, Miltauja, Vynija, Šlaunis, Ežerupis, Meldikupė, Plunkė, Vėžus
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| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q1332574) · 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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